The Republican Party has become overwhelmingly so extreme that it’s hardly a traditional political party anymore.
NOAM CHOMSKYYou 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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The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn’t betray it I’d be ashamed of myself.
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The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another.
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The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.
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The Oslo Accords in 1993 determined that the Gaza Strip and the West Bank are a single territorial entity which cannot be divided.
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The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
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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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Even the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed.
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In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine.
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It is easier to go to the Internet than to go to the library, undoubtedly. But the shift from no libraries to the existence of libraries was a much greater shift than what we’ve seen with the Internet’s development.
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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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It’s a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.
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Once the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union was beginning to collapse, that reason was gone. So, first question: why does NATO exist?
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NATO’s essentially run by the United States.
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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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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.
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