Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to be guarded against.
Noam ChomskyAfrica's a wreck and it's not because it was hit by an asteroid. It's a wreck largely because it was hit by Europe.
Noam ChomskyAmerican decline is real, though the apocalyptic vision reflects the familiar ruling class perception that anything short of total control amounts to total disaster.
Noam ChomskyFreedom without opportunity is a devil's gift, and the refusal to provide such opportunities is criminal
Noam ChomskyOne of the Christian fundamentalists' goals seems to be to rebuild the Temple, which means destroying the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which presumably means war with the Arab world - one of the goals, perhaps, in fulfilling the prophecy of Armageddon. So they strongly support Israeli power and expansionism, and help fund it and lobby for it; but they also support actions that are very harmful and objectionable to most of its population - as do Jewish fundamentalist groups, mostly rooted in the US, which, after all, is one of the most extreme religious fundamentalist societies in the world.
Noam ChomskyI don't see how one can "believe in organized religion." What does it mean to believe in an organization? One can join it, support it, oppose it, accept its doctrines or reject them. There are many kinds of organized religion. People associate themselves with some of them, or not, for all sorts of reasons, maybe belief in some of their doctrines.
Noam Chomsky