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> [The key element of social control is the strategy of distraction that is to divert public attention from important issues and changes decided by political and economic elites, through the technique of flood or flooding continuous distractions and insignificant information.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-key-element-of-social-control-is-the-strategy-of-distraction-that/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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