I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to e…

Noam Chomsky
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I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system. ✨ Noam Chomsky, Michel Foucault (2006). The Chomsky-Foucault Debate: On Human Nature, The New Press
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I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system. ✨ Noam Chomsky, Michel Foucault (2006). The Chomsky-Foucault Debate: On Human Nature, The New Press

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