"The existing society defines the transcending action on its, society's, own terms - a self-validating procedure, entirely legitimate, even necessary for this society: one of the most effective right of the Sovereign is the right to establish enforceable definitions of words."
"The language of the prevailing Law and Order, validated by the courts and by the police, is not only the voice but also the deed of suppression."
"the established vocabulary discriminates a priori against the opposition - it protects the establishment."
Herbert Marcuse, “Subverting Forces - in Transition” An Essay on Liberation (Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1971), pp.73-77.
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