Today, aid to Colombia is given under the pretext of a drug war. That's pretty hard to take seriously. Ten years ago, Amnesty International flatly called it a myth. Noam Chomsky More Quotes by Noam Chomsky More Quotes From Noam Chomsky The most striking aspect of linguistic competence is what we may call the 'creativity of language,' that is, the speaker's ability to produce new sentences, sentences that are immediately UNDERSTOOD by other speakers although they bear no physical resemblance to sentences which are 'familiar. Noam Chomsky creativitybearsmay You never really saw the racism in Europe in the past because it was so homogeneous. When everyone is blonde and blue-eyed, you don't see racism. But as soon as there was the beginnings of immigration, it just came out very dramatically. Noam Chomsky blueeuropepast Whoever sets the agenda controls the outcome of the debate Noam Chomsky debateagendasoutcomes As long as individuals are compelled to rent themselves on the market to those who are willing to hire them, as long as their role in production is simply that of ancillary tools, then there are striking elements of coercion and oppression that make talk of democracy very limited, if even meaningful. Noam Chomsky democracymeaningfullong Sports plays a societal role in engendering jingoist and chauvinist attitudes. They're designed to organize a community to be committed to their gladiators. Noam Chomsky attitudesportspeace There is a big difference between tweeting to your friend about something that is happening and having a real personal relationship with people. Noam Chomsky differencesrealpeople There are massive efforts on the part of the internet's corporate owners to try to direct it to become a technique of marginalisation and control. Noam Chomsky efforttechniquetrying The press is owned by wealthy men who only want certain things to reach the public. Noam Chomsky certainwantmen You keep plugging away--that's the way social change takes place. That's the way every social change in history has taken place: by a lot of people, who nobody ever heard of, doing work. Noam Chomsky takenpeopleway We still name our military helicopter gunships after victims of genocide. Nobody bats an eyelash about that: Blackhawk. Apache. And Comanche. If the Luftwaffe named its military helicopters Jew and Gypsy, I suppose people would notice. Noam Chomsky eyelashesmilitarynames As long as nuclear weapons exist, the chances of survival of the human species are quite slight. Noam Chomsky nuclearsurvivallong Ever since I've had any political awareness, I've felt either alone or part of a tiny minority. Noam Chomsky tinyminoritiespolitical Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way. Noam Chomsky opportunityteacherschool The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society. Noam Chomsky stepspositivemeaningful The new crimes that the US and Israel were committing in Gaza as 2009 opened do not fit easily into any standard category—except for the category of familiarity. Noam Chomsky gaza-stripfitisrael Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever. Noam Chomsky imaginationheroforever State propaganda, when supported by the educated classes and when no deviation is permitted from it, can have a big effect. It was a lesson learned by Hitler and many others, and it has been pursued to this day. Noam Chomsky lesson-learnedlessonsclass Concentration of ownership in the media is high and increasing. Furthermore, those who occupy managerial positions in the media, or gain status within them as commentators, belong to the same privileged elites, and might be expected to share the perceptions, aspirations and attitudes of their associates, reflecting their own class interests as well. Noam Chomsky mediaclassattitude Corporations are totalitarian institutions. Board of directors at the top of managers give orders, everyone follows orders..... At the very bottom of command, if you are lucky you can rent yourself to it and get a job , and if you are sufficiently propagandized you may even buy some of the junk they produce and so on. Noam Chomsky jobsgivingorder A drone strike is a terror weapon, we don't talk about it that way. It is; just imagine you are walking down the street and you don't know whether in 5 minutes there is going to be an explosion across the street from some place up in the sky that you can't see. Somebody will be killed, and whoever is around will be killed, maybe you'll be injured if you're there. That is a terror weapon. It terrorizes villages, regions, huge areas. It's the most massive terror campaign going on by a long shot. Noam Chomsky dronesskylong
