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Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Language Use

That is discussed in this article.

https://theoutline.com/post/6739/keywords-book-review-language-of-capitalism?zd=2&zi=3ui33ryv 

Also ~

" For the tech overlords of Silicon Valley, an 'entrepreneur' is someone innovative and savvy, who 'moves fast and breaks things.' The entrepreneur alone creates his company’s exorbitant wealth — not his workers, nor any taxpayers who may fund the innovations his company sells. (Elon Musk, for example, has received nearly $5 million in government subsidies). It’s a very useful concept for billionaires: after all, why redistribute that wealth, through taxes or higher wages, to those who didn’t create it?"

https://theoutline.com/post/6739/keywords-book-review-language-of-capitalism?zd=2&zi=3ui33ryv 

How can it be that someone feels entitled to be abusive towards the very people who make his dreams happen. Maybe it's in the language.

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