The way we communicate alters how we interpret the world.
Language choices can act as propaganda. And this costs nothing to make this change in your own life, with potentially exponential impact.
ITT: suggest better language choices and explain why you choose them
(This will obviously focus on English, but non-English examples are welcome)
I avoid "left-right" nonsense, and try to use a more specific word for the actual divide I'm refering to. It encourages critical thinking and a better analysis of the world. It also helps uncover tactical lines of alignment between groups who traditionally fail to see common ground, like US Libertarians engaging in anti-fascism.
I say "worker class" instead of "working class". It's subtle but it challenges the way people gloss over "working class === poor"
>>2952276OP is a Jewish nigger
What the fuck is the jobless / unemployed distinction?
Isn't unemployment the better term?
someone on reddit or lemmy said something like "dont call them elites. they're not better than us".
the way the ruling class shaped language is deep-seated and small little changes to charged language can hit people and force them to think.
a similar common example is using the work oligarch when talking about the USAs rich, since it was really heavily used around the RFs rich and so used as an othering term.
>>2952285i think we should use language that emphasizes that there is nothing virtuous or glorious about employment
>>2952284Yes I have read Gramsci how can you tell
>>2952285Similar question - i saw some arguing about "houseless"/"homeless" and didn't give it a second thought.
>>2952294real socialism is sitting in corners saying nothing and I can't believe people still don't realize it
>>2952302I live in spain and i do this