We had one or another form of state capitalism during an extremely brief period of human history, which tells us essentially nothing about human nature. If you look at human societies and human interactions, you can find anything. You find selfishness, you find altruism, you find sympathy.
Noam ChomskyIf something is right (or wrong) for us, itโs right (or wrong) for others. It follows that if itโs wrong for Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, and a long list of others to bomb Washington and New York, then itโs wrong for Rumsfeld to bomb Afghanistan (on much flimsier pretexts), and he should be brought before war crimes trials.
Noam ChomskyWhat happened in the missile crisis in October 1962 has been prettified to make it look as if acts of courage and thoughtfulness abounded. The truth is that the whole episode was almost insane.
Noam ChomskyNow take a look at the way the Drug War is conducted over the past 40 years. It goes back farther, but start from 40 years ago: There's very little spent on prevention and treatment. There's a lot on policing, a ton of stuff on border control and a lot on out-of-country operations. And the effect on the availability of drugs is almost undetectable; drug prices don't change on measures of availability. So there are two possibilities: Either those conducting the Drug War are lunatics, or they have another purpose.
Noam ChomskyI am not too happy with terms like โthe leftโ, to be honest. And I donโt use it muchโฆ.if by โthe leftโ you mean people who are committed to peace and justice and freedom and so on, there canโt be elements of the left opposed to workersโ movement, at least under that definition.
Noam Chomsky