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Respectable opinion would never consider an assessment of the Reagan Doctrine or earlier exercises in terms of their actual human costs, and could not comprehend that such an assessment—which would yield a monstrous toll if accurately conducted on a global scale—might perhaps be a proper task in the United States. At the same level of integrity, disciplined Soviet intellectuals are horrified over real or alleged American crimes, but perceive their own only as benevolent intent gone awry, or errors of an earlier day, now overcome; the comparison is inexact and unfair, since Soviet intellectuals can plead fear as an excuse for their services to state violence.

~ Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky American Imperialism Consensus Fear Hypocrisy Intellectuals International Law Nationalism Reagan Doctrine Ronald Reagan Soviet Union State Sponsored Terrorism State Terrorism United States Violence War Crimes

Stalin’s Russia was a trap, in which even those running the system were caught. The leaders were trapped by fear of Stalin and even he was trapped by his fear of their desire to be rid of him. Everything he had to eat or drink had to be tasted by one of his colleagues first. Beria’s behavior at his death showed that his fear was only partly paranoia.

~ Jonathan Glover

Jonathan Glover Fear Russia Stalin Stalinism State Terrorism Totalitarianism

Terrorism works better as a tactic for dictatorships, or for would-be dictators, than for revolutionaries.

~ Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens Dictatorship Revolution Revolutionary State Terrorism Terrorism

The hallmark of an authoritarian idiot is yelling TERRORIST-LOVER! at anyone questioning the definition of Terrorist.

~ Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald 2012 Authoritarianism Ideology Propaganda State Terrorism Terrorism Twitter War On Terror
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