I do not think psychoanalysis has a scientific basis. If we can’t explain why a cockroach decides to turn left, how can we explain why a human being decides to do something?
NOAM CHOMSKYAs soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.
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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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If you follow the trail, it led to kicking Europeans out of Asia – that saved tens of millions of lives in India alone.
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In Kosovo, the U.S. has chosen a course of action that escalates atrocities and violence.
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As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.
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The United States is afraid of China; it is not a military threat to anyone and is the least aggressive of all the major military powers.
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Romania, which had the worst dictator in Eastern Europe, Ceausescu, he was a darling of the West.
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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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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.’
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Remember, weapons of mass destruction don’t mean missiles.
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Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.
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There’s a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.
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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.
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I would feel no hesitation in saying that it is the responsibility of a decent human being to give assistance to a child who is being attacked by a rabid dog.
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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.
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Dissident intellectuals aren’t all beautiful.
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