Nazi Germany introduced laws faster, but they had the
advantage of full control. Trump still, occasionally, has problems with
Congress. Where we would be without the hardly checking and definitely not
balancing is demonstrated by the latest report on banned words, allegedly issued
by the US Government’s Center for Disease Control.
Staff at this federal agency were given a list of
words or phrases, which should not be used in any official documents prepared
for next year’s budget. The list includes: fetus, transgender, vulnerable,
diversity, entitlement, evidence-based and science-based. The new speak, approved by the Trump Politruks,** is “CDC bases its
recommendations on science in consideration with community standards and wishes.”
Next step will be the punishment of those still caught using
decadent language.
WAKE UP AMERICA.
** In the Soviet system, the Politruk, the
political commissar, was the supervisory political officer responsible for the
political education and organization, and committed to the civilian control of
the military.
It is true unfortunately that semantics has increasingly become a part of politics. In fact to a degree it replaces policies and politics. This holds as much for the US as it does for Germany.
ReplyDeleteSad in both cases.