Perhaps the most striking assault on the foundations of traditional liberties is a little-known case brought to the Supreme Court by the Obama administration, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project.
NOAM CHOMSKYIt could be – and it has been argued, in my view rather plausibly, though neuroscientists don’t like it – that neuroscience for the last couple hundred years has been on the wrong track.
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Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
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It is also a course of action that strikes a blow against the regime of international order, but which offers the weak at least some protection from predatory states.
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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
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Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of democracy.
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Stability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice.
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The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.
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So slavery, for example, or other forms of tyranny, are inherently monstrous. The individuals participating in them may be the nicest guys you can imagine.
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Governments don’t control people like they used to.
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Unlike Europe, China can’t be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way.
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Once the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union was beginning to collapse, that reason was gone. So, first question: why does NATO exist?
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But China, they’ve been there for 3,000 years and are paying no attention to the barbarians and don’t see any need to.
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Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
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Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop means of concealment and aggression. It is common sense.
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If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.
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The term ‘globalisation’ is conventionally used to refer to the specific form of investor-rights integration designed by wealth and power, for their own interests.
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