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If enough people pretend the meaning of “authoritarian” is sufficiently narrow that every use of the term is hyperbole, then it no longer matters what it means.
by TimorousBestie 1y ago
If enough people pretend the meaning of “authoritarian” is sufficiently narrow that every use of the term is hyperbole, then it no longer matters what it means. The semantic nihilists win again.
- criddell 1y agoTrue! That’s just the way language works though. It’s semantic nihilism in the same sense sense as saying “perpetual motion machines are impossible” is physical nihilism.
- TimorousBestie 1y agoI don’t see what the analogy is. I suspect we disagree.