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"Speak truth to power" misdescribes the task: the powerful already know the truth
Drawn from what Noam Chomsky said
What Noam Chomsky actually said
- Noam Chomsky Linguist and political writer, born in 1928
It is sometimes held that their responsibility is “to speak truth to power.” I’ve always found that troubling. The powerful typically know the truth quite well.
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