Words as Weapons

Tags: Media and Culture, Strategy

10/28/2022 Jeff Deist Robert P. Murphy

Criticisms of hapless Senate candidate John Fetterman are labeled “ableist,” while Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter is deemed fascist. Jeff and Bob take a hard look at the linguistic battlefield and the corruption of language as an institution.

Jeff’s paper on language, ”Evolution or Corruption?”: Mises.org/HAP367-1

George Orwell’s essay “Politics and the English Language”: Mises.org/HAP367-2

Ken Smith’s Junk English: Mises.org/HAP367-3

Bryan Caplan on “Privilege”: Mises.org/HAP367-4

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