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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.

Noam Chomsky

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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Council Far Gone International Law Observe Reagan Revolution Security States Under United Veto
International affairs is very much run like the mafia.
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Affair International Mafia Much Run
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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Aggression Common Death Develop Frighten Genital People Sense
The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.
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Big Extremist Gave Invasion Particular Shot
History shows that, more often than not, loss of sovereignty leads to liberalisation imposed in the interests of the powerful.
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History Impose Interest Liberalisation Loss More Often Powerful Show Sovereignty
One of the best predictors of policy around is Thomas Ferguson’s investment theory of politics, as he calls it – very outstanding political economist – which essentially.
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Economic Essential Favour Least Minimally Policy Regression Revolution Stability
If workers are more insecure, that’s very ‘healthy’ for the society, because if workers are insecure, they won’t ask for wages, they won’t go on strike, they won’t call for benefits; they’ll serve the masters gladly and passively. And that’s optimal for corporations’ economic health.
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Age Ask Benefit Economic Health Insecure More Society Worker
Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
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Deal Exactly Nicaragua Problem Right Terrorism Way
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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Basically Business Democrat Function One Party Republican
Even in the 1950s, President Eisenhower was concerned about what he called a campaign of hatred of the U.S. in the Arab world, because of the perception on the Arab street that it supported harsh and oppressive regimes to take their oil.
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Arab Campaign Concern Oppression Perception President Regime Street Suppose
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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Ashamed Civility Intellectual Myself Power Tradition
Now that’s so deep in history that there’s no point even bringing it up, but it did once exist.
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Bring Build Deep Ever Exist History Now Once Point
If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.
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Applied Country Hang However Law Nuremberg President
Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
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Creation Even Free Interpretation Involve Process Use
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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Idea Important Listen Obedience Order Otherwise Place Spread
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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Hero May People Primary Stood Think

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