Oppobrium? Latifundium? Bellicose? Effete? Really? What the fuck is wrong with these people. These words are like paragraphs apart

Edit: just read the term “professional-cum-technocratic ethos” this shit is not normal and the author should be ashamed

  • DinosaurThussy [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 day ago

    You can’t tell me Parenti isn’t much more readable and less jargony than other, more bourgeois historians

    After hearing this for years I was taken aback by the forward to Blackshirts and Reds, followed by relief that the rest of the book wasn’t like that.

    • ButtBidet [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      24 hours ago

      I didn’t remember that the preface of Blackshirts and Reds was more jargony, but here I am rereading it ATM and I can’t argue with that. I’m guessing that he wrote it last and, as his motivation was sapped, put the least amount of effort into rewriting it. Just a guess though.

      Honestly I fall into jargon in my field when I’m tired or lazy. Making things make normal sense takes extra effort.