We naturally assume that our mental structures are universal. But I suppose an outside biologist looking at us would see something very different. He would see that, like other organisms, we have a narrow sphere within which we are very good, but that sphere is very limited. And that, in fact, the very achievements we can have within that sphere are related to lack of achievements in other spheres.
Noam ChomskyPeople have no human rights, only the rights that they can gain on the labour market. Above all, wealth and power have to be protected.
Noam ChomskyAs in the past, the costs and risks of the coming phases of the industrial economy were to be socialized, with eventual profits privatized.
Noam ChomskyThe Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor led to many very good things. If you follow the trail, it led to kicking Europeans out of Asia - that saved tens of millions of lives in India alone.
Noam ChomskyJudge Afiuni has suffered enough. She has been subject to acts of violence and humiliations to undermine her human dignity. I am convinced that she must be set free.
Noam Chomsky