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Who Rules the World?

By: Noam Chomsky
Narrated by: Brian Jones
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The essential account of geopolitics right now, from one of our greatest living intellectuals - including a new afterword on President Donald Trump

Noam Chomsky: philosopher, political writer, fearless activist. No one has done more to question the hidden actors who govern our lives, calling the powers that be to account. Here he presents Who Rules the World?, his definitive account of those powers, how they work, and why we should be questioning them.

From the dark history of the US and Cuba to China's global rise, from torture memos to sanctions on Iran, this book investigates the defining issues of our times and exposes the hypocrisy at the heart of America's policies and actions. The world's political and financial elite are now operating almost totally unconstrained by the so-called democratic structure. With climate change and nuclear proliferation threatening our very survival, dissenting voices have never been more necessary.

Fiercely outspoken and rigorously argued, Who Rules the World? is an indispensable guide to how things really are.

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loved it. One day the message will spread and people will revolt. The truth always comes out

eye opening

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Love chomsky but the repetition in this work and with respect to others in huge.

Good But Repetitive

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A very insightful read. Everone needs to read it. People need to understand the truth of what the media and govt tell them.

insightful

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Brian Jones's deep voice, clearly picked for its similarity to Chomsky's, is hard to hear sometimes. Even with the volume way up, I found myself not catching words here and there. In a book this information-dense that meant hitting the rewind button a lot.

Chomsky repeats himself often in this book, perhaps to make sure the reader remembers key details, but it's usually a word for word repetition that makes you think you've accidentally jumped back a few chapters.

This book made me realise how little history I knew. There's a certain amount of assumed knowledge for this book - I had to pause and google names and events so that I could follow along in some parts. That's no fault of Chomsky's, though. If you lived through the cold war or have an American education then it's probably all pretty familiar.

I've wanted to read a Noam Chomsky book for a long time and I'm glad it was this one. He quotes several other books throughout, as well, so I'll be able to flesh out my knowledge of some of the topics and events he spoke of.

Dense but eye-opening.

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I will listen to this again as so much to take in. Just so important!

Essential Information for citizens of the west.

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