Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
NOAM CHOMSKYUnlike Europe, China can’t be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way.
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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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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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France had a policy, initiated by General de Gaulle, of trying to turn Europe into what was then called a ‘third force,’ independent of the two superpowers, so Europe should pursue an independent course.
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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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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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Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.
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There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, ‘That person I see is a savage monster;’ instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do.
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I like the cold weather. It means you get work done.
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In Kosovo, the U.S. has chosen a course of action that escalates atrocities and violence.
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Immediately, the United States and Israel set about separating the two and making sure that they would not be united.
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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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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 childcare tax credit makes some sense.
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The European Central Bank has only the first. It has no commitment to keep employment up.
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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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