. Why do you need language power for that? Calling out hypocrisy is always an ongoing human activity
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Stephenson argues that in Diamond Age but it is not really true. Language policing constrains rather than specifies
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Not really. Constraining to a subcritical space where arms race of policing/dogwhistling makes society non-functional
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The point is, nuclear enforcement against slip-ups does not scale. They're already seeing their limits (Tim Hunt eg)
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(The point being, temporarily ignoring scale can be advantageous for disruptors [technical or social]).
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@ckhonson The whole original agenda of social justice is already lost. They're fighting over what... safe spaces?


