Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists.
NOAM CHOMSKYIn the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine.
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There are two problems for our species’ survival – nuclear war and environmental catastrophe – and we’re hurtling towards them. Knowingly.
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Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of democracy.
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In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine.
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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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NATO’s essentially run by the United States.
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If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.
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France had a policy, initiated by General de Gaulle, of trying to turn Europe into what was then called a ‘third force,’ independent of the two superpowers, so Europe should pursue an independent course.
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Sometimes I lose my temper.
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The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another.
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Governments don’t control people like they used to.
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The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.
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Nationalism has a way of oppressing others.
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Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
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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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Unlike Europe, China can’t be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way.
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