The polls show that concern over inequality among the general public rose pretty sharply after the Occupy movement started, very probably as a consequence. And there are other policy issues that came to the fore, which are significant.
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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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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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The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.
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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 godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money.
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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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It’s a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.
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The 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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The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
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Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
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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.
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If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
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In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.
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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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Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
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