If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe United States is unusual among the industrial democracies in the rigidity of the system of ideological control – ‘indoctrination’, we might say – exercised through the mass media.
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There’s very little dislike of Americans in the world, shown by repeated polls, and the dissatisfaction – that is, the hatred and the anger.
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Immediately, the United States and Israel set about separating the two and making sure that they would not be united.
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Remember, weapons of mass destruction don’t mean missiles.
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Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.
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The probability of apocalypse soon cannot be realistically estimated, but it is surely too high for any sane person to contemplate with equanimity.
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It’s a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.
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Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop means of concealment and aggression. It is common sense.
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You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.
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Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.
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The money in politics is a cash cow for the media.
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Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
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If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.
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I would appear on Fox News more easily than I would NPR.
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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
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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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