Chomsky is one of the critical deans of American political history. He is ironic and pessimistic, forever probing and analyzing the decrepitude, deceit, and delusion that are rife within the ready presentation and understanding of the United States as an exceptional force of good in the world.

He is a constant decrier of the various means and manipulations the government and media undertake to stoke this view. Generally, he is content with limiting himself to pointing out the flaws in the system, the hypocrisy, moral failures, and falsehoods, in order to heighten the reader's awareness instead of offering any realistic or practical solutions.

He also displays a certain naïveté of functioning politics and a somewhat idealistic (or at least selective) view of the world. Although his analysis of the problems is acute and convincing, his conclusions never seem to be of the real world in which we all have to live.

I respect Chomsky and his unwavering commitment to presenting what he believes to be an unvarnished and necessary antidote to a rampant American Exceptionalism. However, I often feel immensely helpless after reading his endless detailing and criticism, as there are no workable solutions.

I also suspect that in his pursuit of the darkness inherent in the American Dream (as filtered through the Military-Industrial Complex), he has become quite blind to the positive and bright sides of it. Moreover, he seems increasingly morally obtuse whenever the perpetrators of the policies, actions, and propaganda that he abhors are not from the first world. Maybe it is a case of a prolonged peering into the Nietzschean abyss, with all of its attendant perils.

This truly is the indispensable Chomsky. It offers a comprehensive summary of his views on nearly every aspect.

Noam Chomsky's views are often very left-wing, progressive, and critical of American and Israeli policies. As a result, many people do not hold him in high regard. However, to me, he is the most rational and truth-seeking person I have ever read.

The book is not a collection of Chomsky's original writings. Instead, it consists of edited transcriptions of Q&A sessions from numerous teach-ins and college talks he has given over the years. The editing includes the addition of footnotes to enhance the readability and clarity of both the questions and answers, and to provide greater depth to the responses. In this sense, they are closer to writings than most Q&A transcriptions.

The book is divided into ten chapters, each of which is further divided into 10-20 subtopics. For example, Chapter 7 includes subtopics such as "The Leninist/Capitalist Intelligentsia," "Marxist 'Theory' and Intellectual Fakery," and "Ideological Control in the Sciences and Humanities."

The footnotes are not included in the book itself but can be downloaded as a PDF document from a website. They are 1.7 MB and 450 pages long, containing not only references but also additional explanatory information.

The book has a fairly good index, which makes it easy to locate specific topics.

This book is more wide-ranging than many of Chomsky's other publications, so it may not be the best choice if you are only interested in his views on the media or U.S. foreign policy. However, it does provide a good sample of his views on a diverse range of topics.

Rather than attempting to summarize Chomsky's insights, I will conclude by quoting a paragraph from the back cover of the book: "In a series of enlightening and wide-ranging discussions... Chomsky radically reinterprets the events of the past three decades [the last decades of the 20th century], covering topics from foreign policy during the Vietnam War to the decline of welfare under the Clinton administration. And as he elucidates the connection between America's imperialistic foreign policy and social inequalities at home, Chomsky also discerns the necessary steps to take toward social change. With an eye to political activism and the media's role in popular struggle, as well as U.S. foreign and domestic policy, (the book) is definitive Chomsky."

That it truly is.

Noam Chomsky is widely regarded as one of the most prominent public intellectuals in the modern era. Over the past sixty years, a diverse range of audiences has gathered to attend his lectures. Now, in the book "Understanding Power", Peter Mitchell and John Schoeffel have compiled a selection of Noam Chomsky's thoughts on past, present, and future policies.

"Understanding Power" is a comprehensive collection of transcribed discussions and seminars (from 1989 to 1999) with Chomsky's political analysis. It offers readers a unique opportunity to delve into the mind of one of the most influential thinkers of our time. Through his incisive commentary and critical examination of various issues, Chomsky challenges us to question the status quo and think more deeply about the world we live in.

This book is not only for those interested in politics and social issues but also for anyone who wants to gain a better understanding of the complex forces that shape our society. With its engaging and accessible style, "Understanding Power" is sure to become a classic in the field of political theory.

The public records hold no secrets about the imperial terrorism network as officials are disciplined. However, the average Americans seldom look or read them. This leads to the concept of manufacturing consent. When those in power lose the trust of the people, they rely on better indoctrination through the highly centralized and concentrated corporate media propaganda.

