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Old Chinese proverb With money, you can...
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Old Chinese proverb With money, you can buy: a house, not a home a clock, not /me a bed, not sleep a book, not knowledge a doctor, not good health posi/on, not respect blood, not life sex, not love
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OldChineseproverb
Withmoney,youcanbuy:
ahouse,notahome aclock,not/me abed,notsleep abook,notknowledge adoctor,notgoodhealth posi/on,notrespect blood,notlife sex,notlove
pecus–ca:le
pecunia-money
pecunia=money(frombarteringwithca:le)
Later,paidwithblocksofbronze,castwith
figureofox/cowtoindicateitsvalue.
MoneyGoddess,JUNOMONETA(theadvisor),
wifeofJupiter,protectressoffinances
Romansestablishedfirstmintinthe
templededicatedtoherinRome
mint:f.OEmynetf.Lmonetamoney:f.MFmoneief.Lmoneta
InTmeofRepublicandEmpire,coinswere
usedtopromoteconsulsandemperors.
caputcapiTs=head>capital,‘wealthowned
byanindividualorcompany’
BriTshcurrency:originallypounds,shillings
&pence(decimalisaTonin1971)
L:libra(Romanweights/pound)
S:solidi(lightergold,72topound)D:denarii(silveralloy,96topound)
Sterling
History:A`er1066,FrenchusedtheirownsilvercoinsinBritain,
stampedwithasmallstar,‘esterlin’.Poundsterlingwasoriginally240esterlincoinsand,un/ldecimaliza/on,therewere240pencetothepound.
Othermoneyma:ers:
• salary:f.Lsalarium,‘moneygiventosoldiersforsalt’,fL.sal,‘salt’.
• fiscalma:ers:ma:ersrelaTngtogovernmentrevenue,
especiallytaxes
f.L.fiscus,‘purse,chest,treasury’- moneyfromtaxesofRomanprovinceswaskeptintheimperial
fisc(treasury)ineachprovince.• bankrupt:unabletopayone’sdebtsf.It.banca,‘bench’+L.rupta,broken
Fiscalshrike/Laniuscollaris‘butcherwithacollar’
BinomialClassificaTon
• Systemforclassifyingplantsandanimalsaccordingtotheir
Genus(capitalized)andspecies(notcapitalized).• OriginallyinGreekbutin18thcenturychangedtoLaTnbySwedishbotanist,CarlvonLinne(CarolusLinnaeus).
• AlllivingthingsclassifiedlikethisaccordingtotheInternaTonalCodeofBotanicalandBiologicalnomenclature.
e.g.
Helianthusannuus-commonsunflower
Vulpesfulva-redfoxPantheraleo-lionUrsushorribilis-grizzlybearPhocoenaphocoena-porpoise(porcus+piscis)
Moraeavuvuzela–Irisvuvuzela
WordsassociatedwithpoliTcs
• fascism(2016,4thmostsearchedwordinthedicTonary’s
history):authoritarian,right-wingsystemofgovernment
[It.fascismf.fascio,bundle,group,f.L.fascis,bundle)
2016mostsearchedwordsontheinternet
• misogyny:hatredofwomen[Gk.misos,hatred+gune/gyne,woman]
• xenophobia:intensedislikeorfearofforeignersorstrangers[Gk.xenos,strange,foreign+phobos,fear]• paranoia:mentaldisordercharacterisedbydelusions[
Gk.para,beside,beyond+noos,mind]
Trumpism:denotesextremeright-
wing,narcissisTc,anT-immigrant
viewsandovertpatrioTsm
Trumpisms
Zuma-isms
“Theprincipleofuserpayhastobe
appliedtocomplementthemoney
governmentspent.Thisiswhatall
economiesintheworlddo.Wecan’t
thinklikeAfricansinAfrica…We’rein
Johannesburg.”
• candidate:personseekingelecTonetc.[L.candidatus,clothedinwhitef.togacandida]
• ambiTon:strongdesireforsuccess
[L.ambire,togoaround/canvassforvotes]
• onceelected,hewouldbeinstalledinoffice
whentheomenswerefavourable>ominous
• anaugur(soothsayer/priest)wouldinterpretomens.
• iffavourabletheninauguraTonceremony
wouldtakeplace.
• anauspexwasalsoasoothsayer/priestwhoreadthesignsofbirdstoassessomens.
• avis,‘bird’+spicere,‘towatch’=auspicious• undertheauspicesof=withthesupportof• ‘thisaugurswell’=thisisagoodsign
• democracy:governmentbythepeopleortheirelected
representaTves[Gk.demos,people+kra/a,power]• demagogue:poliTcalleaderwhoseekssupportbyappealingto
populardesiresandprejudicesratherthanbyusingraTonal
argument
[Gk.demos,people+agogos,leading]• ingenuous:innocent,naive(L.ingenuus,naTve,freeborn)• disingenuous:notsincere
• oligarchy:governmentbyasmallgroupofpeople;asmall
cliqueofprivateciTzenswhoexertastronginfluenceon
government
[Gk.oligos,few+archein,torule]e.g.Russia,China,NorthKorea
• kleptocracy:governmentwherethoseinpowerexploit
naTonalresourcesandsteal
e.g.Russia,Nigeria,ZaireandHaiT–SouthAfrica???
• plutocracy:rulebythewealthy[Gk.ploutos,wealth]e.g.Russia,America??
• gerontocracy:rulebyelders[Gk.gerontos,oldman+kratos]e.g.ancientGerousiaofSparta;SovietUnionin1970s;tribal
communiTes
• stratocracy:governmentbythemilitary[Gk.stratos,army]
e.g.Myanmar,Egypt
Germany Angela Merkel
United Kingdom Theresa May
Taiwan Tsai Ing-Wen
Liberia Ellen Johnson
Jamaica Portia Simpson-Miller
Burma Aung San Suu Kyi
Chile Michelle Bachelet
Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid
Gynaecocracy
Impeachment
• impeach:tochargeapublicofficialwithanoffencecommi:ed
inoffice[L.in+pedica,infootchains]
• ImpeachmentistheFIRSTstagetoremoveanofficialfrom
office.
• SecondstageisremovalfromofficeuponCONVICTION.
Impeachments
Iran Abolhassan Banisadr
1980
USA Bill Clinton
2000
Philippines
JosephEstraden
2000
Iran
AbolhassanBanisadr
1980
USA
BillClinton
2000
Pakistan
PervezMusharaff
2000
1974
Brazil Dilma Rousseff
2016
Appealing impeachment
South Africa President Jacob Zuma
2016
Impeachment failed
• ostracize:toexcludeorbanishapersonfromaparTcular
grouporsociety
[Gk.ostracon,brokenpieceofpo:ery(onwhichnameswere
wri:eninvoTngtobanishunpopularciTzens)]
