I hear your point, though I'd argue that the failure is usually less in the terms themselves than in the lack of effort by policymakers and media members and educators to help people understand them. There's value in brevity, but it has to rest on shared understanding.
Agreed. The problem, imo, is that politicians listening to Third Way hear “don’t talk about these concepts” instead of “don’t use these specific terms” and don’t do any extra work to figure out what they could say instead that might reach people
Thing is, it sure seems like that's what Third Way are aiming for.
Oh I agree