The 1950s and 1960s had been a period of enormous growth, the highest in American history, maybe in economic history.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe 1950s and 1960s had been a period of enormous growth, the highest in American history, maybe in economic history.
NOAM CHOMSKYNow that’s so deep in history that there’s no point even bringing it up, but it did once exist.
NOAM CHOMSKYIn the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine.
NOAM CHOMSKYOn the Internet, you think everything is going to be public.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe 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.
NOAM CHOMSKYYou cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.
NOAM CHOMSKYI like the cold weather. It means you get work done.
NOAM CHOMSKYIf you’re teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are.
NOAM CHOMSKYIn America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.
NOAM CHOMSKYRomania, which had the worst dictator in Eastern Europe, Ceausescu, he was a darling of the West.
NOAM CHOMSKYIf workers are more insecure, that’s very ‘healthy’ for the society, because if workers are insecure, they won’t ask for wages, they won’t go on strike, they won’t call for benefits; they’ll serve the masters gladly and passively. And that’s optimal for corporations’ economic health.
NOAM CHOMSKYIf you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.
NOAM CHOMSKYCivil disobedience is – it’s no fun.
NOAM CHOMSKYThere 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.
NOAM CHOMSKYEducation must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way.
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