Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of democracy.
NOAM CHOMSKYHistory shows that, more often than not, loss of sovereignty leads to liberalisation imposed in the interests of the powerful.
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The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
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Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way.
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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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In the case of the environment, there’s no one to bail it out.
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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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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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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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The probability of apocalypse soon cannot be realistically estimated, but it is surely too high for any sane person to contemplate with equanimity.
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One of the best predictors of policy around is Thomas Ferguson’s investment theory of politics, as he calls it – very outstanding political economist – which essentially.
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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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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 term ‘globalisation’ is conventionally used to refer to the specific form of investor-rights integration designed by wealth and power, for their own interests.
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Anti-Americanism is a pure totalitarian concept. The very notion is idiotic.
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Markets are lethal, if only because of ignoring externalities, the impacts of their transactions on the environment.
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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
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