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		aebtebeten on Dec 24, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Did English ever have a formal version of "you"? (... It's much easier to understand if one doesn't assume that Fascism ever cared about academic truth.

lnxg33k1 on Dec 24, 2023 [–]

Probably you're right, they just needed something widely known to make people feel some sort of national identity/united/proud and control them better

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