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Noam Chomsky

Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.
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Concentration Employment High Increase Legislation Political Power Rise Wealth Yield
You have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don’t have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places.
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Idea Important Listen Obedience Order Otherwise Place Spread
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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All Constant Cultural Decision Helpless Make Over People Place Pressure Propaganda Ratify Role System
The United States has even gone so far as to veto Security Council resolutions calling on all states to observe international law. That was in the 1980s under Reagan.
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Council Far Gone International Law Observe Reagan Revolution Security States Under United Veto
So slavery, for example, or other forms of tyranny, are inherently monstrous. The individuals participating in them may be the nicest guys you can imagine.
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Example Form Guy Imagine Individual Inherently Nicest Participate Slavery Tyranny
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied.
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Create Generation Language Law Manner Principle Process Use
Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt.
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Card Credit Debt Enormous Especial Large Student Trap
Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.
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Brand Censor Effect Experience Imagination Individual Suffer
It is easier to go to the Internet than to go to the library, undoubtedly. But the shift from no libraries to the existence of libraries was a much greater shift than what we’ve seen with the Internet’s development.
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Development Easier Internet Library Much Undoubtfully
In the case of the environment, there’s no one to bail it out.
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Bail Case Environment No One Out
Nationalism has a way of oppressing others.
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Dress Nationalism Other Way
It 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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Conduct Contempt Evasion Matter Maze Normal Point Political Standard
The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.
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Education Internet Very Meaningful Participation Positive Society
It’s a trap for the rest of your life because the laws are designed so that you can’t get out of it. If a business, say, gets in too much debt, it can declare bankruptcy, but individuals can almost never be relieved of student debt through bankruptcy.
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Bankruptcy Business Debt Design Individual Life Out Rest Reveal Student Trap
In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued – they may be essential to survival.
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Essential Existence Freedom Human Idea Phase Possible Survival Value
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.
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Concern General Inequality Issue Outstanding Policy Poll Probably Public Rose Sharp Show Significant

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