Words as Weapons

28/10/2022 50 min
Words as Weapons

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Episode Synopsis

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?": https://Mises.org/HAP367-1
George Orwell's essay "Politics and the English Language": https://Mises.org/HAP367-2
Ken Smith's Junk English: https://Mises.org/HAP367-3
Bryan Caplan on "Privilege": https://Mises.org/HAP367-4