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Re:Demagogue by amadeuspagel on Thursday January 25, 2024 @09:59AM (#39130212)
It's curious that a word literally meaning "leader of the people" has a such negative connotation while democracy, which literally means "rule by the people" has such a positive one. How can there be a democracy without demagogues?
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Re:Demagogue by downboots on Thursday January 25, 2024 @12:16PM (#39131967)
Perhaps a tangent: If there is a dataset of word connotations vs word meaning closeness, this can be extended to find other language inconsistencies.
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