Noam Chomsky quote: The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow ...

The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum....

~ Noam Chomsky ~

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