George Orwell said that politicians use vague language to cover up policies that are “too brutal for most people to face,” and that political language infects all of us and makes us have “foolish thoughts.”  Was he right?  (Intro: AcidJazz by Kevin MacLeod, from the Free Music Archive, CC BY 3.0 license.  Outro: Dance of the Stargazer (edited) by US Army Blues, from the Free Music Archive, Public Domain Mark 1.0 license.)

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