Word Power: MIND CONTROL - How Words Control Our Lives

Words can be the glue that holds the fragmented parts of a society together, or words can be elusive and deceiving. This book argues that words should describe the reality of the thing that the word describes. Too often, words are used to hide or distort the essence of the thing to which the word is attached. The principle of political correctness is an effort to encourage thought about something that changes the true essence of the thing. The trouble with political correctness is that it d...