How the World Works

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Any government which intends to serve the needs of people is labelled as communist and any form of democracy that entails popular engagement with real decision making is anathema. Seperti yang tertulis pada sinopsisnya, Chomsky menjelaskan mengenai peperangan, kemiskinan, kebodohan, kesehatan, hingga rasisme dengan analisis yang ia miliki (sumbernya ia dapat dari berbagai kalangan, aku sempat menduga dirinya ada hubungannya dengan Julian Assange).

The Pentagon and its proxies even created the American tech revolution, which we have naively attributed to the genius of a few young visionaries who could see the future the rest of us couldn’t, when, in fact, if was the Department of Defense and the US taxpayer who made it all possible. He insists that no elite can govern any country without the consent of its people and that the American electorate has the power to throw their corrupt elite out of power and replace them with accountable, public spirited alternatives. Chomsky'nin dili agir olsa da, Amerika'nin dunyada kimlere neden dusmanlik guttugunu onlarca ornekle aciklamasi acisindan cok faydali. nobody has the definitive answer, no political ideology is going to be the cure-all, move away from the bad and that's good enough for the society together to find the better system one day. There is no opposition, though, to corporate welfare, for example, where companies deemed too big to fail are regularly provided government subsidies to continue to exist.

strength lies in the society, unite (for whatever cause) and participate if you want to see any change in the world.

I would love to learn it, since I do think that Chomsky has a lot of useful things to say, but as put in the form of this book "How the world works", it is pretty useless for me. Mungkin pembaca akan merasa buat apa membaca tulisan mengenai analisis yang terlalu kompleks dan rasanya sulit untuk diselesaikan secara sederhana, selama pembaca masih bisa mendapat makan dan hidup layak, membaca karya Chomsky menjadi hal yang sia-sia dan membuang-buang waktu. If you are an American who believes that we are the strongest nation in the world due to the strength of our democratic institutions and that our politicians rule solely for our benefit, there is much in this book you won’t agree with. Big business has an important play in this and over a period of time, media which is supposed to be a conscience-keeper, becomes a cheerleader. I am not sure I have read anyone else who has so much information on things that happened in the world and is able to cite examples for any question asked, is able to convert that into knowledge that connects the assorted pieces, and then deliver such timeless insights.Tetapi sekali lagi aku ingatkan, siapkan mental untuk bertahan dengan buku ini, kalau perlu ketahuilah hal-hal mendasar mengenai kejahatan-kejahatan yang terjadi di dunia ini selama masa pemerintahan Presiden AS Reagan, Nixon. The basic idea of free trade is that people be able to exchange goods and services without the outside influence of governments or thieves.