doublespeak

by Zhou (Chew) Hong Jie

 

“As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their interests.”

- Gore Vidal (1925-2012)

 

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