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. – Noam Chomsky
Real popular culture is folk art – coalminers songs and so forth. – Noam Chomsky
The major advances in speed of communication and ability to interact took place more than a century ago. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph was far more radical than that from telephone to email! – Noam Chomsky
I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system. – Noam Chomsky