Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe process of shaping opinion, attitudes, and perceptions was termed the ‘engineering of consent’ by one of the founders of the modern public relations industry, Edward Bernays.
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The truth is, I have absolutely no professional credentials – literally, which is why I’m teaching at MIT.
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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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If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.
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If you’re working 50 hours a week to try to maintain family income, and your children have the kinds of aspirations that come from being flooded with television from age one, and associations have declined, people end up hopeless, even though they have every option.
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The murder of Lumumba, in which the U.S. was involved, in the Congo destroyed Africa’s major hope for development. Congo is now total horror story, for years.
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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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Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.
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The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
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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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If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
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There’s a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.
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Even the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed.
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If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.
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History shows that, more often than not, loss of sovereignty leads to liberalisation imposed in the interests of the powerful.
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The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.
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