Words as Weapons

Criticisms of hapless Senate candidate John Fetterman are labeled "ableist," while Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter is deemed fascist. Jeff and Bob take a hard look at the linguistic battlefield and the corruption of language as an institution. Jeff's paper on language, "Evolution or Corruption?": https://Mises.org/HAP367-1 George Orwell's essay "Politics and the English Language": https://Mises.org/HAP367-2 Ken Smith's Junk English: https://Mises.org/HAP367-3 Bryan Caplan on "Privilege": https://Mises.org/HAP367-4