All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.

Quote by Noam Chomsky

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Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.

Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.

The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.

The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history.

I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it...

I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it...

The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it...

The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it...

Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.

Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.

Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something...

Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something...

Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is...

Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is...

To some degree it matters who's in office, but it matters more how much pressure...

To some degree it matters who's in office, but it matters more how much pressure...

The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product...

The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product...

Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it.

Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it.

Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.

Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe...

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe...

If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.

If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.

The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens,...

The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens,...

The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at...

The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at...

Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact...

Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact...

States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.

States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.

In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just...

In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just...

The people who were honored in the Bible were the false prophets. It was the...

The people who were honored in the Bible were the false prophets. It was the...

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the...

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the...