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4. How Political Definitions Shape Reality

WHAT IS POLITICS?

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The New Definition of Racism Is a Bad Idea

The new definition is clear and concise, but it has huge problems in the convenience department. The over whelming majority of the population who went to university before 20 ten have the classic definitions deeply ingrained in their heads. People who insist on using the newer definition will argue that all this inconvenience headache is worth it because of the consequence criteria. But just because something was used a certain way historically doesn't mean it makes any sense to keep using it that way to day. Next episode, we'll see that historically, from the french revolution until the cold war, the consensus use of left and right was consistent with the high versus a quality definition, and not any of the others.

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