In a society that has very high concentration of capital in a narrow sector of the population, that's going to influence everything in different ways.

A fundamental element of human nature is the need for creative work, for creative inquiry, for free creation without the arbitrary limiting effects of coercive institutions. A decent society should maximize the possibilities for this fundamental human characteristic to be realized.

The more privilege you have, the more opportunity you have. The more opportunity you have, the more responsibility you have.

It’s ridiculous to talk about freedom in a society dominated by huge corporations. What kind of freedom is there inside a corporation? They’re totalitarian institutions - you take orders from above and maybe give them to people below you. There’s about as much freedom as under Stalinism.

In fact, there is a very close correlation between human rights violations and US aid, particularly in Latin America.

A corporation is a state created institution, state supported institution, its concentration of private power, there is no reason why it should have the rights of persons.

If you want to become a biologist, it doesn't help to go into the Harvard biology library and all the information is there for you. You have to know what to look for and the internet is the same, just magnified.