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Essential reading for anyone preferring to be an informed member of the electorate, a participant in democracy rather than a spectator of extravaganza and or an uninformed consumer making irrational choices (by design) that lead to a trapping by debt. A sober but necessary accounting of the way thin Leggi tutto

I need to think about this for a while.

يقول تشومسكي: أنا مسن كفاية لأتذكر فترة الكساد الكبير فى أمريكا وكان أغلب عائلتي عمال وعاطلين عن العمل الوضع كان سيئاً عن الأن ولكن كان يوجد أمل وتوقعات بأن الأمور سوف تتحسن ولا يوجد مثل هذا الأمل اليومالتفاوت الطبقي اليوم وصل حداً لا سابق له فى تاريخ أمريكا ومصدر هذا التفاوت يأتي من تمركز الثروة فى Leggi tutto

When it comes to sussing out the state of our world and all the factors that contribute to where we've wound up, I'm not a slouch. I've read hundreds of books and have followed so much news and have discovered, again and again, that Noam Chomsky *Knows His Shit*. Just from the standpoint that he has Leggi tutto

O Funeral do Sonho Os Alicerces do Sonho: “«somos extremamente pobres, mas trabalharemos arduamente e encontraremos uma saída», o que, até certo ponto, foi verdade.” Os Coveiros do Sonho: “os principais arquitetos da política são os proprietários da sociedade — são as instituições financeiras e as empre Leggi tutto

For decades, economic scholars have commented on the dangers inherent in the growing concentration of wealth in Western society. Though misleadingly referred to as “income inequality” in the new media, this critically important topic actively entered public debate in 2011 with Occupy Wall Street. No Leggi tutto

Chomsky's bleak outlook on the state of the United States is that it is completely controlled by the very few and the very wealthy, because concentrations of money yield concentrations of power. In Requiem for the American Dream, he outlines the 10 principles that he believes allow these wealthy ent Leggi tutto

I strongly recommend this book to all those Steve Jobs or Elon Musk readers and lovers who are literally mesmerized by the facade of American success. Noam Chomsky is the sole independent thinker that I have encountered in my intellectual life. Independence of thought is not achieved easily and you h Leggi tutto

My 9th Chomsky Here Noam condenses the principles into a very manageable book. What follows is my further condensation into a review: Democracy, elections How can there be democracy when you can only vote every 4 years? And the votes are rigged to the highest bidder (no limits on candidate funding)? D Leggi tutto

Concise treatise of the root problems with American democracy. Chomsky provides a quick yet profound look into the fundamental problems of our declining democracy. In the style of Chomsky, I'll be brief: Politicians, policy-making and legislating are controlled by a plutocracy of corporate elites whos Leggi tutto