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self-explanatory sentences are fairly rare these days, because the discourse we hear on the media has completely departed from all contact with reality or logic.
Explain is nearly extinct.
Explain presupposes that behavior and motive are rational, and that the link between behavior and motive can be expressed in words.
Here's one from BBC this morning. Interview with "retired" MI5 type.
Q: After all the Snowden revelations, why didn't the public rise up in protest?
A: Well, all of that was pretty much shrugged off by the public; so far as can be understood from the media.
Self-explanatory sentence! Tells you all you
need to know about the speaker ... and
need to know is especially appropriate here. The satanic media and the satanic intel industry are the
same thing. Both understand the world in the same infinitely delusional way, and neither has the SLIGHTEST contact with the public. Intel "understands" the public from the media, and the media "understands" the public from intel.
Non-delusional version of the same Q/A exchange:
Q: After all the Snowden revelations, why didn't the public rise up in protest?
A: Because the public already knew the Snowden stuff, if not all the exact details. Because the public understands that protest is a guaranteed way to lose your job, reputation, and freedom. Because our efforts have succeeded magnificently. We own everything.