There is no plausible theory under which the record of the Pentagon Papers can be interpreted as relating to the national defense.
Noam ChomskyRead
There are massive efforts on the part of the internet's corporate owners to try to direct it to become a technique of marginalisation and control.
Interpretation
The quote warns about corporate influence on the internet, which can lead to manipulation and exclusion.
Noam Chomsky highlights the ongoing struggle against the commercialization and control of the internet by powerful corporate entities. He suggests that these forces aim to shape the online landscape in ways that marginalize certain voices while maintaining control over the flow of information, ultimately restricting the internet's potential as a tool for open communication and democratic engagement.
In practice
In a speech about digital freedom, one could use this quote to emphasize the need for internet neutrality.
There is no plausible theory under which the record of the Pentagon Papers can be interpreted as relating to the national defense.
The 'free-floating intellectual' may occupy himself with problems because of their inherent interest and importance, perhaps to little effect.
If you're teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are.
There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, 'That person I see is a savage monster;' instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do.
The Republican Party has become overwhelmingly so extreme that it's hardly a traditional political party anymore.
There is still much debate about whether torture has been effective in eliciting information - the assumption being, apparently, that if it is effective, then it may be justified.
I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance.
Progress is Providence without God. That is, it is a theory that everything has always perpetually gone right by accident. It is a sort of atheistic optimism, based on an everlasting coincidence far more miraculous than a miracle.
Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you- not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again?
Have you ever danced with the Devil in the pale moonlight?
in the presence of extraordinary actuality, consciousness takes the place of imagination.
When the buying stops, the killing can too.
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