By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
NOAM CHOMSKYBy and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe 1950s and 1960s had been a period of enormous growth, the highest in American history, maybe in economic history.
NOAM CHOMSKYAll over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.
NOAM CHOMSKYEducation 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.
NOAM CHOMSKYA tremendous amount of the entrepreneurial initiative, if you want to call it that, comes from the dynamic state sector on which most of the economy relies to socialize costs and risks and privatize eventual profit. And that’s achieved by, if you like, advertising.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe probability of apocalypse soon cannot be realistically estimated, but it is surely too high for any sane person to contemplate with equanimity.
NOAM CHOMSKYGovernments don’t control people like they used to.
NOAM CHOMSKYConcentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.
NOAM CHOMSKYStability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice.
NOAM CHOMSKYIt is also a course of action that strikes a blow against the regime of international order, but which offers the weak at least some protection from predatory states.
NOAM CHOMSKYOne 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.
NOAM CHOMSKYNicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
NOAM CHOMSKYIf there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.
NOAM CHOMSKYInternational affairs is very much run like the mafia.
NOAM CHOMSKYDebt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt.
NOAM CHOMSKYStates are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
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