Once the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union was beginning to collapse, that reason was gone. So, first question: why does NATO exist?
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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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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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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Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
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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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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.
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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 godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money.
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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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France had a policy, initiated by General de Gaulle, of trying to turn Europe into what was then called a ‘third force,’ independent of the two superpowers, so Europe should pursue an independent course.
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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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Now that’s so deep in history that there’s no point even bringing it up, but it did once exist.
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A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.
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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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Markets are lethal, if only because of ignoring externalities, the impacts of their transactions on the environment.
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The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.
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