The process of shaping opinion, attitudes, and perceptions was termed the ‘engineering of consent’ by one of the founders of the modern public relations industry, Edward Bernays.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe 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 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor led to many very good things.
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The childcare tax credit makes some sense.
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When you look at a corporation, just like when you look at a slave owner, you want to distinguish between the institution and the individual.
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Two days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was a drone strike in Yemen attacking a peaceful village, which killed a target who could very easily have been apprehended. But, of course, it is just easier to terrorise people.
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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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I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‘among the most unspeakable crimes in history.
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Stability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice.
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One of the best predictors of policy around is Thomas Ferguson’s investment theory of politics, as he calls it – very outstanding political economist – which essentially.
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What happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded.
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If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.
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Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be – protect themselves.
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There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, ‘That person I see is a savage monster;’ instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do.
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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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I would appear on Fox News more easily than I would NPR.
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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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