The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Controlling the definition of words allows one to control the people who use them.
- In plain terms
- If you control what words mean, you control the people using those words.
- What can you take from it?
- Language control is a tool for social control.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does language shape your thoughts?
- Who controls the definitions you use?
Another view
It simplifies how language actually evolves and spreads.
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