Series VIII · Card 9 of 21 · THE SCRIPTORIUM
The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.
NOAM CHOMSKY · THE COMMON GOOD · 1998
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Source
“The Common Good”, Odonian Press, Monroe (Maine) 1998, p. 43 (abridged)
About the author
American linguist and political commentator (b. 1928). Founder of generative grammar. Known for critiques of media and power structures.
The question on the back
How narrow is the frame of the debates you hear?