The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.
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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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In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.
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There’s never been anything like the so-called Vietnam Syndrome: it’s mostly a fabrication.
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That’s why you have state secret laws. Citizens are not supposed to know what their government is doing to them.
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I didn’t pay my taxes for years.
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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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It is pretty ironic that the so-called ‘least advanced’ people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us.
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I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
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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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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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I do not think psychoanalysis has a scientific basis. If we can’t explain why a cockroach decides to turn left, how can we explain why a human being decides to do something?
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Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
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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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If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
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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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