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BBZ is not sure who did it
(lemmy.ml)
Imperialist passive voice.
Side point but if I can just make fun of an Orwellism for the moment. He got it backwards when he thought that simplifying language (ala double-plus good) would become a tool of oppression. If anything we've seen that its the opposite, that imperialists use increasingly convoluted and indecipherable language, to obfuscate what should be simple statements.
Like, the art con-lang toki pona has only 120 words. Its nearly impossible to hide intentions, be subtle, or hide the subject and object like is done here.
When the media decides who you are rooting for.