China Literally Changed the Definition of Authoritarianism. It’s a Good Thing Now!
Added 2024-05-01 23:35:28 +0000 UTCA rose by any other name...
—Chris
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I totally believe the Ministry of Truth when they redefine things.
Fast Zombies
2024-05-03 00:09:06 +0000 UTCPlaying the cards close to my chest for now!
China Uncensored
2024-05-02 19:02:15 +0000 UTCChirs Have done a china unscripted episode with serpentza from Youtube?
lonelyturtle
2024-05-02 18:02:26 +0000 UTCAha, again using Orwell as a primer....
Tony Chopkoski
2024-05-02 16:23:43 +0000 UTCI'm just waiting for Presentator Xi to make Pooh the coolest character in all of literature so that all those memes will actually make him popular.
FreedomLover
2024-05-02 06:00:03 +0000 UTCMe too
Shaunik
2024-05-02 01:43:44 +0000 UTCWhat is this new project you’ve been working on? Excited to see!
Logan
2024-05-02 01:31:15 +0000 UTCChanging the definitions of words is not unique to China. It seems like one of the primary "go-to" tools of politicians and activists in America as well. By subtly changing the traditional meaning of a word, especially over time, you create a significant population of voters who think they are fighting for or supporting a concept that they associate with the word without realizing the active definition has been changed. For example, who isn't (or shouldn't be) FOR liberalism in the classic sense? But the word "liberalism" as it is practiced now is far different from how it was thought of and practiced in the past. I consider myself a classical liberal but find myself at odds with a great many things about modern "liberalism." "Marxism/Communism" became "Socialism" and then "Socialism" became "Progressivism." etc. etc. etc. (Again... who doesn't want to Progress Forward?!?! You'd have to be a real jerk not to!). The human psyche is amazingly pliable and dependent on language. IF you can control the language you can control the thinking. And if you can control the thinking you control the person and their behavior. ..... But... like you said Chris... A rose by any other name... (It would have been cool if Shakespeare had said " A turd by any other name...") Finally, forgive me... Patreon does not allow paragraph breaks in the comments section.
Jonathan Robertson
2024-05-02 00:52:20 +0000 UTC
