--- title: "12 Destroying Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "12 Destroying quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Destroying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/550/noam-chomsky-42_chance_humans-may-be-destroying-their-chances-f_2312918.jpg" --- > [Humans may be destroying their chances for decent survival. It won't kill everybody, but it would change the world dramatically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/humans-may-be-destroying-their-chances-for-decent-survival-it-won-t/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/550/noam-chomsky-42_chance_humans-may-be-destroying-their-chances-f_2312918.jpg) > [When geologists announced the beginning of a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, humans destroying the environment, one of the main things they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/when-geologists-announced-the-beginning-of-a-new-geological-epoch-the-2/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/noam-chomsky-42_destroying_when-geologists-announced-the-beginning_1920150.jpg) > [California is maybe the richest place in the world. They're destroying the best public education system in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/california-is-maybe-the-richest-place-in-the-world-they-re-destroying/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/noam-chomsky-42_california_california-is-maybe-the-richest-place-in_542946.jpg) > [Suppose that we believe what we are taught. . . . destroying the environment and militarizing outer space are rational policies . . . of institutional lunacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/suppose-that-we-believe-what-we-are-taught-destroying-the-environment/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b79/noam-chomsky-42_believe_suppose-that-we-believe-what-we-are-taug_1190692.jpg) > [The US is the wrecking machine that is destroying everything. The world is hoping that China will somehow come to the rescue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-us-is-the-wrecking-machine-that-is-destroying-everything-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/597/noam-chomsky-42_china_the-us-is-the-wrecking-machine-that-is-d_2196235.jpg) > [The US intervened in the Philippines to uplift and christianize the backward people, killing a couple of hundred thousand of them and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-us-intervened-in-the-philippines-to-uplift-and-christianize-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/noam-chomsky-42_country_the-us-intervened-in-the-philippines-to_2307573.jpg) > [When geologists announced the beginning of a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, humans destroying the environment, one of the main things they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/when-geologists-announced-the-beginning-of-a-new-geological-epoch-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06f/noam-chomsky-42_consequence_when-geologists-announced-the-beginning_1761215.jpg) > [Europe is being subjected to the kinds of programs that devastated Latin America for many years. Latin America has thrown them out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/europe-is-being-subjected-to-the-kinds-of-programs-that-devastated/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/noam-chomsky-42_america_europe-is-being-subjected-to-the-kinds-o_2565126.jpg) > [One of the Christian fundamentalists' goals seems to be to rebuild the Temple, which means destroying the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which presumably means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/one-of-the-christian-fundamentalists-goals-seems-to-be-to-rebuild-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/754/noam-chomsky-42_action_one-of-the-christian-fundamentalists-goa_1111069.jpg) > [One substitute for the disappearing Evil Empire (The Soviet Union) has been the threat of drug traffickers from Latin America. In early…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/one-substitute-for-the-disappearing-evil-empire-the-soviet-union-has/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d3/noam-chomsky-42_america_one-substitute-for-the-disappearing-evil_233892.jpg) > [We should recall that during the Second World War and the Great Depression there was an upsurge in popular, radical democracy. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/we-should-recall-that-during-the-second-world-war-and-the-great/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/noam-chomsky-42_attacking_we-should-recall-that-during-the-second_453652.jpg) > [If there are dollars to be made, you destroy the environment. The reason is elementary. The people who are going to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-there-are-dollars-to-be-made-you-destroy-the-environment-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/861/noam-chomsky-42_attention_if-there-are-dollars-to-be-made-you-dest_2918276.jpg) ## Other authors on Destroying ## 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/destroying/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "12 Destroying Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Humans may be destroying their chances for decent survival. 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We don't think about it, but it has a tremendous effect. But these are things you don't see right in front of your eyes. You need to think about them a little, to see what the consequences are. 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So they strongly support Israeli power and expansionism, and help fund it and lobby for it; but they also support actions that are very harmful and objectionable to most of its population - as do Jewish fundamentalist groups, mostly rooted in the US, which, after all, is one of the most extreme religious fundamentalist societies in the world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Noam Chomsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/one-of-the-christian-fundamentalists-goals-seems-to-be-to-rebuild-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/754/noam-chomsky-42_action_one-of-the-christian-fundamentalists-goa_1111069.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/754/noam-chomsky-42_action_one-of-the-christian-fundamentalists-goa_1111069.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/754/noam-chomsky-42_action_one-of-the-christian-fundamentalists-goa_1111069.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One of the Christian fundamentalists' goals seems to be to rebuild the Temple, which means destroying the…” — Noam Chomsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One substitute for the disappearing Evil Empire (The Soviet Union) has been the threat of drug traffickers from Latin America. In early September 1989, a major government-media blitz was launched by the President. That month the AP wires carried more stories about drugs than about Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa combined. 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In all over the world. It took different forms, but it was there, everywhere. In Greece it was in the Greek revolution, and so on. And it had to be crushed. In countries like Greece, it was crushed by violence. 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The reason is elementary. The people who are going to be harmed by this are your grandchildren and they don't have any votes in the market. Their interests are worth zero. Anybody that pays attention to their grandchildren's interests is being irrational. Because what you're supposed to do is maximize your own interests, measured by wealth, right now. Nothing else matters. 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