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“By the way, that propaganda system includes not just how issues are framed in news stories but also how they're presented in entertainment programming— that huge area of the media that's simply devoted to diverting people and making them more stupid and passive.”
― Noam Chomsky, Secrets, Lies and Democracy

“I agree with Adam Smith on this-we'd like to see a tendency toward equality. Not just equality of opportunity, but actual equality— the ability, at every stage of one's existence, to access information and make decisions on the basis of it.”
― Noam Chomsky, Secrets, Lies and Democracy

“As I mentioned earlier, they don't want decision-makers and participants; they want a passive, obedient population of consumers and political spectators—a community of people who are so atomized and isolated that they can't put together their limited resources and become an independent, powerful force that will chip away at concentrated power.”
― Noam Chomsky, Secrets, Lies and Democracy

“This argument isn't quite presented step-by-step like that in the article-I've collapsed it. It's very clever propaganda, well designed, well crafted, with plenty of thought behind it. Its goal is to make people as stupid, ignorant, passive and obedient as possible, while at the same time making them feel that they're somehow moving towards higher forms of participation.”
― Noam Chomsky, Secrets, Lies and Democracy