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Orwell was in large part against re-definitions of existing words and the removal of words in order to reduce the basis for productive thought. Re-definition e
by ghath 2y ago
Orwell was in large part against re-definitions of existing words and the removal of words in order to reduce the basis for productive thought.
Re-definition example: War is peace, freedom is slavery.
Since the new euphemism for downloadable models is a re-definition, Orwell would have been 100% against it. In fact the new use of "open source" is an Orwellian term.
- _proofs 2y agocould not have said it more succinctly, imo. i'm inclined to believe Orwell would have disagreed with OP, and would be asking himself -- why is there such a distinct push by those who benefit from the reframing, to reframe what Open Source means (compared to its already established meaning).