Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.
NOAM CHOMSKYLibertarian socialism is properly to be regarded as the inheritor of the liberal ideals of the Enlightenment.
More Noam Chomsky Quotes
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It is pretty ironic that the so-called ‘least advanced’ people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us.
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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.
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I like the cold weather. It means you get work done.
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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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In the US, there is basically one party – the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies.
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The European Central Bank has only the first. It has no commitment to keep employment up.
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Remember, weapons of mass destruction don’t mean missiles.
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Some may remember, if you have good memories, that there used to be a concept in Anglo-American law called a presumption of innocence, innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt.
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If workers are more insecure, that’s very ‘healthy’ for the society, because if workers are insecure, they won’t ask for wages, they won’t go on strike, they won’t call for benefits; they’ll serve the masters gladly and passively. And that’s optimal for corporations’ economic health.
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States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
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Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.
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The U.S. – the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that’s hardly even a joke.
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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way.
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