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Freedom Does Not Include Harming Others
- The 'personal freedom' argument against vaccines is a distorted concept used to justify harming others.
- Chomsky stresses there's no freedom to choose actions that endanger public health.
Neoliberalism Atomized Society
- Four decades of neoliberalism atomized people, undermined collective defense, and elevated corporate power.
- Policies deliberately weakened unions and public institutions to shift decisions into unaccountable private hands.
Highway Robbery: Wealth Transfer To The Top
- Wealth transfer over forty years shifted nearly $50 trillion to the top and shaped today's politics.
- Republicans protect tax cuts for the rich while opposing IRS funding that would target major tax cheats.