Profit
and democracy are so contrary that there is no scope for comment. The
aim of democracy is to leave people free to decide how they live and to
make any political choices concerning them. Making a profit is a disease
in our society, based on specific organisations. A decent, ethical
society would pay only marginal attention to profits. Take my university
department [at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology]: a few
scientists work very hard to earn lots of money, but they are considered
a little odd and slightly deranged, almost pathological cases. Most of
the academic community is more concerned about trying to break new
ground, out of intellectual interest and for the general good.
- Noam Chomsky
- Noam Chomsky
