There’s never been anything like the so-called Vietnam Syndrome: it’s mostly a fabrication.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor led to many very good things.
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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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In the case of the environment, there’s no one to bail it out.
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NATO’s essentially run by the United States.
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What happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded.
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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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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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The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another.
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While the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction.
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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 leading figure in the American Cold War scholarship, a professor at Yale.
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Intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments, to analyze actions according to their causes and motives and often hidden intentions.
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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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Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be – protect themselves.
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Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt.
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Every time there has been an effort by the Haitian people to overcome the misery and poverty that comes from 200 years of bitter attacks, really bitter, the U.S. steps in and blocks it.
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