Gore Vidal - As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguis...

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As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.

Gore Vidal

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Wenn Gesellschaften dekadent werden, wird auch die Sprache dekadent. Wörter werden verwendet, um zu verkleiden, nicht zu erleuchten, um zu handeln: Sie befreien eine Stadt, indem Sie sie zerstören. Worte sind zu verwirren, damit die Menschen zur Wahlzeit ernsthaft gegen ihre eigenen Interessen stimmen werden.

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