Take a look at the bombing of Serbia in 1999. The US was quite open about the reasons for the bombing. A main reason was to preserve stability and credibility. Serbia was interfering with stability, meaning that it was the one part of the Balkans that was not integrated into the Western-dominated (mostly US-dominated) system.
Noam ChomskyFar from creating independent thinkers, schools have always, throughout history, played an institutional role in a system of control and coercion. And once you are well educated you have already been socialized in ways that support the power structure, which, in turn, rewards you immensely.
Noam ChomskyIt's fine to criticize somebody else's crimes and misdeeds, but you don't talk about your own. The only exception is a country that is defeated. And even that is rather nuanced.
Noam ChomskyAcademics are mostly professionals, involved in their work and other concerns of their own, with no particular interest in the workings of the ideological system.
Noam ChomskyIf you care about other people, you might try to organize to undermine power and authority. That's not going to happen if you care only about yourself.
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