« I think that, at least in technologically advanced Western societies, we can avoid the thankless, unnecessary and, in a certain margin, share this privilege with the population, the centralized autocratic control of economic institutions - I mean private capitalism as well as state totalitarianism or the various mixed forms of state capitalism that exist here or there - has become a destructive vestige of history. All these vestiges must be eliminated in favour of direct participation in the form of workers' councils or other free associations that individuals themselves constitute in the context of their social existence and productive work. A federated system, decentralized of free associations, incorporating economic and social institutions, would constitute what I call anarcho-unionism, it seems to me that it is an appropriate form of social organization for an advanced technological society, in which human beings are not transformed into instruments, into cogs of the mechanism. No social necessity requires that human beings be treated as links in the production chain, we must overcome this by a society of freedom and free association, or the creative impulse inherent in human nature can be fully realized in the way it decides. `Noam Chomsky` »
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Noam Chomsky
On Human Nature: Understanding Interlude Power |
Noam Chomsky
On Human Nature: Understanding Interlude Power
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« Reformation is one of those words that should put the chip in your ear. The changes are called "reforms" if the powerful support them. Thus, Pol Pot has changed many things in Cambodia, but we are not talking about "reforms". The word belongs to Orwell's list. We use it for the changes we are supposed to support. The so-called "educational reforms" should be evaluated pending what is considered good in the field of education, but just because we use the term "reforms" does not necessarily mean that these changes will be positive. Much of it is destructive. »
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Noam Chomsky
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Noam Chomsky
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« It is a great goal, perfectly aware, of industries interested in the definition of thoughts and attitudes. Their concern, their commitment, and they admit it, is to keep people isolated, atomized as you say. There is a good reason for that. As long as people are alone, they are not able to understand much. If they are together, they begin to exchange opinions, to question themselves and to learn. »
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Noam Chomsky
Propaganda: Interviews with David Barsamian |
Noam Chomsky
Propaganda: Interviews with David Barsamian
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