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Noam Chomsky:
There's maybe twenty percent of the population that is relatively educated, more or less articulate, that play some kind of role in decision making. They're supposed to participate in social life either as managers, or cultural managers, like say, teachers, writers and so on. They're supposed to vote. They're supposed to play some role in the way economic, political and cultural life goes on. Now their consent is crucial. It's one group that has to be deeply indoctrinated. Then There's maybe eighty percent of the population whose main function is to follow orders and not to think
There's maybe twenty percent of the population that is relatively educated, more or less articulate, that play some kind of role in decision making. They're supposed to participate in social life either as managers, or cultural managers, like say, teachers, writers and so on. They're supposed to vote. They're supposed to play some role in the way economic, political and cultural life goes on. Now their consent is crucial. It's one group that has to be deeply indoctrinated. Then There's maybe eighty percent of the population whose main function is to follow orders and not to think
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there is a centre to the
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to a dissenting population
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although we feel that there's no centre
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And I think that is what reactivated in me
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a desire to get back
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get reacquainted with the political scene ater 30 years of alienation from it
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You do hundreds of interviews and lectures
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And you're dealing with massacres in East Timor
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Movie Summary
A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.