In the early 50s in the US, there was what was called McCarthyism and the only reason it succeeded was that there was no resistance to it. When they tried the same thing in the 60s it instantly collapsed because people simply laughed at it so they couldn't do it. Even a dictatorship can't do everything it wants. It's got to have some degree of popular support.
Noam Chomsky[Donald Trump] guru Steve Bannon is worse, he's much scarier. He probably knows what he's doing.
Noam ChomskyWith government deregulation and the triumph of financial liberalization, the dangers of systemic risks, the possibility of a financial tsunami, sharply increased.
Noam ChomskyWhether the person should then be called "an intellectual" seems to reduce the issue to a question of terminology.
Noam ChomskyThe 1980's was the first time in the history of imperialism that people from the imperial society went in substantial numbers to stay with the victims in the hope that their presence would offer some protection and some help. These were not the usual students from elite universities. These were people straight out of middle America.
Noam Chomsky