The so-called American "democracy" is actually a belief that people should be ruled by a class of "elites". In reality, when translated from American Newspeak, democracy here means a form of plutocracy or the new aristocracy. It seems that the American Revolution had failed in this regard.

The U.S. is the richest country in the world partly due to its many expansionary wars, which are euphemistically called "preventive" or even "we should help them" wars. In fact, it is far from that. Classical conservatives have died, and today's conservatives, when translated from American Newspeak, are "extreme statists". The free market, in Newspeak, is only for the elite, not for the common people. Free speech, also in Newspeak, means you can say everything except anything that shatters the king or the ruling class or the "American way of life". Classical liberals have also died as freedom doesn't exist in aristocracies.

Religious fanaticism deeply permeates the indoctrination. For example, try to talk about social rights to an average (brainwashed) person. The heart of plutocracy can be seen in what happens after a democratic election in Latin America: either a military coup supported by the U.S. or capital flowing out of the country, leaving a hopeless situation. So, the whole society seems to care only about how well the rich are feeling in their mansions.
The existence of the empire has no logical economic reason as the costs are almost equal to the profit. However, it exists because ordinary people, the "slaves", are paying all the expenses for the everlasting "fight for democracy", while the profits are reaped only by their masters, the rich. Any rich country is like a Nazi country, a highly controlled state. Corporations don't want to pay for research. They prefer that R&D, such as "high technology" like the internet, be paid for with taxpayers' money through "star wars" propaganda. Everyone is a fascist, just in different forms. For example, military spending doesn't redistribute wealth and is worthless for the majority.
The U.S. can't directly confront the "evil empire", but they can find someone like Muammar Gaddafi. International terrorism is overwhelmingly founded by the expansionary imperial U.S. actions, but it is considered legitimate because the beta-monkeys are afraid to confront the biggest power in the world. When terrorism is carried out by people with dark skin and mustaches, the imperial alpha-monkeys feel threatened and don't like it.
"Progress" is another word from Newspeak. It is neither bad nor good, just a way for capitalism to adapt and exploit the existing system. When capitalists, whether moral or not, started to lose value in slavery, it was abandoned for another type of slavery called "job". Slaves couldn't buy the products they produced, but "workers" and the "middle class" can, with relatively low investment.
Only one person is required to start the process of destroying indoctrination, and the crowd consciousness theory also confirms this. In a capitalist society, the amount of freedom you have is proportional to how much you can buy. Independence is something the empire tries to prevent. It's not about stopping the "spread of communism" as the media brainwashing claims, but about controlling the world as a "superpower" and preventing any country from becoming independent. Non-independent countries are more vulnerable and in a worse state, and consequently, their capital flows into the hands of the empire's rich.
From an economic perspective, there is no big difference in where public funds are spent, whether on the military or on social programs. However, social spending has one negative side effect for the empire - it leads to more democracy and independence. So, the empire has an incentive to keep people passive and spend on the military instead. After the fall of the Soviet Empire, the narrative and military spending shifted to the Middle East. The law is basically meaningless as there are many gray areas for breaking unions or avoiding penalties. Despite all the above, there is still a chance of social improvement.
Everything can be seen as a conspiracy. If the directors of Ford Motors gather to decide what model of car to produce next year, it is a conspiracy. But the "conspiracy theory people" are wrong about the CIA, FBI, etc., as those institutions are mostly obedient to the Congress, and all operations are well documented. Violence and fear propaganda are the best ways to control people. In Nazi Germany, it was "Jews", and now it is "terrorism". Big business is afraid of fanatics because although the owners of big businesses like wages to go down, they still want their daughters to have rights and to avoid being poisoned by lead paint. This is why they tend to favor the Democrats' style of fascism over the new right-wing style of fascism.
All in all, this is an excellent book, which I would put in my top 1% of books. Bonus: If business slows down, expect a war with North Korea (at least because it could potentially expand to a war with China and Russia). The propaganda has already started several years ago. P.S. Trump is already withdrawing from the nuclear missiles treaty (1987).

If you are interested in Chomsky, this should definitely be your starting point.

Chomsky is a highly influential figure in the fields of linguistics, philosophy, and cognitive science. His work has had a profound impact on our understanding of language and the human mind.

