Politics and The English Language: A New Look
George Orwell’s essay Politics and the English Language still resonates with readers today, and was part of the inspiration behind the founding of Prism-Clarity.
Here we take a new look at this seminal piece and why it is still so relevant.
The argument is that language and politics are inseparable: politics is language and language is politics. Thought corrupts language, and language corrupts thought.
The message is that going back to clear English not only transforms bad writing into good, but helps clean things up more generally.
Maybe in other parts of professional or business life, not just politics. Maybe even in banking.
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