For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit. ✨ Noam Chomsky,…

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For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit. ✨ Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian (2010). Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World, p.73, Macmillan
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For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit. ✨ Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian (2010). Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World, p.73, Macmillan

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