History shows that, more often than not, loss of sovereignty leads to liberalisation imposed in the interests of the powerful.
NOAM CHOMSKYAnti-Americanism is a pure totalitarian concept. The very notion is idiotic.
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There wouldn’t have been an international global solidarity movement, for instance, without the events of 1968. It was enormous, in terms of human rights, ethnic rights, a concern for the environment, too.
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A tremendous amount of the entrepreneurial initiative, if you want to call it that, comes from the dynamic state sector on which most of the economy relies to socialize costs and risks and privatize eventual profit. And that’s achieved by, if you like, advertising.
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The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn’t betray it I’d be ashamed of myself.
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The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.
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You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.
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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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Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.
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The probability of apocalypse soon cannot be realistically estimated, but it is surely too high for any sane person to contemplate with equanimity.
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A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.
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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 we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.
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That’s why you have state secret laws. Citizens are not supposed to know what their government is doing to them.
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Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.
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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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Remember, weapons of mass destruction don’t mean missiles.
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