April 2011
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“All things are subject to interpretation, whichever interpretation prevails at a...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche (via mckadence)
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markets & democracy as legitimizing myths
Noam Chomsky wrote the following as part of his most recent essay, titled Is The World Too Big to Fail?:
Support for democracy is the province of ideologists and propagandists. In the real world, elite dislike of democracy is the norm. The evidence is overwhelming that democracy is supported insofar as it contributes to social and economic objectives, a conclusion reluctantly conceded by the...
