That’s all accurate and of some importance, but of far more importance is the fact that elections just don’t take place, not in any meaningful sense of the term ‘election.’
NOAM CHOMSKYThe more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.
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That’s all accurate and of some importance, but of far more importance is the fact that elections just don’t take place, not in any meaningful sense of the term ‘election.’
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I would feel no hesitation in saying that it is the responsibility of a decent human being to give assistance to a child who is being attacked by a rabid dog.
NOAM CHOMSKYI would feel no hesitation in saying that it is the responsibility of a decent human being to give assistance to a child who is being attacked by a rabid dog.
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It’s a trap for the rest of your life because the laws are designed so that you can’t get out of it. If a business, say, gets in too much debt, it can declare bankruptcy, but individuals can almost never be relieved of student debt through bankruptcy.
NOAM CHOMSKYIt’s a trap for the rest of your life because the laws are designed so that you can’t get out of it. If a business, say, gets in too much debt, it can declare bankruptcy, but individuals can almost never be relieved of student debt through bankruptcy.
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You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.
NOAM CHOMSKYYou never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.
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Libertarian socialism is properly to be regarded as the inheritor of the liberal ideals of the Enlightenment.
NOAM CHOMSKYLibertarian socialism is properly to be regarded as the inheritor of the liberal ideals of the Enlightenment.
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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.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe 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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The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.
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Sometimes I lose my temper.
NOAM CHOMSKYSometimes I lose my temper.
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NATO was constructed on the – with the reason, whether one believes it or not, that it was going to defend Western Europe from Russian assault.
NOAM CHOMSKYNATO was constructed on the – with the reason, whether one believes it or not, that it was going to defend Western Europe from Russian assault.
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Nationalism has a way of oppressing others.
NOAM CHOMSKYNationalism has a way of oppressing others.
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There are two problems for our species’ survival – nuclear war and environmental catastrophe – and we’re hurtling towards them. Knowingly.
NOAM CHOMSKYThere are two problems for our species’ survival – nuclear war and environmental catastrophe – and we’re hurtling towards them. Knowingly.
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International affairs is very much run like the mafia.
NOAM CHOMSKYInternational affairs is very much run like the mafia.
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If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
NOAM CHOMSKYIf we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
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No matter what engineering field you’re in, you learn the same basic science and mathematics. And then maybe you learn a little bit about how to apply it.
NOAM CHOMSKYNo matter what engineering field you’re in, you learn the same basic science and mathematics. And then maybe you learn a little bit about how to apply it.
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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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Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied.
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