In the July issue of The Critic, the doubtful doctor calls to account the use of a common phrase in modern politics by our demagogic democratic political class. Everyday lies indeed…

What is significant here is the expression “working people”. It is clearly a term of art, for it is not intended to mean people who work. Many multimillionaires continue to work, often very hard. The expression is a typical example of the nomenklatura’s use of words to convey connotation without denotation, the better to justify its hold over society.