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[–] pipi1234@lemmy.world 16 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (3 children)

Distorsión of reality by linguistic manipulation.

This is straight out of 1984 book:

In the novel, "Newspeak" wasn't just about being concise; it was designed to shrink the vocabulary so much that "heretical" thoughts became literally impossible because the words for them no longer existed.

Here is a breakdown of how linguistic manipulation distorts reality, both in the book and in our world:

1. The Erasure of Nuance

In 1984, if you wanted to say something was "terrible," you just said it was ungood.

By removing "bad," "terrible," and "horrific," the emotional weight of the experience is flattened.

  • The Result: When we lose specific words for our feelings or experiences, our ability to think critically about those experiences atrophies.
[–] arctanthrope@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

is this made to look like it was written by "ai" as a sort of ironic joke, or did you actually use an llm to write your thoughts for you on how powerful people controlling the language we use is dangerous?

[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 12 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Ungood is very similar to "unalived"...

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] pipi1234@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

They took a literary warning about totalitarian regimes and used it as manual to implement a totalitarian regime.

It would be laughable if it wasn't so dangerous.

[–] tmyakal@infosec.pub 1 points 11 hours ago
[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 7 points 17 hours ago

You could say doubleplusungood.