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Nothing they are doing is related to government efficiency. You can't really put too much faith in names.
by rsynnott 2y ago
Nothing they are doing is related to government efficiency. You can't really put too much faith in names.
- XorNot 2y agoThe basic rule of government naming: the more of GOOD THING in the name, the less of that it will be.
- viraptor 2y agoThat generalises to a lot of naming. Papers like Fakt or Pravda, country DPKR, political parties that mention law, justice and order, etc.
- rsynnott 2y agoI always particularly liked the Committee of Public Safety, for this (they're the ones who did the Reign of Terror, which doesn't seem _particularly_ public-safety-oriented.)
- JKCalhoun 2y agoВ « Правде » нет известий, а в « Известиях » нет правды
- sham1 2y ago> В « Правде » нет известий, а в « Известиях » нет правды For the sake of context, this is an old Soviet-era joke, that translates to about the following: > In "Pravda" (The Truth, CPSU's newspaper) there are no news. In "Izvestiya" (The News, national newspaper of the USSR, under the control of the Supreme Soviet) there is no truth.
- pchristensen 2y agoDon’t forget Truth Social
- FireBeyond 2y agoThis quote (from Lord of War) really encapsulates a lot of what you say: > Yuri Orlov: [Narrating] Every faction in Africa calls themselves by these noble names - Liberation this, Patriotic that, the Democratic Republic of something-or-other... I guess they can't own up to what they usually are: the Federation of Worse Oppressors Than the Last Bunch of Oppressors. Often, the most barbaric atrocities occur when both combatants proclaim themselves Freedom Fighters.