By beginning here, you will gain an introduction to his key ideas and theories. You will learn about his views on the nature of language, its acquisition, and its relationship to other aspects of cognition.

This starting point will provide you with a solid foundation from which to explore Chomsky's work in more depth. You can then move on to study his specific theories in greater detail and see how they have influenced subsequent research in these fields.

Whether you are a student, a researcher, or simply someone with an interest in language and the mind, this is the perfect place to begin your exploration of Chomsky's ideas.

I truly wish that someone had informed me to read this book a decade ago. However, as they say, better late than never. I have spent the past few years watching numerous interviews and talks given by Noam. But this marks my initial foray into his actual written work. And let me tell you, it truly lives up to its name: “indispensable”.

I thoroughly enjoyed the back and forth style of this book. The questions posed to him were precisely the same kind of questions that were swirling in my mind as I was reading. Noam's answers are replete with an abundance of information. Yet, he presents them in a highly digestible and easily understandable manner. His charisma as a speaker truly shines through the text, making it a captivating read.

If you are wondering whether the commitment of reading 400 pages is worthwhile and if you are unsure whether you will enjoy it, I would suggest reading chapter 10 first. Its relevancy to 2020 is astonishing on its own, and it serves as a fitting conclusion after the first 360 or so pages. It might just be the hook that draws you in and makes you realize the value of this remarkable book.

A Magnificent Introduction to World Politics

This is a truly magnificent introduction to world politics. It is presented by a non-hysterical speaker, which makes the whole experience of learning about this complex subject much more enjoyable and accessible. The content is very-well edited, with minimal redundancy. This means that every word and every idea counts, and you won't have to wade through a lot of unnecessary fluff to get to the heart of the matter. Moreover, a vast range of topics is covered. From the major political players on the global stage to the intricate details of international relations, this introduction leaves no stone unturned. It provides a comprehensive overview of world politics that is both informative and engaging. Whether you are a student of politics or simply someone who is interested in understanding the world around you, this is a must-read.

See, there is an experiment taking place. The experiment is as follows:

Can one marginalize a significant portion of the population, deeming them superfluous simply because they are not aiding in generating those耀眼 profits? And can one establish a world where production is carried out by the most oppressed individuals, with the fewest rights, in the most flexible labor markets, all for the happiness of the rich people in the world?

Can this be done?

Can women in China be confined to factories where they meet a tragic end in fires while producing toys that are sold in stores in New York and Boston, enabling the rich to purchase them for their children at Christmas?

Can an economy function in such a manner?

Production by the most impoverished and exploited for the richest and most privileged on an international scale. And with large segments of the general population simply marginalized because they do not contribute to this system. In Columbia - being murdered, in New York - being locked up in prison.

Can this be achieved? Well, nobody knows the answer to that question.

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See, the concept behind royalty was that there existed this other species of individuals who were beyond the norm and whom the people were not expected to understand. That is the standard way to cloak and safeguard power - to make it appear mysterious and secret - above the ordinary person. Otherwise, why would anyone accept it?

The book is quite well-edited. For a long time, I had the intention to rate it. At first, I thought of giving it 5 stars, then it went down to 4, then 3, and then 2. I didn't think it would go any lower, but something happened that made my final rating a sorrowful 1.75/5 stars, rounded down. So, why only one star on Goodreads?

Chomsky, buried somewhere towards the end, seriously claims that those in favor of free markets are okay with a 14-year-old being raped and the resulting child being starved. Such a vile and intellectually-free attack on his opponents truly deserves the 1-star rating, and I guess it also reveals a lot about Chomsky himself. The demons he battles might very well be within himself.

On the other hand, the book does have a lot of interesting content about parts of history that I don't know much about, like Central America (despite just having listened to a small audiobook on this topic), etc. This is why I gave it a 1.75 rating instead of just 1.0, but Goodreads isn't that fine-tuned.

