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worldsayshi 3 days ago

There's a general phenomenon where terms get annexed, not by meaning that makes most sense, but by meaning that is most salient, most eye catching or emotionally riveting. This leads to Flanderization of many many important cultural concepts.

I fear this is the reason why intellectual discourse seems to have stagnated. We no longer pursue the spirit of important ideas but try to endlessly put them in uninteresting boxes.