The process of shaping opinion, attitudes, and perceptions was termed the ‘engineering of consent’ by one of the founders of the modern public relations industry, Edward Bernays.
NOAM CHOMSKYEven the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed.
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Perhaps the most striking assault on the foundations of traditional liberties is a little-known case brought to the Supreme Court by the Obama administration, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project.
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The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.
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In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.
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Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.
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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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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.
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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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On the Internet, you think everything is going to be public.
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For a privileged minority, Western democracy provides the leisure, the facilities, and the training to seek the truth lying hidden behind the veil of distortion and misrepresentation, ideology and class interest, through which the events of current history are presented to us.
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You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.
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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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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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The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor led to many very good things.
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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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Sometimes I lose my temper.
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