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Comment by rsynnott

8 months ago

Nothing they are doing is related to government efficiency. You can't really put too much faith in names.

The basic rule of government naming: the more of GOOD THING in the name, the less of that it will be.

  • This quote (from Lord of War) really encapsulates a lot of what you say:

    > Yuri Orlov: [Narrating] Every faction in Africa calls themselves by these noble names - Liberation this, Patriotic that, the Democratic Republic of something-or-other... I guess they can't own up to what they usually are: the Federation of Worse Oppressors Than the Last Bunch of Oppressors. Often, the most barbaric atrocities occur when both combatants proclaim themselves Freedom Fighters.

  • That generalises to a lot of naming. Papers like Fakt or Pravda, country DPKR, political parties that mention law, justice and order, etc.