Deterring Democracy
by Noam Chomsky · first published 1991
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"From World War II until the 1980s, the United States reigned supreme as both the economic and the military leader of the world. The major shifts in global politics that came about with the dismantling of the Eastern bloc have left the United States unchallenged as the preeminent military power, but American economic might has declined drastically in the face of competition, first from Germany and Japan ad more recently from newly prosperous countries elsewhere. In Deterring Democracy, the impassioned dissident intellectual Noam Chomsky points to the potentially catastrophic consequences of th
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Deterring Democracy by Noam Chomsky https://bookshop.org/books/deterring-democracy/9780374523497 gave me a diff pov on the US/government, in particular. helped start shifting my perspective, break out of the 'indoctrination'…
on “Ask HN: Life Changing Books?” ↗…little, mainly in areas in free speech, personal wealth accumulation, etc. but i think 99.99% is push, not pull. for the 'push' part, you can read this by chomsky (free, online there): https://zcomm.org/deterring-democracy/ it's not necessarily light reading, but...well, i think our reading abilities have dropped so low that it probably does qualify as complex reading now. if you don't share chomsky's professed values…
on “Chomsky: Peace Talks in Ukraine “Will Get Nowhere” If US Keeps Refusing to Join” ↗Noam Chomsky write in "Deterring Democracy" that Thailand once banned tobacco imports to protect the health of its people, but was forced to back down because the US Federal Government - not a tobacco company - threatened Thailand with trade sanctions.
on “Big Tobacco puts countries on trial as concerns over TTIP deals mount (2014)” ↗