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.
NOAM CHOMSKYI don’t think that experience is a very useful or convincing attribute for a sensible foreign policy. Henry Kissinger had a lot of experience.
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There are two problems for our species’ survival – nuclear war and environmental catastrophe – and we’re hurtling towards them. Knowingly.
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One of the best predictors of policy around is Thomas Ferguson’s investment theory of politics, as he calls it – very outstanding political economist – which essentially.
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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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It’s dangerous when people are willing to give up their privacy.
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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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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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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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They come from acceptance of American values, not a rejection of them, and recognition that they’re rejected by the U.S. government and by U.S. elites, which does lead to hatred and anger.
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In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.
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On the Internet, you think everything is going to be public.
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In the case of the environment, there’s no one to bail it out.
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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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Remember, weapons of mass destruction don’t mean missiles.
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I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
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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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