https://moscowmigrant.com/tags/language/Recent content in Language on MoscowMigrantHugoenTue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://moscowmigrant.com/posts/words-are-deeds-against-the-counsel-to-ignore-what-leaders-say/Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://moscowmigrant.com/posts/words-are-deeds-against-the-counsel-to-ignore-what-leaders-say/A defense of taking political rhetoric seriously: the words of the powerful are themselves a material force that moves markets, launders aggression, and reshapes what people plan and do. The fashionable advice to judge leaders only by deeds is not worldly wisdom but a disarming mistake.