Ideas that are named by adversaries rather than adherents seem to be generally endure longer. Slur names don’t count.
Capitalism
Neoliberalism
Allopathy (mainstream medicine, named by homeopaths)
India (named by Persians/Greeks)
Cultural Marxism
Intellectual Darkweb (new today)
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Maybe you need to be true-named to thrive, and can only be true-named by your enemies?
It’s like science laws and math theorems are generally named by others, generally competitors, for discoverers. It’s extreme peer review: adversarial recognition.
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I musta missed that detail in the NYT article today
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"The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch." Acts 11:26. Purportedly by adversaries.
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The Big Bang Theory (by Hoyle, who had an opposing Steady State Theory), Impressionism.
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Neoliberalism was definitely coined by its adherents, not its detractors
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