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In reply to the discussion: Chris Hedges: America is a Tinderbox [View all]mick063
(2,424 posts)I interpret "far left" from a modern, propaganda perspective.
Perception is reality. Terms change their meaning, over time, because terms are subject to the context of how the majority uses the term in the present. I argue that a large proportion of the population spends far less time reading historical perspective than receiving persistent subliminal messaging from the media they encounter daily. Once the context has changed due to common usage, the academic usage will eventually have to follow suit.
In other words, the common man interprets "far left" in accordance to FOX news more than he does with academic reference simply because the common man is less likely to be exposed to academic reference.
Using that frame of reference, the entire spectrum has indeed shifted to the right. The "far left" is different than it was thirty years ago.