The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.
NOAM CHOMSKYGovernments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be – protect themselves.
More Noam Chomsky Quotes
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There’s a lot of fuss on the Left about election irregularities, like, you know, the voting machines were tampered with, they didn’t count the votes right, and so on.
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It’s a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.
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Even in the 1950s, President Eisenhower was concerned about what he called a campaign of hatred of the U.S. in the Arab world, because of the perception on the Arab street that it supported harsh and oppressive regimes to take their oil.
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Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way.
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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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All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.
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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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There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, ‘That person I see is a savage monster;’ instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do.
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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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Immediately, the United States and Israel set about separating the two and making sure that they would not be united.
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It’s dangerous when people are willing to give up their privacy.
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Civil disobedience is – it’s no fun.
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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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By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
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The childcare tax credit makes some sense.
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