It is because he is using, "nominalizations." (A word which is a caricature of the very idea it represents). It is difficult to explain what he is talking about

It is because he is using, "nominalizations." (A word which is a caricature of the very idea it represents). It is difficult to explain what he is talking about because he isn't talking about anything concrete. The word, "abstractions," is loaded with implicit meaning that he does not explain particularly well. I've found this post quite useful: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/zombie-nouns/ http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/zombie-nouns...