Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections.
NOAM CHOMSKYBut China, they’ve been there for 3,000 years and are paying no attention to the barbarians and don’t see any need to.
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Fidel Castro, whatever people may think of him, is a hero in Latin America, primarily because he stood up to the United States.
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The term ‘globalisation’ is conventionally used to refer to the specific form of investor-rights integration designed by wealth and power, for their own interests.
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Nineteen sixty-eight was one exciting moment in a much larger movement. It spawned a whole range of movements.
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Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
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I like the cold weather. It means you get work done.
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Education 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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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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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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Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt.
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But I would not intend this to imply that in all imaginable circumstances one must, necessarily, act in accordance with this general responsibility.
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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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The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.
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You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.
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The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.
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I didn’t pay my taxes for years.
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