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Governments are power systems. They are trying to sustain their power and domination over their populations and they will use what means are available to do this. By now the means are very sophisticated and extensive and we can expect them to increase. So for instance, if you read technology journals you learn that in robotics labs for some years there have been efforts to develop small drones, what they call “fly-sized drones,” which can intrude into a person’s home and be almost invisible and carry out constant surveillance. You can be sure that the military is very much interested in this, and the intelligence systems as well, and will soon be using it.
We’re developing technologies that will be used by our own governments and by commercial corporations and are already being used to maximize information for themselves for control and domination. That’s the way power systems work. Of course, they’ve always played the security card. But I think one should be very cautious about such claims. Every government pleads security for almost anything it’s doing, so since the plea is predictable it essentially carries no information. If after the event the power system claims security, that doesn’t mean it’s actually a functioning principle. And if you look at the record, you discover that security is generally a pre-text and security is not a high priority of governments. If By that I mean the security of the population — security of the power system itself and the domestic interests it represents, yes, that’s a concern. But security of the population is not.
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6 responses to “He Said THAT?”
Even a stopped (digital) clock is right twice a day.
Sorry – but what he did to linquistics is inexcusable. If he’s correct this time, it’s purely by accident.
Good old Numb Chompers never met a totalitarian dictator he didn’t like. He’s not opposed to governments in general, just the US one.
I’ve got a linguistics professor in my flower bed.
It’s a garden Noam.
You only dislike government when it comes after you! Simon is the perfect example of the good german. I was around back in the 60/70’s I know your kind!
crap,
I would dislike government if it came after you. Despite the fact that I mostly dislike you.
I don’t remember you helping us out back then were you disguised as a tree?
I think the difference between Chomsky and most anarcho-capitalists is that Chomsky thinks property is only possible because of government and 1) that once government is abolished, property will go with it and 2) a government that restricts property rights is on the right track.