There has to be spiritual transformation among the masses, who have to be willing to recognize that their oppression is not a law of nature. That's what Latin American bishops were doing when they formed base communities. They were trying to get peasants to recognize that you can take your fate into your own hands. That's what the civil-rights movement did here. That's what the women's movement did.
Noam ChomskyGovernments are not representative. They have their own power, serving segments of the population that are dominant and rich.
Noam ChomskyNow financial liberalization is just a catastrophe waiting to happen, and there are very well understood reasons for that.
Noam Chomsky