Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt. Itโs a trap for the rest of your life because the laws are designed so that you canโt get out of it. If a business, say, gets in too much debt it can declare bankruptcy, but individuals can almost never be relieved of student debt through bankruptcy.
Noam ChomskyThe social and physical construction of suburban America really was quite complex. It was a very elaborate system, and clearly a massive social engineering project that has changed U.S. society enormously.
Noam ChomskyIn some respects, South African apartheid was more vicious than Israeli practices, and in some respects the opposite is true.
Noam ChomskyTough love is just the right phrase: love for the rich and privileged, tough for everyone else.
Noam ChomskyCalifornia is maybe the richest place in the world. They're destroying the best public education system in the world.
Noam ChomskyFrom a comparative perspective, the United States is unusual if not unique in the lack of restraints on freedom of expression. It is also unusual in the range and effectiveness of methods employed to restrain freedom of thought... Where the voice of the people is heard, elite groups must insure their voice says the right things.
Noam Chomsky