The label used for a system shapes whether people maintain or resist it.

Evidence

Calling a viral outbreak a pandemic can prove vital in mobilising against it. Similarly with the global system we live in today: the word we use to describe it can influence profoundly whether we are more likely to perpetuate and reproduce it or whether we might challenge or even overthrow it. — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism, 453

Categorization

• DEFINE: Frames the entire naming argument of the book: terminology as political mobilisation tool.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, 453
• XREF: connects to: People’s prior attitudes shape which label they prefer for the same issue — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2459; Identities are reinforced by outsider-given labels; Ideological labels derive much of their meaning from society rather than individuals — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2008 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• People’s prior attitudes shape which label they prefer for the same issue #qualifies (0.82) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2459
• Identities are reinforced by outsider-given labels #qualifies (0.80)
• Evaluations of ideological labels rest on symbols more than issue positions #qualifies (0.80)
• Ideological labels derive much of their meaning from society rather than individuals #qualifies (0.78) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2008
• Political labels can be claimed by opposing factions simultaneously #qualifies (0.75)