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by protocolture 258 days ago
Lots of language is being destroyed in real time.

Its pretty common to see the following:

Corruption = Political things I dont like.

Money Laundering = Money things I dont like.

1 comments

Who likes corruption? Who likes money laundering?

Meanwhile, do you have a case that this /isn't/ corruption, and that money laundering /isn't/ involved?

Or is this just a general complaint about word selection?

> Who likes corruption? Who likes money laundering?

Corrupt people like corruption. People who want their money laundered like money laundering.

Why would I have to prove a negative?