What is called 'capitalism'is basically a system of corporate mercantilism, with huge and largely unaccountable private tyrannies exercising vast control over the economy, political systems, and social and cultural life, operating in close cooperation with powerful states that intervene massively in the domestic economy and international society.
Noam ChomskyI don't think that the United States cares. They just assume that North Korea will soon have nuclear weapons.
Noam ChomskyThe two tendencies are antithetical in significant respects. These are distinctions that should be kept in mind, however one feels that the problems and dilemmas that constantly arise should be resolved.
Noam ChomskyThe new crimes that the US and Israel were committing in Gaza as 2009 opened do not fit easily into any standard categoryโexcept for the category of familiarity.
Noam ChomskyI think the use of language is a very important means by which this species, because of its biological nature, creates a kind of social space, to place itself in interactions with other people. It doesn't have much to do with communication in a narrow sense; that is, it doesn't involve transmission of information. There is much information transmitted but it is not the content of what is said that is transmitted.
Noam Chomsky