Where does his hatred for capitalism and free markets come from? Frankly, I have no idea. From this book, I know that he's promoting something else, "participatory democracy," which he only mentions briefly a few times. Maybe he's aware of its flaws. It's a system where capital is democratized, or better yet, given to the workers so that they can democratically decide how to use or save the capital. It's certainly an interesting proposal. But to me, the main question is, if it's working so much better, why don't we already have it, or at least experiments that show us its superiority? Does the mean old banks not give credits for such a lucrative experiment? Does the whole country (or world?) have to be transformed all at once for it to work? But why would that be? A capitalistic experiment would succeed very well in a communistic/socialistic/whatever environment because it's a superior and more ethical system of organizing the world. So even a small bit of capitalism often helps a country a lot (e.g., Lenin's New Economic Policy, which moved closer to a market-oriented system). But somehow, all these wonder-solutions, which lack serious scholarship, seem to require everybody to believe in them and no one is allowed to work in the old ways. Only then can they show us how marvelous they are. It sounds like a Hollywood or Disney production.

So, let's now get closer to the book. He was asked whether he would write about some controversial Nicaragua election. Obviously, it wasn't a free election due to US interference (America should get the hell out of there, pay restitution where possible, apologize, and end their war on drugs. Until then, they better shut their mouths concerning unfair portrayals of themselves). Noam Chomsky sensibly replied that he couldn't write about Nicaragua's election because that's the job of the Nicaraguans, but he could write about the US reaction to this election, and he did. His verdict was that it shows how deeply totalitarian the US has become. He backs this up with some plausible examples. This is something that concerns me a lot too.

What I found best about his book was his filter-theory. He says that since kindergarten, "problematic" children are filtered out of the system, so that only the docile survive until the end. Because the filter is not hidden but is there for everybody to see, students learn to adopt what's expected of them (dutifulness), and they learn how to behave, communicate (what's appropriate to say and what not), and think (don't waste your time on crazy ideas). This is why we get streamlined journalists of whom you know what they're going to write beforehand (i.e., they're controllable, and the whole system is a form of self-censorship).

It would have been great if Chomsky had expanded on the mechanism of this filter system. This would have been a very important research project.

Then he spoke about Watergate. He said Nixon's bombing of Cambodia, which killed (a euphemism for murdered) about 100,000 people, was far worse than Watergate. This reminds me a bit of myself when I try to let people remember that a US attack, murdering some unlucky guys, is indefinitely worse than a Trump tweet. When I say that, people just stare at me as if I violated some unspoken behavioral code. Not once did I get a reasonable reply.

He also mentioned that the COINTELPRO was released in the same year as Watergate happened, and I have to confess that I didn't even know what the COINTELPRO was - a stash of secret documents that revealed that the FBI harassed and targeted groups like the Socialist Workers Party or the Black Panther Party and even murdered Fred Hampton of the Black Panther Party (via the Chicago Police Dept.). This shows how corrupt the police system in the USA is. It needs to be abolished immediately and replaced by a better-working private system. There is some dissatisfaction, which I share, about the BLM being social Marxists in disguise. But instead of being simply white and angry, one should look at the history of black resistance or reformatory groups. A lot got simply ignored. Frederick Douglass was badmouthed and libeled. Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. were both assassinated. Fred Hampton, as just mentioned, was murdered by policemen. So let's say this wasn't the best environment for a sound group to develop. So now the spotlight has been stolen by social Marxists who know they have nothing to fear because they're not really about blacks getting a better future.

What Watergate shows, according to Chomsky, is that the mass media has become docile and unfree. They write whatever the power groups want them to write. This is contrary to many mediocre people who erroneously believe that Watergate shows that the media worked back then.

Chomsky speculates that because Nixon ended Bretton-Woods (the gold-exchange standard), a lot of influential people were pissed and wanted revenge and used Watergate to get rid of him. Unfortunately, we're still on a fiat system.

He then cites a study that shows that the more a country tortures, the more US Aid it gets and mentions Columbia as an extremely bad offender that gets a lot of money.

Unfortunately, he repeats the health care myths about Cuba and Canada. This hurt me personally, having stage 4 cancer. I know that if I lived in these countries, I would long have been dead, having suffered a great deal.

Chomsky said this in the 90s, and I think we have much more information now. Canada's health system has further collapsed since the 90s, but still, his susceptibility to left-wing propaganda myths shows a lack of economic understanding. Instead of simply using the poly-logic argument on all the classic economists (he bashes Ricardo, J.S. Mills, and many more, except Marx), which means saying, "Hey, they're all defenders of greedy capitalists. They hate humankind, especially the poor, children, and women. Therefore, we have refuted all their arguments and can proceed as if they didn't exist." If you do that, you lock yourself out from an important step to growth and maturity. If you're about 100 years old and it never occurred to you that there might be something like economic laws, then you must have some mental handicap or simply be as stupid as fuck (which Chomsky doesn't seem to be, so I go with the first one).

