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It is the responsibility of the intellectuals to speak truth and to expose lies. He did not foresee that in a predatory capitalist economy, state intervention would be an absolute necessity to preserve the human existence and to prevent the destruction of the physical environment – I speak optimistically.
It is the responsibility of the intellectuals to speak truth and to expose lies. He did not foresee that in a predatory capitalist economy, state intervention would be an absolute necessity to preserve the human existence and to prevent the destruction of the physical environment – I speak optimistically.
Approximate author period: c. 1928 AD · modern
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- Noam Chomsky
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- Approximate author period: c. 1928 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1928; activity date not established; Wikidata Q9049, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9049 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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Supplied reference B; unit 1018; PDF page 92; printed attribution: Avram Noam Chomsky
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