These phrases aren’t just annoying — they’re architecture. They build the grid. They script the spell. And you’ve heard them a thousand times.
Weaponise awareness. Name the phrases. Cut the wires.
1. “Trust the science.” Translation: Obey the priests in lab coats.
2. “For your safety.” The spell that paved the road to every cellblock.
3. “We’re all in this together.” Except those who write the rules.
4. “You’ll own nothing and be happy.” Mock consent for invisible chains.
5. “This is for the greater good.” Whose?
6. “It’s company policy.” Soul dismemberment outsourced to HR.
7. “That’s a conspiracy theory.” Instant firewall against inconvenient truths.
8. “The system isn’t perfect, but…” The battered citizen’s apology.
9. “This content has been independently fact-checked.” Your perception has been sterilised.
10. “Freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom from consequences.” Modern inquisition with a PR department.
11. “We’re just following the data.” Whose spreadsheet? Whose agenda?
12. “The climate emergency requires immediate action.” Cue digital ID, land theft, and meat bans.
13. “You’re not qualified to speak on this.” Truth belongs only to the credentialled caste.
14. “That’s offensive.” Emotional weaponry disguised as virtue.
15. “It’s complicated.” Translation: I don’t want to look.
16. “Don’t be selfish.” Shaming those who protect their sovereignty.
17. “Normalize [insert inversion here].” The parasite never asks — it rebrands.
18. “We’re transitioning to a better future.” Techno-feudalism with a rainbow logo.
19. “The government will take care of it.” Like they took care of your health, food, and children?
20. “It’s for the children.” Used most when harming them.
21. “That’s just a coincidence.” Default setting of the NPC firewall.
22. “Experts say…” And now you’re not allowed to think.
23. “You’re spreading misinformation.” Translation: You’re remembering.
24. “We have to move with the times.” Even if the times are a trap.
25. “There’s no alternative.” There always is. But it’s unprofitable.
26. “Just doing my job.” Historic last words of obedient monsters.
27. “It’s not that deep.” It is. That’s why you flinch.
28. “I have nothing to hide.” Because you’ve already surrendered everything sacred.
29. “It’s above my paygrade.” Field abdication as career move.
30. “That’s just the way things are.” Only if you agree.
31. “We don’t talk about that here.” Which means it runs everything.
32. “It’s settled.” When parasites close the books on your breath.
33. “This isn’t the hill to die on.” Every hill is — if you’re alive.