There was a time traditionally - say, GM in the 1950s - it was trying to develop a consumer base that would… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“I mean, to talk about "corporate greed" is like talking about "military weapons" or something like that―there just is no other possibility.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the pre-capitalist world, everyone had a place. It might not have been a very nice place, even maybe a horrible place,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Capitalism denies the right to live. You have only the right to remain on the labour market. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Let's take Adam Smith, the patron-saint of capitalism, what did he think? He thought the main human instinct was sympathy. In fact,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Bear in mind that capitalism is a tiny period of human society. You never really had capitalism, you always had one or… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Anarcho-capitalism, in my opinion, is a doctrinal system which, if ever implemented, would lead to forms of tyranny and oppression that have… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Part of the whole capitalist ethic is that the only thing that matters is how much money you make tomorrow: that's the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“How people themselves perceive what they are doing is not a question that interests me. I mean, there are very few people… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Predatory capitalism created a complex industrial system and an advanced technology; it permitted a considerable extension of democratic practice and fostered certain… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Borders are semiporous. Capital flows more freely than people across them. on C Span. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“And since one of the main purposes of social policy is to keep the population passive, people with power are going to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“James Madison framed the constitutional order so that power would be in the hands of the Senate, which represents “the wealth of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“And with the decline of the traditional manufacturing industries in recent years, it's getting worse, not better. As capital becomes more fluid… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Capitalism’s concept of competitive man who seeks only to maximize wealth and power, who subjects himself to market relationships, to exploitation and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“[...] in a predatory capitalist economy, state intervention would be an absolute necessity to preserve human existence and to prevent the destruction… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“First of all, we've never had capitalism, so it can't end. We have some variety of state capitalism. If you fly on… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“It [predatory capitalism] is incapable of meeting human needs that can be expressed only in collective terms, and its concept of competitive… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“But for another thing, there's no law of nature which says that control over capital has to be in a few hands―that's… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are questions as to whether it should even exist. Who should corporations be responsive to, the management of a corporation? Theoretically they are… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be - protect themselves. That's why you have state secret laws.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I wrote an article about the marine landing [in Haiti] right away, but barely mentioned the oil, because my article would come out two… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
American society is now remarkably atomized. Political organizations have collapsed. In fact, it seems like even bowling leagues are collapsing. The left has a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Discovery is the ability to be puzzled by simple things. Noam Chomsky — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
This is class war on an international scale, and power is in the hands of those who control the international economic system. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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