Word: letariat
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...meanings in each half of the divided country. The standard West German phrases for worker and employer - Arbeiter and Arbeitgeber - are never used in East Germany. There, all workers are now called Werktdtige - work-active persons. The East Germans have also dropped the use of the term Pro- letariat, because intellectuals and white-collar workers felt left out. Rationelle Arbeit, which means rational work in West Germany, has become East Germany's pet euphemism for work per formed in accord with party goals. In the West German dictionary, aufrusten means t6 rearm. The East German dictionary warns that when...
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