Orwell incorporated the concept of Newspeak, as opposed to Oldspeak, for the purpose of destroying the ability of the population to have conversations above the survival level. Eventually erasing the old words would cause the people to lose the ability to even think in the old way. Orwell recognized the importance of totally controlling the population's speech and thoughts. Today's elites covet no less an end result.
so Joel, does B.A. or Argentina seem more like home? It certainly is beautiful and if one wants to continue drinking great red wine including a nice Bonarda or Malbec and EATING DELICIOUS BEEF, what a place to spend a chunk of your remaining life or even one day.
Is Argentina then a good place to bolt to as long as your funds come from outside the country?
What does the group think about Uruguay with its rich soil/farming and the acquirer that is found beneath most of the country?
How about using pleural pronouns, we, they, us, them etc. to represent a single individual. This does not aid but hinders communication.
"Transgender". A made up word which confuses rather than clarifying communication. Having studied genetics, cell biology, embryology, developmental anatomy, anatomy and physiology I can say with a high degree of certainty than transgenderism is a imaginary construct. It is one of choice, not science.
What difference does it make to the voters (Recession) when 90% of the electorate neither knows what GDP stands for or means. The person now working two jobs to sustain life may finally wise up.
What about the word "gay"? Fifty or so years ago, when applied to a human male, it meant someone with a bright, sunny disposition, who was usually happy, funny.and gregarious.
As stated before,these writings should be mandatory in high school and university,if only for a more balanced view of the world.Thank you for your good work.
Crisis. Today, everything normal is now a crisis, if not an emergency. Science. That’s another redefinition in progress. And progressive, as when describing regressive.
Financial writers disappointed me using Woke and Wokeness in other meanings to cast displeasure on others in their writings. I find those words commonly hi-jacked. Unless I am entirely wrong, and I have been many times. But I do know I do not know everything, which is smarter than those who do not know they do not know everything. I know that unless one has a medical degree or a degree in climate, instead of giving advice in those fields, instead needs to sit down and shut up. They do not know they do not know or are trying to disprove a truth for some goofy reason. Just the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Nuff said. And no getting a doctor that swears smoking is okay either.
Over the last few years I have penned a number of missives regarding words that have been bludgeoned into submission. Here are some samples:
Democracy - Most democratic systems in use today have strayed so far from one man/one vote (sorry girls) that they are no longer recognisable.
Investors - People who buy shares are labelled as "investors". When the price and value of shares bear no discernible connection these people are better described as gamblers betting on the "greater fool theory".
Emergency - Our masters are overly fond of describing our current situation as a "Climate Emergency" then almost universally continue to do nothing but kick the rather battered can further down the road.
Robust - As in a "robust" inquiry. Generally when a politician or official describes anything as robust it will be the exact opposite.
Isolation - Here in NZ our muppets in charge decided that if you came home during the "pandemic" you would be compulsorly housed under military guard in a reasonably flash hotel at great personal cost to "isolate" in a form of solitary confinement for 14 days. Trouble was to get exercise you would often be packed on to a bus and taken to an area where you could run around. You can't even social distance on a bus.
GDP - GDP is the absolute some of all the financial movements, both good and bad. So it is possible to be going backwards at a great rate of knots and still have increasing GDP. Witness the USA that we are told has been increasing its GDP whilst increasing its debt by 3 times as much.
Joel, I love milanesa. Used to eat it all the time in Mexico. Maybe I can travel to Buenos Aires one day and enjoy one with you and your family. Buen provecho
As our fabulously disoriented WH occupants, who can't/won't tell the difference between boys and girls these days, would tell us: the tire is NOT flat, it is symmetrically challenged! So, too, is the GDP positive-data challenged! These are the same people who hand out awards for just showing up! Who want you to believe that grading students and rating performance is somehow degrading and negative and ultimately positive-data challenged. Who want you to believe that World Series and Super Bowls are just sports-oriented interruptions surrounding the halftime spectacles and Rock Concerts. That the only real scores there are the dollars spent by the people showing up, not by the teams' competition on the field. Govt controlled Bread and Circuses! Not to worry, govt controlled GDPs, currencies, climates and health care will make all things better. If the data should come in again positive-data challenged, they will just declare it positive because they control the media, too. That is the world that Biden is distortedly building back better! Not unlike Eastwood/Costner's Perfect World: not a positive ending for those who are positive-data challenged! Thus the need for Biden's new Ministry of Truth! And Fentanyl for all!
I dont know if the meaning of the word Marijuana has stayed the same -- it is now always known as "medicinal marijuana" and the political importance of it surely has changed --- if you are a US Federal Government employee and caught with medicinal marijuana you are forced to resign or be fired... But try taking it to Moscow and the mean and nasty Russians are purely evil for prohibiting the stuff. Try that! TRW
Orwell incorporated the concept of Newspeak, as opposed to Oldspeak, for the purpose of destroying the ability of the population to have conversations above the survival level. Eventually erasing the old words would cause the people to lose the ability to even think in the old way. Orwell recognized the importance of totally controlling the population's speech and thoughts. Today's elites covet no less an end result.
so Joel, does B.A. or Argentina seem more like home? It certainly is beautiful and if one wants to continue drinking great red wine including a nice Bonarda or Malbec and EATING DELICIOUS BEEF, what a place to spend a chunk of your remaining life or even one day.
