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There'll be worse crises than coronavirus if we leave our fate in the hands of ‘sociopathic buffoons,’ Chomsky warns
President Donald Trump waves as he walks from Marine One as he returns to the White House

HUMANITY will face much greater horrors than the coronavirus pandemic if we continue to leave our fate in the hands of “sociopathic buffoons,” US dissident academic Noam Chomsky warned at the weekend. 

Speaking with Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25) co-founder Srecko Horvat on Saturday, the veteran left-wing political philosopher said we are racing to the edge of disasters far worse than anything that has happened in human history: nuclear war and global climate breakdown.  

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