Intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments, to analyze actions according to their causes and motives and often hidden intentions.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.
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Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections.
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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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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 United States is afraid of China; it is not a military threat to anyone and is the least aggressive of all the major military powers.
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Civil disobedience is – it’s no fun.
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I took no position on just where they stand on the scale of horrors relative to Auschwitz, the bombing of Chungking, Lidice, and so on.
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The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.
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The truth is that the whole episode was almost insane.
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It’s a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.
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Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.
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Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be – protect themselves.
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If you’re teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are.
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Two days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was a drone strike in Yemen attacking a peaceful village, which killed a target who could very easily have been apprehended. But, of course, it is just easier to terrorise people.
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The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money.
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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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