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International affairs is very much run like the mafia.

Noam Chomsky

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
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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Accurate Election Fact Importance Meaningful More Place Sense Some Term
No matter what engineering field you’re in, you learn the same basic science and mathematics. And then maybe you learn a little bit about how to apply it.
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Appy Basic Engineer Learn Little Mathematics Matter Same Science
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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Few Go Make Mirror Monster People Person Savage Say
Immediately, the United States and Israel set about separating the two and making sure that they would not be united.
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Country Immediate Make Separate State Sure Two United
Governments don’t control people like they used to.
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Control Government People Use
If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
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Choose Comfort Illusion Live World
I don’t think that experience is a very useful or convincing attribute for a sensible foreign policy. Henry Kissinger had a lot of experience.
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Attribute Conceive Experience Foreign Lot Policy Useful
They come from acceptance of American values, not a rejection of them, and recognition that they’re rejected by the U.S. government and by U.S. elites, which does lead to hatred and anger.
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Accept Anger Come Elite Government Recognition Reject
What happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded.
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Abounded Act Courage Crisis Happen Make Petrified Thoughtfulness
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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Amount Count Election Fuss Irregularity Left Lot Machine Right Tamper Vote
Stability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice.
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Choice Country Impse Invade Regime Stability
The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.
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Attack Democracy Design Direct Neoliberal Principle Very
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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Current Facility History Leisure Lie Minority Present Training Truth
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
I would feel no hesitation in saying that it is the responsibility of a decent human being to give assistance to a child who is being attacked by a rabid dog.
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Assistance Attack Being Child Decent Dog Feel Hesitation Human Rapid Responsibility

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