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Even in the 1950s, President Eisenhower was concerned about what he called a campaign of hatred of the U.S. in the Arab world, because of the perception on the Arab street that it supported harsh and oppressive regimes to take their oil.

Noam Chomsky

Now that’s so deep in history that there’s no point even bringing it up, but it did once exist.
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Bring Build Deep Ever Exist History Now Once Point
In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued – they may be essential to survival.
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Essential Existence Freedom Human Idea Phase Possible Survival Value
States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
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Agent Impose Institution Moral More People Powerful Standard State
I don’t think that experience is a very useful or convincing attribute for a sensible foreign policy. Henry Kissinger had a lot of experience.
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Attribute Conceive Experience Foreign Lot Policy Useful
The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another.
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Another Fear Hate People Policy Publically Shape
Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
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Analog Animal Appear Human Language Phenomenon Significance Unique World
If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.
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Believe Desire Expression Freedom People
A tremendous amount of the entrepreneurial initiative, if you want to call it that, comes from the dynamic state sector on which most of the economy relies to socialize costs and risks and privatize eventual profit. And that’s achieved by, if you like, advertising.
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Achievement Advertisement Amount Come Dynamic Entrepreneur Initiative Profit Sector Socialize Cause State Tremendous Want
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.
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Accept Anger Come Elite Government Recognition Reject
In the case of the environment, there’s no one to bail it out.
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Bail Case Environment No One Out
You have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don’t have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places.
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Idea Important Listen Obedience Order Otherwise Place Spread
The polls show that concern over inequality among the general public rose pretty sharply after the Occupy movement started, very probably as a consequence. And there are other policy issues that came to the fore, which are significant.
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Concern General Inequality Issue Outstanding Policy Poll Probably Public Rose Sharp Show Significant
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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Basically Business Democrat Function One Party Republican
The truth is, I have absolutely no professional credentials – literally, which is why I’m teaching at MIT.
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Absolute Credential Literally Professional Teach Truth
If you’re in favour of any policy – reform, revolution, stability, regression, whatever – if you’re at least minimally moral, it’s because you think it’s somehow good for people. And good for people means conforming to their fundamental nature.
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Favour Fundamental Good Moral People Policy Reason Reform Stability Whatever
Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.
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Brand Censor Effect Experience Imagination Individual Suffer

Even in the 1950s, President Eisenhower was concerned about what he called a campaign of hatred of the U.S. in the Arab world, because of the perception on the Arab street that it supported harsh and oppressive regimes to take their oil.

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