It's called a 'thought terminating cliche'. The most far-reaching and complex of human problems are compressed into brief, highly reductive, definitive-soundin

It's called a 'thought terminating cliche'. The most far-reaching and complex of human problems are compressed into brief, highly reductive, definitive-sounding phrases, easily memorized, and easily expressed. They become the start and finish of any ideological analysis. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A...