Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
NOAM CHOMSKYIt matters little, at this point, where the exact truth lies in the maze of perjury, evasion, and of contempt for the normal – hardly inspiring – standards of political conduct.
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It could be – and it has been argued, in my view rather plausibly, though neuroscientists don’t like it – that neuroscience for the last couple hundred years has been on the wrong track.
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Nationalism has a way of oppressing others.
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The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.
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The money in politics is a cash cow for the media.
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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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They come from acceptance of American values, not a rejection of them, and recognition that they’re rejected by the U.S. government and by U.S. elites, which does lead to hatred and anger.
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The leading figure in the American Cold War scholarship, a professor at Yale.
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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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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 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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Stability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice.
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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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Dissident intellectuals aren’t all beautiful.
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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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