Linguistic Flattening as Control
“When all words sound the same, you stop hearing what’s different.”
✅ What We’re Seeing Today
Children learning accents from screen media (like Peppa Pig) is real and well-documented.
Global English is becoming more standardized through media, education, and corporate training.
Social media algorithms subtly reward conformity in tone, structure, and vocabulary — pushing everyone toward a kind of algorithm-friendly speak.
Tech platforms increasingly act as “arbiters of meaning”: autocomplete, suggested replies, and censored phrasing make it easier to say the approved thing, and harder to say something unusual.
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