The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce such a deficit, and even threaten human survival.
Noam Chomsky
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- If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.
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