Oppobrium? Latifundium? Bellicose? Effete? Really? What the fuck is wrong with these people. These words are like paragraphs apart

Edit: just read the term “professional-cum-technocratic ethos” this shit is not normal and the author should be ashamed

  • ComradeMonotreme [she/her, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    I feel like they were an ascending order of normalcy

    Oppobrium? I have no idea

    Latifundium? I’m not sure but I guess has to do with latifunda which are like plantations

    Bellicose? Warlike from latin, bella being war

    Effete? The thing I get called

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      Latifundium was the area around Rome i think. It now refers to an area with massive plantations (and often times slavery) where a small group of people own massive land areas and use them for cash crops at the expense of everyone who has to work for them. Oftentimes used when describing South America, particularly among leftists who refer to large landowners as Latifundistas (probably didn’t spell it right, I’ve never learned spanish or portugese)

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latifundium --> Decent wiki article