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Ian_rd

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7. We do. We just call them "job creators."

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 10:26 AM

Mar 2013

Therein is the difference. George Orwell new well that to simply tweak the language of a culture is a way to also tweak how people think. If we call them "oligarchs," we'll think of them simply as powerful people looking out for their own interest. If we call them "job creators," we think of them more like benevolent demi-gods to be praised and to whom offerings should be made. Even though they're the exact same people.

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Why Does No One Speak of America�s Oligarchs? [View all] marmar Mar 2013 OP

why indeed. we talk about russia's. nt xchrom Mar 2013 #1

The big Newest Reality Mar 2013 #2

Great post! LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #4

Thank you for Newest Reality Mar 2013 #6

You have layed it out perfectly. go west young man Mar 2013 #11

Nice post. nt woo me with science Mar 2013 #18

America's Oligarchs own the Fourth Estate. All of it. HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #3

Boom! Right answer. nt valerief Mar 2013 #9

Randolph Hearst tried it too. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #10

Corporate journalists Enoki33 Mar 2013 #14

"No one looks too hard at the fact many of our billionaires started out with a leg up" PETRUS Mar 2013 #5

We do. We just call them "job creators." Ian_rd Mar 2013 #7

+100 Smilo Mar 2013 #13

K&R woo me with science Mar 2013 #8

Not to mention the Cocaine Lords! Coyotl Mar 2013 #12

To keep up the illusion of political democracy Cal Carpenter Mar 2013 #15

This is the correct answer. woo me with science Mar 2013 #17

kick woo me with science Mar 2013 #16