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I'd be willing to add it. I also had an idea for a last sentence:

It's not populism: it's well deserved outrage in the face of predatory selfishness.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 at 06:25:54 AM EST
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Again.. my only worry is that it may be too strong for them... :)

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I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 at 06:26:49 AM EST
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I prefer yours. The Orwellian thing triggers some analogue to Godwin's Law and won't help credibility, true though it is.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 at 06:27:19 AM EST
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If it may sound too strong... forget about it.

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I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 at 06:37:19 AM EST
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To me, "Orwellianism" refers to manifestations of totalitarianism, specifically. You can have runaway capitalism without totalitarianism.

Furthermore, the reference to the 17th century is perfectly accurate. These people aren't saying 2 + 2 = 5, as the Bushies often do: they have simply gone back to a much older social model.

A bomb, H bomb, Minuteman / The names get more attractive / The decisions are made by NATO / The press call it British opinion -- The Three Johns

by Alexander on Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 at 09:01:50 PM EST
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The Orwell reference is spot-on, but is used again and again by all sides of any given debate and has thus lost pertinence. Godwin's Law (2).

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 at 06:56:20 AM EST
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It doesn't help that Orwell's heart was on the other side.

The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet. Winston Churchill

by r------ on Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 at 07:26:38 AM EST
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:-D

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 at 12:43:09 PM EST
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I like this line too but like kcurie, fear it might be over the top for the cake-eaters at FT.

Assuming simple persuasion is the goal in this exercise of course (not my first instinct to be sure...)

The Hun is always either at your throat or at your feet. Winston Churchill

by r------ on Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 at 07:21:28 AM EST
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