In his 1946 essay "Politics and the English Language," George Orwell slammed political and literary classes for hiding behind grandiose and misleading language. Writers, Orwell argued, concealed the truth by using fancy words and long sentences that resulted in puffs of vague language instead of a clear and meaningful message. Politicians could hide unsavory truths by writing long sentences full of dazzling rhetoric instead of delivering a clear and useful conclusion. Orwell saw this as oppressive and as a tool of the powerful to disguise true intentions.
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