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Eric Lawton

Control over Language is Political Power

> Sometimes, changes in people and in social institutions are effected through violence. However, most of the time, they is effected through language. This means that whoever is able to effect some measure of control over language, has power over the people and the systems.

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Social Systems ThinkingControl over Language is Political PowerSometimes, changes in people and in social institutions are effected through violence. However, most of the time, they is effected through language. This means that whoever is able to effect some m…

@EricLawton again your writing is resonating for me! Just today my students and I were talking about formal institutional structures vs other systems of power and authority in our society. (The larger conversation was about why our secondary social studies curricula fail to teach about grassroots organizing, unions, etc )