What happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded.
NOAM CHOMSKYPropaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.
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The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor led to many very good things.
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It’s dangerous when people are willing to give up their privacy.
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Immediately, the United States and Israel set about separating the two and making sure that they would not be united.
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Every time there has been an effort by the Haitian people to overcome the misery and poverty that comes from 200 years of bitter attacks, really bitter, the U.S. steps in and blocks it.
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The United States is afraid of China; it is not a military threat to anyone and is the least aggressive of all the major military powers.
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International affairs is very much run like the mafia.
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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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It 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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Unlike Europe, China can’t be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way.
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The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.
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I don’t think that experience is a very useful or convincing attribute for a sensible foreign policy. Henry Kissinger had a lot of experience.
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As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.
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Remember, weapons of mass destruction don’t mean missiles.
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The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.
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The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.
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