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Re:Pardon Snowden by emmelaich on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @06:26PM (#12501728)
So you might summarise Chomsky's book as "some people are more persuasive than others"

Does he also say that these people may be powerful because they are persuasive?

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Re:Pardon Snowden by elliotec on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @09:31PM (#12502690)
I think it's more along the lines of they are persuasive because they are powerful. The golden rule: he who has the gold makes the rules.
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Re:Pardon Snowden by emmelaich on Thursday September 15, 2016 @01:45AM (#12503732)
Well of course they're persuasive because they are more powerful. That's the main theme (as I understand it) and agree.

I was suggesting the other way is true too.

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Re:Pardon Snowden by Retra on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @07:42PM (#12502193)
It is easy to be persuasive when you are asking people to simply remain as they are: uninformed on important matters.
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