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"It's ridiculous to talk about freedom in a society dominated by huge corporations ..." [View all]

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"It's ridiculous to talk about freedom in a society dominated by huge corporations ..." [View all] Scuba Feb 2014 OP

k&r n/t RainDog Feb 2014 #1

Noam Chomsky make this issue so clear that even a simpleton should understand indepat Feb 2014 #2

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it." Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #5

Key advice for anyone mired in a bog-dwelling subthread bobduca Feb 2014 #37

At least Stalin finally croaked. Ikonoklast Feb 2014 #3

No, no. They are good and just and will lead us into the the Next Age of Humanity. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #4

du rec. the bill of rights doesn't apply inside the work place. nt xchrom Feb 2014 #6

If everyone had a guaranteed income first, they could choose freely to work for a corp, or not. reformist2 Feb 2014 #7

K&R.... daleanime Feb 2014 #8

, blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #9

K&R woo me with science Feb 2014 #10

Amen Noam colsohlibgal Feb 2014 #11

Chomsky is such a windbag. There are millions of small, family businesses KittyWampus Feb 2014 #12

Congrats cannondale Feb 2014 #14

Starts with a K Jakes Progress Feb 2014 #48

Yep, we all will get wealthy landscaping each other's yards Fumesucker Feb 2014 #15

getting "wealthy" is your straw man. Chomsky has no point. We do have a great amount KittyWampus Feb 2014 #21

Talking about corporations as 'authoritarian' is hardly Libertarian stupidity Enthusiast Feb 2014 #26

And now we've stretched the definition of libertarian to include "Doesn't like corporations." JoeyT Feb 2014 #32

Those aren't examples of 'freedom' cprise Feb 2014 #50

But what small businesses do not realize is that what keeps them going -- the oil and other JDPriestly Feb 2014 #16

I am pretty sure most small business owners understand the concept of infrastructure. KittyWampus Feb 2014 #23

Still, you should read the Palast book, Vulture's Picnic if you haven't already. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #25

Read a book? Are you kidding? Jakes Progress Feb 2014 #49

'small business' ...I've heard 'Koch Industries' stillcool Feb 2014 #28

When posting stats like that you need a link dreamnightwind Feb 2014 #29

Get back to us when you are a huge corporation that owns a few politicians. Rex Feb 2014 #33

You can't possibly be so dense that you think he's talking about small mom & pops. Marr Feb 2014 #36

Dear Lord. Please, make me into such a windbag. Coyotl Feb 2014 #41

It's not that there aren't small businesses in this country. fasttense Feb 2014 #43

He Poopoo in your Grand Illusion Bowl? fascisthunter Feb 2014 #45

The fact is qwertyq Feb 2014 #46

Chomsky isn't the windbag. You Jakes Progress Feb 2014 #52

K&R! Phlem Feb 2014 #13

Yes, employees "taking orders" from their bosses is, indeed, effectively Stalinism. Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #17

Never heard of the guy MO_Moderate Feb 2014 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author woo me with science Feb 2014 #22

Once you start reading liberal forums regularly you will hear of him a lot. Coyotl Feb 2014 #42

Hey, thanks for a direction MO_Moderate Feb 2014 #44

Ain't THAT the truth Rider3 Feb 2014 #19

He must be talking about the military or a government bureaucracy FarCenter Feb 2014 #20

The same employees the large corporations conspire against in order to hold down their wages? Fumesucker Feb 2014 #27

K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2014 #24

kick woo me with science Feb 2014 #30

Jeffersonian. moondust Feb 2014 #31

Yep. K&R Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2014 #34

K&R n/t Michigan-Arizona Feb 2014 #35

Ain't that the truth marvinsacco Feb 2014 #38

K & R ctsnowman Feb 2014 #39

No truer words jsr Feb 2014 #40

We Need Balance in Our Country fascisthunter Feb 2014 #47

k&r for the truth. n/t Laelth Feb 2014 #51