There’s never been anything like the so-called Vietnam Syndrome: it’s mostly a fabrication.
NOAM CHOMSKYSome may remember, if you have good memories, that there used to be a concept in Anglo-American law called a presumption of innocence, innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
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There wouldn’t have been an international global solidarity movement, for instance, without the events of 1968. It was enormous, in terms of human rights, ethnic rights, a concern for the environment, too.
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But China, they’ve been there for 3,000 years and are paying no attention to the barbarians and don’t see any need to.
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The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.
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You have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don’t have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places.
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So slavery, for example, or other forms of tyranny, are inherently monstrous. The individuals participating in them may be the nicest guys you can imagine.
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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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The term ‘globalisation’ is conventionally used to refer to the specific form of investor-rights integration designed by wealth and power, for their own interests.
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Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
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Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
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There’s a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.
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There’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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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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You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.
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Governments don’t control people like they used to.
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