He very astutely remarks that the Europeans have become so brainwashed by the US that it's a joke. The European, while still thinking he's culturally and scientifically advanced compared to the "stupid" American, which is often the target of his jokes, doesn't realize how much of a bleak, shadow American he has become. Chomsky remarked this already in the 90s. Living in the heart of Europe, I've only experienced it personally in the last twenty years. Before that, I was too young to follow politics.

He briefly speaks about Libertarianism and calls the European Libertarianism the correct one. He calls Rothbard's Libertarianism an aberration of no importance. He asks the rhetorical question of who would want to live in such a society of hate? Well, count me in. I'm not deterred by your slurs and cheap name-calling. It's clear that whenever Chomsky is out of arguments (i.e., when he argues against the market instead of the state), he simply uses insults and abuses, and he has no moral problem doing so. Maybe his fanboys wouldn't like it so much if he would admit that he, as a human being, cannot know everything in the world.

Like Mises, he sees intellectuals as guards of the powerful, of those who rule the state.

He says that (even) Adam Smith thought division of labor was horrible. And Smith did make a remark at one point that "too much" division would not be good. But this statement of Chomsky shows how far off he is in economics. Division of Labor has existed since the old stone age. To end it would mean the end of mankind.

Chomsky says that the way to go is the 1936 Anarcho-Syndicalism, as it's closest to (European) Libertarianism in the real world, and Orwell wrote a book about it called "Homage to Catalonia" (a great book by the way). The non-Austrian anarcho-capitalist Bryan Caplan (an interesting figure) has a digital booklet on the subject called "The Anarcho-Statists of Spain: An Historical, Economic, and Philosophical Analysis of Spanish Anarchism." I'm halfway through it, and it has some gruesome passages that make me think twice about following Chomsky here. No seriously, I have no desire to get butchered by some unwashed morons. Thanks, but no thanks.

But then Chomsky says something sympathetic and important. He admits having no clue what dialectics means. I looked the term up several times, but I have no clue either. He says that you should always be cautious when you don't understand something. Often it has to do with the author who either tries to write simple things in very complex ways or it's outright crazy. This is also my own experience when reading stuff. Obviously, as he mentions, there are exceptions like quantum theory.

Then he comes up with some more nonsense economic theory. Private markets are always unprofitable per se. They become profitable because of the state. All the high-tech industry got their products for free from the Pentagon and then made it big in the markets. Sure, that's exactly how it was for Facebook and Instagram. He brings other examples like agriculture being successful because of subsidies. What he lacks is any sort of proof that agriculture would not be successful without the subsidies. Imagine that the sector that supports us with nourishment isn't successful. Did we start eating iron in the meantime? How can a grown man believe such nonsense? It's beyond me. And at the same time, he makes perfectly astute remarks in other fields. It's like his economic thinking is blocked because of some childhood drama.

And this is also funny: The Japanese won over the Americans economically because its state has better production plans.

Then there's some conspiracy theory: The US destroyed public transport in the 50s because cars and airplanes were more profitable to private investment.

Some historical revisionism: The Luddites didn't really destroy machines. They only wanted the machines to develop with them so that no one would lose their job or something like that.

He talks about free speech and holds the important view that free speech is very important. He also mentions that the US is the only country with free speech and that only since a couple of decades. I'd say the campaign funding laws are still, I mean, more than ever, violating free speech.

It's certainly true that here in Switzerland, we don't have free speech. For example, you can't lie about the Holocaust (but of course, you can about the Holodomor [If you don't know what that is, watch the 2019 movie Mr. Jones], even without diminishing your academic reputation). As a decent person, you may be thinking now: wow, who would want to do that anyway? But as Chomsky points out, the law is here to protect the speech that you don't like. The stuff you like anyway doesn't need protection. And this unfortunately includes assholes, anti-Semites (a subgroup of assholes), etc.

However, he does not understand ethics as he thinks there's a problem between free speech and sexual harassment (and other things). Somehow he thinks that in the workplace, the right of free speech should be counted lower than the "right not to be sexually harassed" (another of the thousand crazy rights made up by people before they informed themselves about what rights are). In the open street, however, according to Chomsky, free speech prevails, i.e., it's ethically okay to sexually harass people.

