More Quotes by Noam Chomsky
He who controls the media controls the minds of the public.
Goebbels was in favor of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re really in favor of free speech, then you’re in favor of freedom of speech for precisely the views you despise. Otherwise, you’re not in favor of free speech.
That's the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don't work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital.
Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can't afford the time to think.
The world is a very puzzling place. If you're not willing to be puzzled, you just become a replica of someone else's mind.
It’s ridiculous to talk about freedom in a society dominated by huge corporations. What kind of freedom is there inside a corporation? They’re totalitarian institutions - you take orders from above and maybe give them to people below you. There’s about as much freedom as under Stalinism.
Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, it’s unlikely you will step up and take responsibility for making it so. If you assume that there’s no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, there are opportunities to change things, there’s a chance you may contribute to making a better world. The choice is yours.
There's a good reason why nobody studies history, it just teaches you too much.
The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.
The indoctrination is so deep that educated people think they’re being objective.
