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“Power Systems” Noam Chomsky (2013) Review | Power is systematic

power systems
Power Systems
Conversations with David Barsamian on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire Empire.
Noam Chomsky, 2013
178 pages
Read in 2024.4
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🔽 Intro and review summary 🔽

✔ Collection of conversation, interviews
✔ American politics

★★★★★ Power is systematic. We live in a society that's governed by selfish people. But, we have democracy, it's a system that's made by us, for us and we can and should use it effectively.


🔽 Book review and notes 🔽

A collection of conversations from 2010 to 2012.
So some things are old, like the use of the Internet has changed completely, the US president has changed twice since, but fundamentally not much changed, we're stil living in the same era.

It's a lot about American politics that I wouldn't pretend to understand but his position is constant.
He is empathetic to the others. He is very much against anything and anyone selfish, and the fact is we are ruled by these selfish groups of people.

He still spoke of hope, that a government is owned by the people and we should recognise it and use it.

But 10 years on, did things get better? No.
What we can do, or what we can hope for, is even more limited.

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Power Systems: Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire (American Empire Project)


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Power Systems: Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire

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Power Systems: Conversations with David Barsamian on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire (English)