Noam Chomsky Thinks We’re Doing Just Fine (Not)

The US and Europe are committing suicide in different ways. In Europe it’s austerity in the midst of recession and that’s guaranteed to be a disaster. There’s some resistance to that now. In the US, it’s essentially off-shoring production and financialization and getting rid of superfluous population through incarceration.

— If you enjoy reading things that might make you grumpy, this interview with Noam Chomsky is a good thing to read! I read my first (and last) Noam Chomsky book in high school, and then stayed in bed for a week.

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