Noam Chomsky Influence Quotations

The similarity is that concentration of capital influences virtually everything that goes on. It influences the way the media functions, it very powerfully influences how the government works and it of course influences corporate sector elements, like say how Google or Amazon present materials that reach the public.

In a society that has very high concentration of capital in a narrow sector of the population, that's going to influence everything in different ways.

Take Google - I can use it, you can use it, anyone else can use it, but we all know its designed so that private power can influence significantly how you access it.

The general public are not even aware of major decisions that will determine their fate, hence are in no position to influence them

The senate was wealthy people and it wasn't elected, it was chosen through legislatures, which themselves were under private influence, powerful influence. They were remote from the population and that's where power was suppose to reside.

My own feeling is that a corporation has no right to have a political or social influence.