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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

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[–] ComradeMonotreme@hexbear.net 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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

[–] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

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

[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

Latifundistas

Latifundiário in Portuguese, for us it's a very common word

[–] ComradeMonotreme@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Thanks, I know about latifunda in the terms of calling plantations in South America that and Patrick Wyman saying latifunda on podcasts. So I could back form at a guess.