One of the most fascinating books I've read all year. Chomsky argues against the myth of the U.S. as the world's moral hero by pointing to its strategic violence against other nations. He also points to how the corporate class in the U.S. uses media to manipulate the masses by threatening to pull funding from news sources if they ever attempt to undermine those in power.

Most importantly, Chomsky dismisses the illusion of the U.S. free market system by pointing to its extravagant military funding which funnels money to the tech sectors of the rich (this clicked for me after reading up on the history of the internet, an invention which was also funded by taxpayer dollars). He argues that most (if not all) of the corporate powerhouses of the U.S. are taxpayer-funded, and that these companies are mainly responsible for economic prosperity.

Chomsky is never short on examples here. He discusses events from the Israel-Palestine war, the war in Iraq, the Cold War, etc. to prove again and again that the U.S. uses power for profit.