Thursday, 24 March 2022

Chomsky

An ideal form of social control consists in an atomised collection of individuals focused on their own narrow concern, lacking the kinds of organisations in which they can gain information, develop and articulate their thoughts, and act constructively to achieve common ends. 

            Noam Chomsky


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