Fardels Bear on Nostr: Government by magical thinking, as if facts could be changed by legislation. “When ...
Government by magical thinking, as if facts could be changed by legislation.
“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’
’The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’
’The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.”
― Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/16/uk-government-to-present-full-law-to-set-aside-supreme-court-rwanda-decision
“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’
’The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’
’The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.”
― Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/16/uk-government-to-present-full-law-to-set-aside-supreme-court-rwanda-decision