The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.
NOAM CHOMSKYIn Kosovo, the U.S. has chosen a course of action that escalates atrocities and violence.
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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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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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There’s never been anything like the so-called Vietnam Syndrome: it’s mostly a fabrication.
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It could be – and it has been argued, in my view rather plausibly, though neuroscientists don’t like it – that neuroscience for the last couple hundred years has been on the wrong track.
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Fidel Castro, whatever people may think of him, is a hero in Latin America, primarily because he stood up to the United States.
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If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.
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If you’re teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are.
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States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
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In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued – they may be essential to survival.
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The Republican Party has become overwhelmingly so extreme that it’s hardly a traditional political party anymore.
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Every time there has been an effort by the Haitian people to overcome the misery and poverty that comes from 200 years of bitter attacks, really bitter, the U.S. steps in and blocks it.
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Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
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The United States has even gone so far as to veto Security Council resolutions calling on all states to observe international law. That was in the 1980s under Reagan.
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The Federal Reserve has an official commitment to two different policies. One is to prevent inflation from getting too high. The second is to maintain high employment.
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Governments don’t control people like they used to.
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