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.
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.
More Noam Chomsky Quotes
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Sometimes I lose my temper.
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On the Internet, you think everything is going to be public.
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Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
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Civil disobedience is – it’s no fun.
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It is easier to go to the Internet than to go to the library, undoubtedly. But the shift from no libraries to the existence of libraries was a much greater shift than what we’ve seen with the Internet’s development.
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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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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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Unlike Europe, China can’t be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way.
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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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While the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction.
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Remember, weapons of mass destruction don’t mean missiles.
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The money in politics is a cash cow for the media.
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The Federal Reserve has an official commitment to two different policies. One is to prevent inflation from getting too high. The second is to maintain high employment.
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History shows that, more often than not, loss of sovereignty leads to liberalisation imposed in the interests of the powerful.
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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.
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