Noam Chomsky: "What Next? The Elections, the Economy, and the World"

80% of the population say that the country’s going in the wrong direction. About 80% say the government doesn’t work to the benefit of the people, it works for the few and the special interests. A startling 94% complain that the government doesn’t pay any attention to the public will, and on like that. Under conditions like that, you would expect a landslide to a opposition almost whoever they are. And there wasn’t one.

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by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 24, 2008

Chomsky always presents unique insights into the events of the world. He injects facts that others ignore or downplay, and here provides a fuller perspective of the elections.

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