Click here to access article by Ursula Lindsey from The Arabist.
The writer notices that Empire-speak is in sharp contradiction with reality. The directors of the capitalist ruling class always like to frame everything
they do--even war crimes--in terms of "democracy" and "freedom". This is
true everywhere in the world where they see opportunities to serve
their class interests--not merely in Egypt.
Empire-speak uses words that reflect the deepest yearnings of humanity: the desires to live in egalitarian societies where citizens are fully engaged in important decisions affecting their lives. However, our masters use words and images to fool people into supporting their sociopathic habits of domination and exploitation. Of course, most of this is addressed to the American people, and unfortunately many believe it.