One might ask why tobacco is legal and marijuana not. A possible answer is suggested by the nature of the crop.
Noam ChomskyThere's an internal coherence and logic to what they get from [Rush] Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and the rest of these guys. And they sound very convincing, they're very self-confident, and they have an answer to everything - a crazy answer, but it's an answer. And it's our fault if that goes on. So one thing to be done is don't ridicule these people, join them, and talk about their real grievances and give them a sensible answer, like, "Take over your factories."
Noam ChomskyWhat was the invasion of South Vietnam, for example, in 1962, when Kennedy sent the Air Force to bomb South Vietnam and start chemical warfare? That's aggression.
Noam ChomskyGlobalization is the result of powerful governments, especially that of the United States, pushing trade deals and other accords down the throats of the worldโs people to make it easier for corporations and the wealthy to dominate the economies of nations around the world without having obligations to the peoples of those nations.
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