Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
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.
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The murder of Lumumba, in which the U.S. was involved, in the Congo destroyed Africa’s major hope for development. Congo is now total horror story, for years.
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In Kosovo, the U.S. has chosen a course of action that escalates atrocities and violence.
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It is also a course of action that strikes a blow against the regime of international order, but which offers the weak at least some protection from predatory states.
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Anti-Americanism is a pure totalitarian concept. The very notion is idiotic.
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The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.
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There’s a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.
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The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn’t betray it I’d be ashamed of myself.
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Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.
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I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
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Two days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was a drone strike in Yemen attacking a peaceful village, which killed a target who could very easily have been apprehended. But, of course, it is just easier to terrorise people.
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I don’t join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn’t have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying child in Heaven – that’s none of my business, ultimately. I won’t lecture her on the philosophy of science.
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The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.
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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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Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
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The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.
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