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Japanese imperialism and the Monroe Doctrine

[...] The main issue of contention was that the U.S. insisted that the Asian system be an open one, meaning everybody had a right to participate freely. So the U.S. had to maintain its rights in China. Japan at the end finally agreed to that, but they insisted that this be worldwide so that the Wes…

—p.62 Class Warfare: Interviews with David Barsamian History and Memory (59) by Noam Chomsky
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what Chomsky means by anarchism

[...] If I’m asked about what I mean by anarchism, I always point out that what it means is an effort to undermine any form of illegitimate authority, whether it’s in the home or between men and women or parents and children or corporations and workers or the state and its people. It’s all forms of…

—p.54 Rollback: The Return of Predatory Capitalism (13) by Noam Chomsky
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raising children isn’t work

[...] The whole welfare “debate,” as it’s called, is based on the assumption that raising children isn’t work. It’s not like speculating on stock markets. That’s real work. So if a woman is taking care of a kid, she’s not doing anything. Domestic work altogether is not considered work because women…

—p.53 Rollback: The Return of Predatory Capitalism (13) by Noam Chomsky
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corporate power and devolution

[...] a couple of years ago, Congress passed the Transportation Subsidy Act to give the states money to support transportation. It was intended to maintain public transportation and also to fill potholes in the roads. But the figures just came out, in the same month of December, and it showed somet…

—p.52 Rollback: The Return of Predatory Capitalism (13) by Noam Chomsky
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paying for their own subordination

[...] it’s a matter of people paying for their own subordination. Maybe it’s fun to watch baseball games. In fact, I like it, too. But the fact of the matter is that the way this stuff functions in the society is to marginalize the people. It’s kind of like gladiatorial contests in Rome. The idea i…

—p.48 Rollback: The Return of Predatory Capitalism (13) by Noam Chomsky