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Governments are supposed to lie to their citizens.

There were plenty of other hominids, but they disappeared, probably because humans exterminated them, but nobody knows for sure.

From Noam Chomsky

The polls show that concern over inequality among the general public rose pretty sharply after the Occupy movement started, very probably as a consequence. And there are other policy issues that came to the fore, which are significant.

From Noam Chomsky

The close Turkish-Israeli relations go back to the late 1950s - military intelligence, commercial, more recently, tourism and cultural relations.

From Noam Chomsky

My family was mostly unemployed working class.

From Noam Chomsky

I don't think that experience is a very useful or convincing attribute for a sensible foreign policy. Henry Kissinger had a lot of experience.

From Noam Chomsky

International affairs is very much run like the mafia. The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn't pay his protection money. You have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don't have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places.

From Noam Chomsky

The U.S. is off the spectrum in religious commitment.

From Noam Chomsky

The Democrats have pretty much given up on the white working class. That would require a commitment to economic issues, and that's not their concern.

From Noam Chomsky

Unlike Europe, China can't be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way. But China, they've been there for 3,000 years and are paying no attention to the barbarians and don't see any need to.

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