Is Argentina then a good place to bolt to as long as your funds come from outside the country?
What does the group think about Uruguay with its rich soil/farming and the acquirer that is found beneath most of the country?
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How about using pleural pronouns, we, they, us, them etc. to represent a single individual. This does not aid but hinders communication.
"Transgender". A made up word which confuses rather than clarifying communication. Having studied genetics, cell biology, embryology, developmental anatomy, anatomy and physiology I can say with a high degree of certainty than transgenderism is a imaginary construct. It is one of choice, not science.
What difference does it make to the voters (Recession) when 90% of the electorate neither knows what GDP stands for or means. The person now working two jobs to sustain life may finally wise up.
What about the word "gay"? Fifty or so years ago, when applied to a human male, it meant someone with a bright, sunny disposition, who was usually happy, funny.and gregarious.
Again,well done ,well written and accurate.
As stated before,these writings should be mandatory in high school and university,if only for a more balanced view of the world.Thank you for your good work.
How about equity, and equality. When did those become interchangable?
Crisis. Today, everything normal is now a crisis, if not an emergency. Science. That’s another redefinition in progress. And progressive, as when describing regressive.
Financial writers disappointed me using Woke and Wokeness in other meanings to cast displeasure on others in their writings. I find those words commonly hi-jacked. Unless I am entirely wrong, and I have been many times. But I do know I do not know everything, which is smarter than those who do not know they do not know everything. I know that unless one has a medical degree or a degree in climate, instead of giving advice in those fields, instead needs to sit down and shut up. They do not know they do not know or are trying to disprove a truth for some goofy reason. Just the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Nuff said. And no getting a doctor that swears smoking is okay either.
Working class definition= one fulltime and one part time job and still not paying the bills=recession.
Over the last few years I have penned a number of missives regarding words that have been bludgeoned into submission. Here are some samples:
Democracy - Most democratic systems in use today have strayed so far from one man/one vote (sorry girls) that they are no longer recognisable.
Investors - People who buy shares are labelled as "investors". When the price and value of shares bear no discernible connection these people are better described as gamblers betting on the "greater fool theory".
Emergency - Our masters are overly fond of describing our current situation as a "Climate Emergency" then almost universally continue to do nothing but kick the rather battered can further down the road.
Robust - As in a "robust" inquiry. Generally when a politician or official describes anything as robust it will be the exact opposite.
Isolation - Here in NZ our muppets in charge decided that if you came home during the "pandemic" you would be compulsorly housed under military guard in a reasonably flash hotel at great personal cost to "isolate" in a form of solitary confinement for 14 days. Trouble was to get exercise you would often be packed on to a bus and taken to an area where you could run around. You can't even social distance on a bus.
GDP - GDP is the absolute some of all the financial movements, both good and bad. So it is possible to be going backwards at a great rate of knots and still have increasing GDP. Witness the USA that we are told has been increasing its GDP whilst increasing its debt by 3 times as much.
Word meaning shifts. Simple. Communist propaganda is asserting itself now because it can!
Joel, I love milanesa. Used to eat it all the time in Mexico. Maybe I can travel to Buenos Aires one day and enjoy one with you and your family. Buen provecho
A brilliant take on Shakespeare - I hope you don't mind, but I'm more than likely to borrow that 'Ruse' quote!
As our fabulously disoriented WH occupants, who can't/won't tell the difference between boys and girls these days, would tell us: the tire is NOT flat, it is symmetrically challenged! So, too, is the GDP positive-data challenged! These are the same people who hand out awards for just showing up! Who want you to believe that grading students and rating performance is somehow degrading and negative and ultimately positive-data challenged. Who want you to believe that World Series and Super Bowls are just sports-oriented interruptions surrounding the halftime spectacles and Rock Concerts. That the only real scores there are the dollars spent by the people showing up, not by the teams' competition on the field. Govt controlled Bread and Circuses! Not to worry, govt controlled GDPs, currencies, climates and health care will make all things better. If the data should come in again positive-data challenged, they will just declare it positive because they control the media, too. That is the world that Biden is distortedly building back better! Not unlike Eastwood/Costner's Perfect World: not a positive ending for those who are positive-data challenged! Thus the need for Biden's new Ministry of Truth! And Fentanyl for all!
I dont know if the meaning of the word Marijuana has stayed the same -- it is now always known as "medicinal marijuana" and the political importance of it surely has changed --- if you are a US Federal Government employee and caught with medicinal marijuana you are forced to resign or be fired... But try taking it to Moscow and the mean and nasty Russians are purely evil for prohibiting the stuff. Try that! TRW