maybe a little off topic but here's some things I've noticed about politispeak:
"good for small businesses" mean helping corporations
"good for the middle class" means good for the bourgeoisie (literally what bourgeoisie means). This one is particularly effective because everyone considers themselves middle class, since there are no metrics offered and no one wants to think of themselves as in the "lower" of the implied three classes.
"the economy" means the profits of the bourgeoisie.
"police reform" means more money for pigs, ditto for army reform (i.e. "greening the military")
"authoritarian" and "regime" both mean non-nato allies
"treating climate change as a national security threat" means doing eco-fascism
"urban" means black
"detention center" means concentration camp
"military contractor" means mercenary
"conspiracy theorist" means anyone who questions establishment narratives. More specific usage is in the form of "russian/chinese asset," "assadist," "X apologist," etc. These are all essentially synonyms.
There's a lot more. Find and replace these tropes with their true definitions and you'll have a much better idea of what politicians/pundits are actually talking about.
“good for the middle class” means good for the bourgeoisie (literally what bourgeoisie means). This one is particularly effective because everyone considers themselves middle class, since there are no metrics offered and no one wants to think of themselves as in the “lower” of the implied three classes.
Personally I would add that when white folks talk about the "middle class", they are often on some level - so maybe not even consciously - referring to other white people exclusively.
maybe a little off topic but here's some things I've noticed about politispeak:
"good for small businesses" mean helping corporations
"good for the middle class" means good for the bourgeoisie (literally what bourgeoisie means). This one is particularly effective because everyone considers themselves middle class, since there are no metrics offered and no one wants to think of themselves as in the "lower" of the implied three classes.
"the economy" means the profits of the bourgeoisie.
"police reform" means more money for pigs, ditto for army reform (i.e. "greening the military")
"authoritarian" and "regime" both mean non-nato allies
"treating climate change as a national security threat" means doing eco-fascism
"urban" means black
"detention center" means concentration camp
"military contractor" means mercenary
"conspiracy theorist" means anyone who questions establishment narratives. More specific usage is in the form of "russian/chinese asset," "assadist," "X apologist," etc. These are all essentially synonyms.
There's a lot more. Find and replace these tropes with their true definitions and you'll have a much better idea of what politicians/pundits are actually talking about.
Personally I would add that when white folks talk about the "middle class", they are often on some level - so maybe not even consciously - referring to other white people exclusively.
No doubt, white people definitely think of the "lower" class as black people and immigrants while they're middle class themselves
"ethnic cleansing" means genocide
I saw a chud on TD.W say he wasn't being racist but was rather "critiquing ethnic groups." Language was a mistake
“I’ll give the Greeks 9 stars out of 10.”