Chase asks: Are people thinking about the same thing when they use words like “fascism,” “liberty,” “capitalism,” “socialism,” and “freedom”? Or has our failure to agree on the meaning of these …
Chase asks: Are people thinking about the same thing when they use words like “fascism,” “liberty,” “capitalism,” “socialism,” and “freedom”? Or has our failure to agree on the meaning of these words allowed them to become weapons for politicians to further divide the nation in pursuit of their own political goals? Do these words "short-circuit thinking" and undermine communication?
The book was written in 1938 but totally applies to today.
Oh how these words get thrown around; "imperialist" "fascist" "freedom"
Here's a helpful book about the abuse of language:
https://neofascism.substack.com/p/the-tyranny-of-words-by-stuart-chase
Chase asks: Are people thinking about the same thing when they use words like “fascism,” “liberty,” “capitalism,” “socialism,” and “freedom”? Or has our failure to agree on the meaning of these words allowed them to become weapons for politicians to further divide the nation in pursuit of their own political goals? Do these words "short-circuit thinking" and undermine communication?
The book was written in 1938 but totally applies to today.