4. How Political Definitions Shape Reality | What is Politics?

Definitions of political terms affect what we see and don't see in the world around us, and turn us into effective or ineffective communicators and political actors. The definition of government that journalists and academics use makes us blind to the people who rule over us in our private lives. Popular definitions of left and right propagated by media and academia (the state vs. the market, big vs. small government, liberty vs. equality), frame the world in right-wing terms, while the historical definition (hierarchy vs. equality) frames the world in left wing terms. Competing definitions of racism have different consequences on how people people relate to other cultural groups, and how effectively people can communicate about racism. SUBTÍTULOS DISPONIBLES EN ESPAÑOL *PLEASE* SHARE AND LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS SERIES!! I purposefully don’t monetize my channel in order to spare you the annoying ads, and it takes me weeks to make these, so please help if you can! PATREON PER EPISODE DONATIONS: https://www.patreon.com/whatispolitics KO-FI ONE TIME OR MONTHLY DONATIONS: ko-fi.com/whatispolitics PAYPAL ONE TIME OR MONTHLY DONATIONS: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=XJ6HBHFJ6C3RU FULL TRANSCRIPT: https://worldwidescrotes.wordpress.com/2020/05/30/04xcript/ AUDIO PODCAST: https://www.podfollow.com/worbs or search for “worbs” on your podcast app AUDIO PODCAST RSS FEED: http://feeds.feedburner.com/WHATISPOLITICS ALL MUSIC BY *69 starsixnine.bandcamp.com tweeter: @worbsintowords