This is the mild form of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. Whorf was a fire insurance inspector in his day job. The fire prevention industry invented the word "flammable" because people were getting killed smoking around stuff labeled "inflammable." The new word flammable saved lives.
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Orwell's appendix to "1984" on the goals of Newspeak explains how the mild form of Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (having a word makes it easier to have an idea) applies to politics. Goal of Newspeak was to render Declaration of Independence conceivable only as "crimethink."
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There is no agreed upon English term conveniently denoting Chancellor Merkel's decision in late summer 2015 to admit a million purported refugees. So, it's harder to remember that event & its influence on the easy-to-remember events of Brexit & Trump, which have their own terms.
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Why not call it The Rape of Europa?
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I'll buy that.
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I've called it 'Dock & Dole Suicide' but it hasn't caught on.
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Merkel's Migrants is pretty good without the 'Mistake'. We can figure the mistake part out for ourselves.
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How about Kulturwende?
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Re: Merkel: won't Delusion do?
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MERKEL'S BONER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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......Says someone who has no experience of Germany and doesn't live there. Germany is doing just fine.http://www.dw.com/en/germany-confirms-2017-surplus-and-gdp-growth/a-42706491 …
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