Jul 7, 2020
6 min read
War of the Words
Language is the currency of power. The authoritarian wave confirms it.
From Jair Bolsonaro (Brazil) to Victor Orbán (Hungary) to Donald Trump (United States), leaders from around the world reinforce biases to achieve their political aims. These leaders claim to speak on behalf of a disenfranchised majority. Divisive language, however, is frequently used to appeal to audiences’ negative…
