If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.
NOAM CHOMSKYStability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice.
More Noam Chomsky Quotes
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Nineteen sixty-eight was one exciting moment in a much larger movement. It spawned a whole range of movements.
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There’s a lot of fuss on the Left about election irregularities, like, you know, the voting machines were tampered with, they didn’t count the votes right, and so on.
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The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.
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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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Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections.
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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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It’s a trap for the rest of your life because the laws are designed so that you can’t get out of it. If a business, say, gets in too much debt, it can declare bankruptcy, but individuals can almost never be relieved of student debt through bankruptcy.
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If you’re in favour of any policy – reform, revolution, stability, regression, whatever – if you’re at least minimally moral, it’s because you think it’s somehow good for people. And good for people means conforming to their fundamental nature.
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That’s why you have state secret laws. Citizens are not supposed to know what their government is doing to them.
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If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.
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The truth is, I have absolutely no professional credentials – literally, which is why I’m teaching at MIT.
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Remember, weapons of mass destruction don’t mean missiles.
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All 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.
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Unlike Europe, China can’t be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way.
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