-- On Newspeak --

Watch how terms invert:

- "Anti-politics" = questioning institutional legitimacy
- "Rule of law" = institutional permanence
- "Economic stability" = predictable extraction rates
- "Undermining trust" = revealing how systems actually function

The language isn't confused. It's working exactly as intended.

Read an analysis in Degeneration: Reclaiming Individual Sovereignty in an Age of Control

#Orwell #PoliticalLanguage #CriticalThinking

Did we catch this? During the press availability in the Oval Office today, May 30, 2025, Elon Musk—on his "last day" as head of the fake "Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)"—appropriated Hannah Arendt’s phrase "the banality of evil" to describe routine government bureaucracy.

https://youtu.be/2Pv2V_7QbC4

#ElonMusk #BanalityOfEvil #doge #HannahArendt #OvalOffice #DOGE #Bureaucracy #Orwellian #PoliticalLanguage#Gaslighting

🆕 Tomorrow, it's kickstart day for our new seminar: #Communisms — Lisbon Research Seminars on History and Politics.

The inaugural speaker will be Russian historian Alexander Reznik, who will address the role of political language applicable to the study of civil wars.

Free admission.

ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/events/communisms01/

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#Histodons #Communism #PoliticalHistory #HistoryOfIdeas #CivilWar #Russia #PoliticalLanguage #PoliticalViolence #RussianCivilWar #GuerraCivil #Comunismo

🆕 A week from today, on the 29th, we will kickstart a new seminar: #Communisms — Lisbon Research Seminars on History and Politics.

The inaugural speaker will be Russian historian Alexander Reznik, who will address the role of political language applicable to the study of civil wars.

Free admission.

ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/events/communisms01/

@histodons
@histodon

#Histodons #Communism #PoliticalHistory #HistoryOfIdeas #CivilWar #Russia #PoliticalLanguage #Propaganda #PoliticalViolence #RussianCivilWar

A #PoliticalLanguage #Languages question

- In the US, blue is left of centre, & red right of centre, right up to the MAGAs.

-in the UK, it is red which is everything left of centre, & blue means conservative, up to (but possibly not including?) Fascism.

The same applies in French, Italian & German, I believe.
SO
- Is it correct to say that in Europe, red conveys leftist, & blue is associated with right wing groups?

-Is there a red/blue divide beyond Europe?

-How/why did the US diverge?