--- title: "6 19th century Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "6 19th century quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more 19th century sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/noam-chomsky-42_19th-century_that-intellectuals-including-academics-w_566786.jpg" --- > [That intellectuals, including academics, would become a "new class" of technocrats, claiming the name of science while cooperating with the powerful, was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/that-intellectuals-including-academics-would-become-a-new-class-of/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/noam-chomsky-42_19th-century_that-intellectuals-including-academics-w_566786.jpg) > [The big change, the really radical change in communication, was in the late 19th century. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-big-change-the-really-radical-change-in-communication-was-in-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/noam-chomsky-42_19th-century_the-big-change-the-really-radical-change_965551.jpg) > [The big change, the really radical change in communication, was in the late 19th century. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-big-change-the-really-radical-change-in-communication-was-in-the-2/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0e/noam-chomsky-42_19th-century_the-big-change-the-really-radical-change_1812269.jpg) > [In the late 19th century there was a major union organization, Knights of Labor, and also a radical populist movement based on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-the-late-19th-century-there-was-a-major-union-organization-knights/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/noam-chomsky-42_19th-century_in-the-late-19th-century-there-was-a-maj_2009105.jpg) > [I just don't care about popular culture. It looks to me pointless and superficial. If I had free time I'd rather read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-just-don-t-care-about-popular-culture-it-looks-to-me-pointless-and/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dd/noam-chomsky-42_19th-century_i-just-don-t-care-about-popular-culture_2192545.jpg) > [As far as Marx's analysis of capitalism, there's a lot of very useful ideas in it, but he's developing an abstract model…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/as-far-as-marx-s-analysis-of-capitalism-there-s-a-lot-of-very-useful/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/342/noam-chomsky-42_19th-century_as-far-as-marx-s-analysis-of-capitalism_2216165.jpg) ## Other authors on 19th century ## More by Noam Chomsky > [The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-costs-of-the-bush-obama-wars-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-are-now/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-believe-in-democracy-why-shouldn-t-you-know-what-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [It’s a shameful moment for U.S. media when it insists on being subservient to the grotesque propaganda agencies of a violent, aggressive state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-s-a-shameful-moment-for-u-s-media-when-it-insists-on-being/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [There are questions as to whether it should even exist. Who should corporations be responsive to, the management of a corporation? Theoretically they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-are-questions-as-to-whether-it-should-even-exist-who-should/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be - protect themselves. That's why you have state secret laws.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/governments-regard-their-own-citizens-as-their-main-enemy-and-they/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [I don't join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn't have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-don-t-join-the-new-atheists-so-for-example-i-wouldn-t-have-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [The first thing you ought to do is verify what I present. Just because I say it doesn't make it true. So check it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-first-thing-you-ought-to-do-is-verify-what-i-present-just-because/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [ I wrote an article about the marine landing \[in Haiti\] right away, but barely mentioned the oil, because my article would come out two… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-wrote-an-article-about-the-marine-landing-in-haiti-right-away-but/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [American society is now remarkably atomized. Political organizations have collapsed. In fact, it seems like even bowling leagues are collapsing. The left has a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/american-society-is-now-remarkably-atomized-political-organizations/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [Discovery is the ability to be puzzled by simple things. Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/discovery-is-the-ability-to-be-puzzled-by-simple-things-noam-chomsky/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [There's an interesting book about that called The Third Reich and the Ivory Tower, written by Stephen H. Norwood. It has a long discussion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-s-an-interesting-book-about-that-called-the-third-reich-and-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [This is class war on an international scale, and power is in the hands of those who control the international economic system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/this-is-class-war-on-an-international-scale-and-power-is-in-the-hands/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [There are big, extremely irrational parts of the society, and they have now been mobilized politically by the Republican establishment, hoping that these people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-are-big-extremely-irrational-parts-of-the-society-and-they-have/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [There's plenty to criticize about the mass media, but they are the source of regular information about a wide range of topics. You can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-s-plenty-to-criticize-about-the-mass-media-but-they-are-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) > [The 50,000 Korean mercenaries we had in Vietnam were professional killers and just massacred people outright. And the American army did plenty of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-50-000-korean-mercenaries-we-had-in-vietnam-were-professional/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/19th-century/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "6 19th century Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That intellectuals, including academics, would become a \"new class\" of technocrats, claiming the name of science while cooperating with the powerful, was predicted by [Mikhail] Bakunin in the early days of the formation of the modern intelligentsia in the 19th century.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/that-intellectuals-including-academics-would-become-a-new-class-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/noam-chomsky-42_19th-century_that-intellectuals-including-academics-w_566786.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/noam-chomsky-42_19th-century_that-intellectuals-including-academics-w_566786.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/noam-chomsky-42_19th-century_that-intellectuals-including-academics-w_566786.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That intellectuals, including academics, would become a \"new class\" of technocrats, claiming the name of…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The big change, the really radical change in communication, was in the late 19th century. 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