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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
There's a constant overhaul of language in the States that makes one think of Orwellian newspeak and Goebbelsian reversals.
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Indeed.
The Economist has highlighted several egregious examples in their blogs over the past few months. Most seem to be deliberate obfuscation.
What I find most amusing is the wrap-around appropriation of the term "progressive"--which originally was used in American politics by republican T. Roosevelt to describe his populist right-wing policies--by status quo leftists seeking to escape their traditional banner as "liberals" as they seek to prevent change sought by "conservatives".
So we have a "conservative" faction seeking change while a "progressive" faction seeks more of the same as the past 50 years, all within a political spectrum several inches wide.
Orwell and Kafka would be shaking their heads in bemusement.
Adam Smith would just roll his eyes and sigh.
Small wonder fantasy and SF have never been more popular.