The problem with this approach is that it forgets that it's not Noam Chomsky who makes the rules. The ethical rules are clear and easy: Free speech per se always overrules concerns about sexual harassment. There are different strategies that victims of sexual harassment can apply. But let's hope that it doesn't come to that. Because what every firm can do is implement a contract rule that sexual harassment is not allowed and will be sanctioned in this and that way. In a feminized culture like the US, the courts could even assume that such a rule has been in the contract, and firms that would want to tolerate sexual harassment as part of their core values would have to put it in the contract that they want to allow such speech. The same goes for the streets, but unfortunately, most of them have been subjugated by the state.

So no, rights don't clash with each other. That's only an impression gained by not knowing what rights are and how they function, how they are applied to human relationships. Rights build upon each other, with the right to one's own body (the most intimate form of private property) being at the bottom, i.e., being the beginning of all rights.

He further claims that the radio station system in the USA is privatized. This would mean that certain firms would own certain radio frequency ranges, which I don't think is the case in the USA. I just did a 5-second search on Google and found out that you need an FCC radio station license. So the system seems fairly similar to here in Switzerland, except that they don't seem to have the huge directly state-run stations. But they are, more or less, as far from a market solution as we are.

My original review is about 680 words longer, but there's a restriction on Goodreads. Who knows, maybe I'll collect my reviews someday and bring them out as an ebook. Then you'll get the whole stuff. For now and here, we have to finish.

I truly relished this book.

At certain moments, it plunged me into a state of depression as Chomsky refrains from sugarcoating the facts. He presents everything bare for you to draw your own conclusions.

What I especially valued about this book was the inclusion of an online reference bank to back up Chomsky's claims.

I didn't award it five stars as I had a wish that there were some other topics that could have been deliberated upon, yet that's my personal issue and has nothing to do with the book per se.

Moreover, after reading specific sections of the book, I was left with a sense of hopelessness. As I've mentioned, Chomsky doesn't sugarcoat anything.

Overall, despite these minor drawbacks, this book is still a remarkable read that offers profound insights and makes you think deeply about various aspects of the subject matter.

\\n  The Future Of History\\n

I firmly believe that this is the ultimate approach to understanding and experiencing Chomsky's work. It achieves the perfect equilibrium. For those who perceive his lectures or talks as overly dry and uninteresting, yet encounter difficulties with his written work due to its academic nature, this offers an excellent compromise. By transcribing numerous conversations that the Professor has had over the years, we, as readers, are able to peruse - in a relatively informal language - dozens of topics discussed by the man.

My attention remained unwavering throughout the 401 pages of this book. Despite having listened to the Professor speak on YouTube on many occasions (and even once in person), I still emerged having learned an astonishing amount about the world we inhabit. Moreover, despite the fact that the transcriptions in this text date back to the 80's and 90's and no further, it could easily be read as if it were published today. Chomsky's predictions about the future and his mastery of knowledge regarding the past are uncanny (and, to be honest, slightly alarming), and make for a captivating page-turner.

I hope, fellow book lovers, that even if you haven't heard of Chomsky before, you will pick up this book (or other more recent transcripts such as Who Rules The World or Global Discontents) and truly give it a try. Once you have opened your eyes to how our societies function, you will really struggle to close them again. It is an enlightening journey that awaits you, one that will expand your understanding and perspective of the world around us.

The future of history lies in our hands, and by engaging with the works of thinkers like Chomsky, we can better prepare ourselves to navigate the complex and ever-changing landscape of our world. Let us embrace this opportunity and continue to seek knowledge and understanding, for it is through this pursuit that we can create a better future for ourselves and for generations to come.

This is an interesting book that offers well-explained and detailed views on various aspects such as economics, politics, and society in general.

The author has done a great job of presenting complex ideas in a relatively accessible manner, making it suitable for both those with some prior knowledge and those who are new to these fields.

However, one drawback of the book is that it can be a bit repetitive at times. Some of the concepts and arguments are presented multiple times, which may cause the reader to feel a bit impatient.

Despite this minor flaw, the book is still a valuable read for anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the interconnections between different aspects of our world. It provides a wealth of information and insights that can help readers to form their own opinions and perspectives on important issues.

Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone looking for an engaging and informative read on economics, politics, and society.