Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists.
NOAM CHOMSKYBut I would not intend this to imply that in all imaginable circumstances one must, necessarily, act in accordance with this general responsibility.
More Noam Chomsky Quotes
-
-
Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
In the US, there is basically one party – the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
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.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
Even the most cynical can hardly be surprised by the antics of Nixon and his accomplices as they are gradually revealed.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
What happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
But China, they’ve been there for 3,000 years and are paying no attention to the barbarians and don’t see any need to.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
The invasion of Iraq, particularly, gave a big shot in the arm to the jihadi extremists.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
Some may remember, if you have good memories, that there used to be a concept in Anglo-American law called a presumption of innocence, innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
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.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
The 1950s and 1960s had been a period of enormous growth, the highest in American history, maybe in economic history.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
Libertarian socialism is properly to be regarded as the inheritor of the liberal ideals of the Enlightenment.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
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.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
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.’
NOAM CHOMSKY