
Episode 160: Orwell on Totalitarianism and Language (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Politics of Duck Speak
It can be a term of abuse or a compliment depending on which party line you're speaking. In general yeah but if we were going to use it or if Orwell himself was going to used it it would always be an insult. It's not a matter of whether you're thinking for your offering arguments it's just a matter of partisan alignment. And since you bring that up we might as well throw out what the third essay that we read was about this notes on nationalism. Here he talks about the difference between patriotism which he thinks is a very concrete love of your fellow concrete people the land you actually live in versus nationalism which he thinks doesn't necessarily refer to the nation it could refer to the
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