[Peace-discuss] Mort -- On the topic of "brainwashing"

[C. G. Estabrook]

  If one is still feeling a bit damp from this discussion of brainwashing, s/he 
might recall the British slang usage of "wet."

A contemporary  American slang translation might be "lame" or "girly" (both to 
some extent objectionable).

The term "wet" was used in the UK in the 1980s to describing those Tory members 
of Thatcher's government who opposed her strict monetarist policies and 
supported increasing public spending. Naturally, the term "dries" was created 
within the Limits of Allowable Debate = those who opposed the "wets" and 
therefore supported Thatcher's policies of reducing public spending; cutting 
taxes; lowering interest rates; tightly controlling the money supply; and 
reducing the regulatory power of the state. The more formal name for "dries" is 
"neoliberals."

The Obama administration is increasingly dry. A result of brainwashing?


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