Democrat Quotes by Noam Chomsky

8 Democrat quotes by Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky’s thoughts on the concept of Democrat are summed up in eight succinct statements. This compact collection offers a clear glimpse of his critical lens.

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Today's Democrats are pretty much what used to be called moderate Republicans a generation ago.

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I mean, the liberal democrats aren't going to tell the average American, "Yeah, you're being shafted because of the policies that we've…

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I think that what's actually happening is the collapse of the Center - the centrist semi-coalitions, mildly social-democrat, mildly conservative, that have…

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“I personally never expected anything of Obama, and wrote about it before the 2008 primaries. I thought it was smoke and mirrors…

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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…

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“Both political parties have moved to the right during the neoliberal period. Today’s New Democrats are pretty much what used to be…

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Activism spawned by Sanders campaign is beginning to make inroads into electoral politics. Under Barack Obama, the Democratic Party pretty much collapsed…

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The Democrats have pretty much given up on the white working class. That would require a commitment to economic issues, and that's…

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This is class war on an international scale, and power is in the hands of those who control the international economic system.

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