The language of the Left

"Political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness" — George Orwell from "Politics and the English Language" (1946)   What would George Orwell, who once described his own work in "Selected Writings" as "against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism," say about today's political discourse, specifically, the language of the Left?

"Political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness" — George Orwell from "Politics and the English Language" (1946)   What would George Orwell, who once described his own work in "Selected Writings" as "against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism," say about today's political discourse, specifically, the language of the Left?…