January 2012
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The Grand Inquisitor explains that you have to create mysteries because...
– Chomsky on Anarchism - Noam Chomsky (via noam-chomsky)
Growth is a funny sort of concept. For example, our GNP increases every time we...
– Noam Chomsky (via noam-chomsky)
It starts in kindergarten: The schools system tries to repress independence; it...
– Noam CHomsky (via noam-chomsky)
If you’re interested in terror, you should look at its causes. Now from the...
– Noam Chomsky (via stay-human)
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MR. DAISEY AND THE APPLE FACTORY →
Mike Daisey was a self-described “worshipper in the cult of Mac.” Then he saw some photos from a new iPhone, taken by workers at the factory where it was made. Mike wondered: Who makes all my crap? He traveled to China to find out.
You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is...
– Jiddu Krishnamurti (via glynnthomas)
Unfortunately, you can’t vote the rascals out, because you never voted them in,...
– Noam Chomsky, Talk titled “Government in the Future” at the Poetry Center of the New York, February 16, 1970 (via wombatattack)
Things happen in the world because of the efforts of dedicated and courageous...
– Noam Chomsky (via noam-chomsky)
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Everything’s fine, as long as the population is passive.
– Noam Chomsky (via feministatheist)
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Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her...
– Doris Lessing (via glynnthomas)
The whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate...
– Noam Chomsky (via imptotalk)
People were created to be loved. Things were created to be used. The reason why...
– Emmanuel, Shapes of Silence (via myheadisweak)
You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is...
– Malcolm X (via cwnl)
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