Comment by rsynnott
10 months ago
Nothing they are doing is related to government efficiency. You can't really put too much faith in names.
10 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.
I always particularly liked the Committee of Public Safety, for this (they're the ones who did the Reign of Terror, which doesn't seem _particularly_ public-safety-oriented.)
Don’t forget Truth Social
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