One of the greatest weapons that authoritarians – past and present – have used to suppress democratic freedoms worldwide is language, particularly its power to distort reality and reinforce ideologies that uphold social hierarchies.
  • cecilkorik@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 month ago

    People who mock philosophy don’t understand that it is literally the foundation of all knowledge and civilization. Without truth, understanding, and knowledge about knowledge itself… well, look around. This is what you get.