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“The pattern of praise and punishment is a familiar one throughout history: those who line up in the service of the state are typically praised by the general intellectual community, and those who refuse to line up in service of the state are punished.”
― Noam Chomsky, Who Rules the World?

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“Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.”
― Noam Chomsky, Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda

tags: democracy, mass-media, propaganda, repression, totalitarianism

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“Do you train for passing tests or do you train for creative inquiry?”
― Noam Chomsky

tags: education, inspiration, inspirational, learning

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“Education is a system of imposed ignorance.”
― Noam Chomsky, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

tags: education, homeschooling, ignorance, public-education

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“And the spectators must not be allowed to see too much. President Obama has set new standards in safeguarding this principle. He has, in fact, punished more whistle-blowers than all previous presidents combined, a real achievement for an administration that came to office promising transparency.”
― Noam Chomsky, Who Rules the World?

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