Nader, Nadir: "The towering similarities dwarf the dwindling real differences."

Words guaranteed to make you sound like a twit, even IF you live in New Haven, Cambridge, Berkeley or Madison:

Duopoly
Intelligentsia
Hegemony
Patriarchy
Corporate paymaster minion
Corporate pay masters
Corporate-occupied territory
Corporate bidding
Voices and Choices

Sure they all mean something relevant. But can't we do better than a warmed-over Weathermen coffee-klatsch?