I'm not sure if you've heard, but Donald Trump is a fascist, a Nazi even.
The accusations against President Trump fall on deaf ears because the political left has spent the last several decades-and the last couple of centuries, in some cases-ensuring that no one takes such allegations seriously.
In his 1946 essay titled "Politics and the English Language," George Orwell noted the intimate and undeniable connection between the decay in the use of the English language and the decay in the effectiveness of the pronouncements made in that language.
Language, Orwell wrote, "Becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish," and the "Slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts." Nowhere did this symbiotically destructive relationship make itself more obvious than in politics.
"The present political chaos," he continued, "Is connected with the decay of language." He continued, noting that "The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms like a cuttlefish spurting out ink."
The left in particular understood Orwell's point innately and understood that language could be manipulated and harnessed to sow confusion and induce political disorder.
In short, words like "Fascist" and "Nazi" come to mean nothing more than "I don't like this." The Democrats don't like Trump, but they lack the moral language to explain why.
https://amgreatness.com/2024/10/26/why-the-nazi-slur-has-no-power/
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