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Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Born: Dec 7, 1928
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The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people. Noam Chomsky
You People Fear Welfare Crime Alien Control Increase Immigrants More Mothers
Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below. Noam Chomsky
Progress Changes Out Gifts Rarely Above Struggles Come Very Below
Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle. Noam Chomsky
Wealth Political Political Power Power Increases Rise Gives Concentration Yields Legislation Cycle
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation. Noam Chomsky
Generation Words Language Free Creation Interpretation Laws Varied Involves Principles Fixed Infinitely Process Which Manner Use Used Even
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. Noam Chomsky
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There are two problems for our species' survival - nuclear war and environmental catastrophe - and we're hurtling towards them. Knowingly. Noam Chomsky
Environmental War Survival Problems Our Catastrophe Towards Knowingly Them Species Nuclear Nuclear War Two
The U.S. has the most dysfunctional healthcare system in the industrial world, has about twice the per capita costs, and some of the worst outcomes. It's also the only privatized system. 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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Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it. Noam Chomsky
Terrorism Everybody Worried Way Easy Easy Way About Participating Well Stop Stopping Really
If workers are more insecure, that's very 'healthy' for the society, because if workers are insecure, they won't ask for wages, they won't go on strike, they won't call for benefits; they'll serve the masters gladly and passively. And that's optimal for corporations' economic health. Noam Chomsky
Health Benefits Healthy Society Strike Corporations Insecure More Economic Gladly Call Masters Because Wages Go Passively Optimal Very Ask Workers Serve
Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media. Noam Chomsky
Obedience Would Admire Dictator Any Uniformity Media
Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state. Noam Chomsky
Democracy State Totalitarian Totalitarian State Propaganda
The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society. Noam Chomsky
Positive Education Internet Society Could Computers Step Towards Participation Very Meaningful Organisation
Nationalism has a way of oppressing others. Noam Chomsky
Nationalism Others Way
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. Noam Chomsky
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If you're teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are. Noam Chomsky
Today You Field Dead Were Years Years Ago Five Either Teaching
History shows that, more often than not, loss of sovereignty leads to liberalisation imposed in the interests of the powerful. Noam Chomsky
History More Powerful Leads Imposed Loss Than Sovereignty Often Interests Shows
Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune. Noam Chomsky
Saying You Will Everybody Else Say Neptune Something True Like Doctrines Sound Repeat Same Conventional Either
You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption. Noam Chomsky
You Own Control Distracted Consumption Force Cannot Your Population
Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections. Noam Chomsky
Politics Hope Democracy Money Our System Out Entirely Only Real Get Establish Elections Publicly
Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism. Noam Chomsky
War Terrorism Innocent Innocent Civilians Civilians Wanton Against
International affairs is very much run like the mafia. The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn't pay his protection money. 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. Noam Chomsky
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Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt. It's a trap for the rest of your life because the laws are designed so that you can't get out of it. If a business, say, gets in too much debt, it can declare bankruptcy, but individuals can almost never be relieved of student debt through bankruptcy. Noam Chomsky
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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 Chomsky
Engineering Relations Perceptions Shaping Termed Attitudes Industry Opinion Edward Modern Process Public Public Relations Founders Consent
Social Security is based on a principle. It's based on the principle that you care about other people. You care whether the widow across town, a disabled widow, is going to be able to have food to eat. Noam Chomsky
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I like the cold weather. It means you get work done. Noam Chomsky
Work You Weather Cold Cold Weather Like Get Done Means
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