“The term ‘free market’ is really a euphemism. What the far right actually means by this term is ‘lawless market.’ In a lawless market, entrepreneurs can get away with privatizing the benefits of the market (profits) while socializing its costs (like pollution).” MeanTermCostBenefitsEntrepreneurProfitGet AwayPollutionFree MarketEuphemismSocializing Author:Steve Kangas
“It's often the case that when a critic uses an embarrassingly accurate term to describe what a wrong-doer is doing, the wrong-doer protests: "Why don't you use my white-washed, conscience-soothing euphemism?" Such euphemisms, they claim, help promote "civilized debate."” HelpingUseTermWhiteCasesConscienceClaimsCriticsDebateProtestCivilizedAccurateSoothingDoersEuphemism Author:Steve Kangas
“In my twenties, my pleasures tended to be physical. In my thirties, my pleasures tended to be intellectual. I can't say which was more exquisite.” I CanAgeDeathPleasureIntellectualTwentiesAgingExquisite Author:Steve Kangas
“You know you're old when the president is younger than you.” KnowsAgeDeathPresident Author:Steve Kangas
