The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.
NOAM CHOMSKYThere’s very little dislike of Americans in the world, shown by repeated polls, and the dissatisfaction – that is, the hatred and the anger.
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The process of shaping opinion, attitudes, and perceptions was termed the ‘engineering of consent’ by one of the founders of the modern public relations industry, Edward Bernays.
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Intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments, to analyze actions according to their causes and motives and often hidden intentions.
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Sometimes I lose my temper.
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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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On the Internet, you think everything is going to be public.
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The European Central Bank has only the first. It has no commitment to keep employment up.
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John Lewis Gaddis is not only the favorite historian of the Reagan administration, but he’s regarded as the dean of Cold War scholarship.
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If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.
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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
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Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.
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Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
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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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If you’re in favour of any policy – reform, revolution, stability, regression, whatever – if you’re at least minimally moral, it’s because you think it’s somehow good for people. And good for people means conforming to their fundamental nature.
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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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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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