Tag: Noam Chomsky
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A siege is an act of war.
Noam Chomsky
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Occasionally the conflict between ‘what we stand for’ and ‘what we do’ has been forthrightly addressed.
Noam Chomsky
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September 11 shocked many Americans into an awareness that they had better pay much closer attention to what the U.S. government does in the world and how it is perceived. Many issues have been opened for discussion that were not on the agenda before. That’s all to the good.
Noam Chomsky
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Sometimes I lose my temper.
Noam Chomsky
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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.
Noam Chomsky
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If you care about other people, you might try to organize to undermine power and authority. That’s not going to happen if you care only about yourself.
Noam Chomsky
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The U.S. increasingly has taken on the characteristics of what we describe as ‘failed states.’
Noam Chomsky
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Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who fear the consequences and detest the reality of the attempt to impose American hegemony.
Noam Chomsky
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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. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
Noam Chomsky
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Greece has been, in many ways, a partially dysfunctional society. For example, the wealthy barely pay taxes… to an extent, that’s true elsewhere, including the United States, but it’s been pretty extreme in Greece.
Noam Chomsky