Why are so many adopting this name for what is by law, by the American people, called the Department of Defense? The name change pertains directly to the Anthropic issue, which is the function of the government and department, the power of the American people to govern themselves, and the role of the president relative to the soveriegn American people.

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bluebarbet 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Well put and it bothers me too. It seems to be another case of Orwellian manipulation, i.e. an expression of power through language, functioning as a litmus test of the speaker's loyalty. Serious publications are not going along with it. More craven or (here) thoughtless ones are falling in line.

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tick_tock_tick 7 hours ago | parent [-]

I mean the original name switch was much more "Orwellian manipulation" if anything changing it back to war is undoing the bullshit implications that everything it does is defense.

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bluebarbet 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Surely the purpose of the organization is to defend the country? War seems more like the failure mode. The point here is that it was established by a law of Congress and so has an official name that should be respected until another law changes it.

	▲	tick_tock_tick 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Maybe defend it's interests certainly not just defend the nation itself.

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tick_tock_tick 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Because it sounds a lot cooler.

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slickytail 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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