The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
NOAM CHOMSKYWhat happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded.
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Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
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The United States is unusual among the industrial democracies in the rigidity of the system of ideological control – ‘indoctrination’, we might say – exercised through the mass media.
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For a privileged minority, Western democracy provides the leisure, the facilities, and the training to seek the truth lying hidden behind the veil of distortion and misrepresentation, ideology and class interest, through which the events of current history are presented to us.
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But I would not intend this to imply that in all imaginable circumstances one must, necessarily, act in accordance with this general responsibility.
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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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In Kosovo, the U.S. has chosen a course of action that escalates atrocities and violence.
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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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Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.
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If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
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The United States is afraid of China; it is not a military threat to anyone and is the least aggressive of all the major military powers.
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Anti-Americanism is a pure totalitarian concept. The very notion is idiotic.
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Libertarian socialism is properly to be regarded as the inheritor of the liberal ideals of the Enlightenment.
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What happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded.
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Civil disobedience is – it’s no fun.
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