They come from acceptance of American values, not a rejection of them, and recognition that they’re rejected by the U.S. government and by U.S. elites, which does lead to hatred and anger.
NOAM CHOMSKYStates are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
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Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied.
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In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.
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I took no position on just where they stand on the scale of horrors relative to Auschwitz, the bombing of Chungking, Lidice, and so on.
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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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Two days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was a drone strike in Yemen attacking a peaceful village, which killed a target who could very easily have been apprehended. But, of course, it is just easier to terrorise people.
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Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt.
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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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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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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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There’s never been anything like the so-called Vietnam Syndrome: it’s mostly a fabrication.
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Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop means of concealment and aggression. It is common sense.
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Civil disobedience is – it’s no fun.
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In the case of the environment, there’s no one to bail it out.
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Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
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You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.
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