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Small differences in a system of great power can have enormous consequences. [Source: Al Jazeera 'Upfront' interview]

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There's very little dislike of Americans in the world, shown by repeated polls, and the dissatisfaction - that is, the hatred and the anger - they com...more

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Modern industrial civilisation has developed within a certain system of convenient myths. The driving force of modern industrial civilisation has been...more

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If you're teaching, say, physics, there's no point in persuading a student that you're right. You want to encourage them to find out what the truth is...more

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One of the difficulties in raising public concern over the very severe threats of global warming is that 40 percent of the US population does not see ...more

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The whole infrastructure of air travel was, and is, part of government policy. It is not a natural development of a free economic system - at least no...more

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The debt is being cynically exploited by the far right, with collusion of the Democrat establishment, to undermine what remains of social programs, pu...more

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There is tons of work to be done, and lots of people who would like to do the work. It's just that the economic system is such a grotesque catastrophe...more

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Our philosophy is to rob everything as much as possible and forget about tomorrow...But it makes a certain sense if the sole human value is making as ...more

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If you're independent-minded in school, you're probably going to get in trouble very early on. That's not the trait that's being preferred or cultivat...more

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He wants to focus on what he calls 'cultural issues.' That makes sense, because when you're going to rob people blind you don't want to have them focu...more

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Reigning doctrines are often called a "double standard".The term is misleading.It is more accurate to describe them as a single standard,clear and unm...more

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I think maybe the classic formulation was by David Hume in "Of the First Principles of Government," where he pointed out that "Force is always on the ...more

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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 sp...more

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Corporations barely pay taxes. The corporate tax rate is already very low, but corporations have worked out an array of complicated techniques so they...more