Pleased to make the cover of the Washington Examiner Magazine… Progressives have a problem with euphemism, and the problem is they take their euphemisms literally: they believe their own spin and, therefore, are consistently shocked when reality is not as skewed and hyperbolic and morally obvious as they expect — when they even notice. With the Obama craze and rise of the Tumblr/TikTok generations, virtually the entire elite progressive discourse has collapsed into symbolic abstractions, quibbling over semantics rather than many realities of their constituents’ experience.
"But some of it, liberals overdosing on euphemism think, is that they are just so smart, so nuanced, so honest that their genius simply sails over a lot of people’s heads."
"I am so much smarter than you that I know your best interest better than you do, so it is morally acceptable--nay, a moral duty--for me to coerce you to do what I want. After all, it's for your own good. If you can't see that I'm doing you a favor, that shows how dimwitted you are and how badly you need me to run your life. You don't have to thank me, we both know you're an ingrate."
"But some of it, liberals overdosing on euphemism think, is that they are just so smart, so nuanced, so honest that their genius simply sails over a lot of people’s heads."
"I am so much smarter than you that I know your best interest better than you do, so it is morally acceptable--nay, a moral duty--for me to coerce you to do what I want. After all, it's for your own good. If you can't see that I'm doing you a favor, that shows how dimwitted you are and how badly you need me to run your life. You don't have to thank me, we both know you're an ingrate."
Technocracy is a helluva drug...!