Trump’s newspeak threatens us all
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Trump’s newspeak threatens us all
Some 2 500 years ago, Confucius was reportedly asked what he would do first if granted absolute power. ‘I would rectify the names of things’, he replied. Changing the language used, he suggested, would enable him to guide ‘affairs’ and ensure that ‘punishments and rewards’ were ‘appropriate’. Confucius understood that language is not merely descriptive, but prescriptive: by shaping thought and discourse, it determines actions and outcomes. Now, …
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