Transactional speech values truth only by whether it advances the speaker’s goals

Evidence

Finally, Trumpspeak is transactional. It places no independent value on truth. The value of speech is to be measured exclusively in terms of its effects. If a statement gets me closer to my goal, then it is valuable; if it does not, it is worthless. Valuable statements, then, are true by virtue of the fact that they advance my interests. Statements that fail to do so are worthless and thus false. — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 342

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Trust between dialoguers requires words to coincide with actions — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 266; Speech is fundamentally agonistic play, not mere communication — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on…, 142; Obedient public speech can signal compliance without conveying belief — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 165

Broader Connections

• Obedient public speech can signal compliance without conveying belief #qualifies (0.85) — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 165
• Trust between dialoguers requires words to coincide with actions #expands (0.75) — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 266
• Speech is fundamentally agonistic play, not mere communication #complicates (0.72) — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition, 142