We all know that the west uses two different words for the same thing depending on where it is happening.

e.g. Secret Police vs Plainclothes Officer
Regime vs Government

Can we have a compilation thread of these words? I am probably using many of them unconsciously without critical examination.

  • Sickos [they/them, it/its]@hexbear.netEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago
    • Bribery/corruption vs lobbying
    • Oligarch vs job creator
    • Warlord vs leader/general
    • Preventable deaths are social murder
    • Propaganda vs public relations
    • Terrorist/guerilla and freedom fighter just depends on which side of the violence you’re on
    • Any use of the term “extremist”
    • And the worst is that they call their fascists “neoliberals”

    Mandatory Viewing

    Optional Reading

  • big_spoon@lemmygrad.ml
    1·
    1 year ago

    oligarchy - entrepreneurs

    invasion - humanitarian intervention

    indoctrination - common sense

    surveillance - CCTV

    attacking free press - defending national security

    racial profiling/transphobia - stopping cultural marxism

    freedom fighters - terrorists

    united states - america

    football - soccer