rsynnott 5 days ago

Nothing they are doing is related to government efficiency. You can't really put too much faith in names.

1
XorNot 5 days ago

The basic rule of government naming: the more of GOOD THING in the name, the less of that it will be.

FireBeyond 5 days ago

This quote (from Lord of War) really encapsulates a lot of what you say:

> Yuri Orlov: [Narrating] Every faction in Africa calls themselves by these noble names - Liberation this, Patriotic that, the Democratic Republic of something-or-other... I guess they can't own up to what they usually are: the Federation of Worse Oppressors Than the Last Bunch of Oppressors. Often, the most barbaric atrocities occur when both combatants proclaim themselves Freedom Fighters.

viraptor 5 days ago

That generalises to a lot of naming. Papers like Fakt or Pravda, country DPKR, political parties that mention law, justice and order, etc.

rsynnott 5 days ago

I always particularly liked the Committee of Public Safety, for this (they're the ones who did the Reign of Terror, which doesn't seem _particularly_ public-safety-oriented.)

pchristensen 5 days ago

Don’t forget Truth Social

JKCalhoun 5 days ago

В « Правде » нет известий, а в « Известиях » нет правды

sham1 4 days ago

> В « Правде » нет известий, а в « Известиях » нет правды

For the sake of context, this is an old Soviet-era joke, that translates to about the following:

> In "Pravda" (The Truth, CPSU's newspaper) there are no news. In "Izvestiya" (The News, national newspaper of the USSR, under the control of the Supreme Soviet) there is no truth.