--- title: "7 Don-t-care Quotes By Noam Chomsky" description: "7 Don-t-care quotes by Noam Chomsky. Plus more from Noam Chomsky and more Don-t-care sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62a/noam-chomsky-42_american-war_younger-people-who-are-being-indoctrinat_454120.jpg" --- > [Younger people who are being indoctrinated into the contemporary system of falsification - they really have to do some research to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/younger-people-who-are-being-indoctrinated-into-the-contemporary/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62a/noam-chomsky-42_american-war_younger-people-who-are-being-indoctrinat_454120.jpg) > [The United States is a very insular society. Most people know very little about the outside world and don't care that much.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/the-united-states-is-a-very-insular-society-most-people-know-very/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/481/noam-chomsky-42_affair_the-united-states-is-a-very-insular-soci_558802.jpg) > [For example, the insurance industries and the big banks are absolutely euphoric now - on the business pages they don't even conceal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/for-example-the-insurance-industries-and-the-big-banks-are-absolutely/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dca/noam-chomsky-42_bases_for-example-the-insurance-industries-and_596611.jpg) > [Rush Limbaugh has answered - it's the rich liberals who own the banks and run the government, and of course run the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/rush-limbaugh-has-answered-it-s-the-rich-liberals-who-own-the-banks/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2d/noam-chomsky-42_care_rush-limbaugh-has-answered-it-s-the-rich_1190267.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) > [In fact, for the majority of the population, wages and incomes have stagnated and conditions have gotten worse. So they are asking,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/in-fact-for-the-majority-of-the-population-wages-and-incomes-have/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/noam-chomsky-42_answers_in-fact-for-the-majority-of-the-populati_3083071.jpg) > [If you listen to the talk shows, which are rabid right-wing, and very interesting, an important fact about the United States, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-listen-to-the-talk-shows-which-are-rabid-right-wing-and-very/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5d/noam-chomsky-42_analog_if-you-listen-to-the-talk-shows-which-ar_3154834.jpg) ## Other authors on Don-t-care ## 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/don-t-care/noam-chomsky/#itemlist", "name": "7 Don-t-care Quotes By Noam Chomsky", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Younger people who are being indoctrinated into the contemporary system of falsification - they really have to do some research to find out what is the truth. In the general population, people forget or don't care that much. And gradually what you hear drilled into your head everyday comes to be believed. 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