The truth is that the whole episode was almost insane.
NOAM CHOMSKYNo 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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International affairs is very much run like the mafia.
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History shows that, more often than not, loss of sovereignty leads to liberalisation imposed in the interests of the powerful.
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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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That’s why you have state secret laws. Citizens are not supposed to know what their government is doing to them.
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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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I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
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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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Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.
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A tremendous amount of the entrepreneurial initiative, if you want to call it that, comes from the dynamic state sector on which most of the economy relies to socialize costs and risks and privatize eventual profit. And that’s achieved by, if you like, advertising.
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As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.
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Civil disobedience is – it’s no fun.
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The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.
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A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.
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If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.
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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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