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.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe childcare tax credit makes some sense.
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Remember, weapons of mass destruction don’t mean missiles.
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I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
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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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If you’re working 50 hours a week to try to maintain family income, and your children have the kinds of aspirations that come from being flooded with television from age one, and associations have declined, people end up hopeless, even though they have every option.
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Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
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Nationalism has a way of oppressing others.
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The U.S. – the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that’s hardly even a joke.
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The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.
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Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
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It’s a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.
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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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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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On the Internet, you think everything is going to be public.
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You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.
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