The truth is that the whole episode was almost insane.
NOAM CHOMSKYOur 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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No matter what engineering field you’re in, you learn the same basic science and mathematics. And then maybe you learn a little bit about how to apply it.
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In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued – they may be essential to survival.
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NATO’s essentially run by the United States.
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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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If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
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The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.
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Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way.
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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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It’s a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.
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It is also a course of action that strikes a blow against the regime of international order, but which offers the weak at least some protection from predatory states.
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There are two problems for our species’ survival – nuclear war and environmental catastrophe – and we’re hurtling towards them. Knowingly.
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The murder of Lumumba, in which the U.S. was involved, in the Congo destroyed Africa’s major hope for development. Congo is now total horror story, for years.
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The polls show that concern over inequality among the general public rose pretty sharply after the Occupy movement started, very probably as a consequence. And there are other policy issues that came to the fore, which are significant.
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It’s dangerous when people are willing to give up their privacy.
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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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