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How the World Works

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Its a series of interviews and talks from the 90s which tells you much about a lot of things, but never enough about any one thing.

HWW is actually a collection of four abridged books, some of which are interviews with Chomsky, others of which are books that had been written by Chomsky. Bahwa apa yang terjadi selama ini, yang membuat manusia menjadi merasa terkungkung, ialah karena ulah Amerika Serikat selaku negara (yang mengaku) adidaya. It suggests a wilful drive towards ignorance and political passivity, while diverting energies and enthusiasm to futile distractions incapable of challenging the power of the economic elite. I am not sure I have read anyone else who has so much information on things that happened in the world and is able to cite examples for any question asked, is able to convert that into knowledge that connects the assorted pieces, and then deliver such timeless insights.For example, Chomsky repeatedly points out newsworthy events that were conspicuously absent from the Western media, but effectively assumes that the reader will be familiar with anything that was reported in the media. He is also credited with the establishment of the Chomsky hierarchy, a classification of formal languages in terms of their generative power. Originally published as four short books in the famous Real Story series— What Uncle Sam Really Wants; The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many; Secrets, Lies and Democracy; and The Common Good—they’ve collectively sold almost 600,000 copies. For example Chomsky asserts that the US invaded South Vietnam, and takes it as a given almost that you understand the history and the theory behind that. He always backs up his views with the evidence that he has gathered to support it and for that, cannot be faulted unlike some of the rent-a-quote people who have way too much influence on politics these days.

Kapitalisme yang semakin hebat efeknya mendorong mereka untuk terus "merebut" sesuatu dari orang-orang biasa. Made up of intensively edited speeches and interviews, they offer something not found anywhere else: pure Chomsky, with every dazzling idea and penetrating insight intact, delivered in clear, accessible, reader-friendly prose. A leftist/anarchist point of view, critical to capitalism and current social status and modern human condition. Made up of meticulously edited speeches and interviews, every dazzling idea and penetrating insight is kept intact and delivered in clear, accessible, reader-friendly prose.Noam Chomsky has for sure a great reputation for being today's most brilliant intellectual (Interestingly more abroad than in the US). A good introduction into the truism of the world - that governments and large businesses operate in their own interests and not in the interests of the people they are supposed to serve. Starts off with a bang, denouncing the US foreign policy after WW2 that goes on the present day but it does get a little repetitive - this actually being four books compiled into one probably helps as well.

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