Having grasped this linguistic key, the rest of the language is fairly easy to crack. I particularly delight in "U.S.-style reforms": Beggaring the workers is "labor reform"; kleptomania and enforced upward transfers of wealth are "economic reform"; war is "diplomacy reform"; torture is "interrogation reform," and so on.
Which is infuriating. Rightist politicians can claim that they see the electorate still wanting reforms and that's supposed to mean that they want movement conservatism. Yet of course I want major, country changing reforms: a complete rethink of our organisations in order to dramatically reduce our use of primary resources, and constitutional changes that would get us out of this elective monarchy dead-end would be rather major reforms wouldn't they? I doubt, though, that they are the same ones that the extreme-right UMP party have in mind. I sure don't want my support for a multiparty government in charge of major changes to be used as support for UMP... Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi
