It's very common for the victims to understand a system better than th…

Noam Chomsky
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It's very common for the victims to understand a system better than the people who are holding the stick. ✨ Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian (2010). Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World, p.79, Macmillan
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It's very common for the victims to understand a system better than the people who are holding the stick. ✨ Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian (2010). Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World, p.79, Macmillan

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