NATO’s essentially run by the United States.
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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
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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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Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
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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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So slavery, for example, or other forms of tyranny, are inherently monstrous. The individuals participating in them may be the nicest guys you can imagine.
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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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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 drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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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 godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money.
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When you look at a corporation, just like when you look at a slave owner, you want to distinguish between the institution and the individual.
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That’s all accurate and of some importance, but of far more importance is the fact that elections just don’t take place, not in any meaningful sense of the term ‘election.’
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A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.
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The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.
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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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