Humanity needs a new pronoun for discussing problems that face humanity.

To say "We are not reducing our carbon footprint fast enough" is an inaccurate statement. Many individuals are and they're screaming at the rest to do so.

To say "We don't elect capable leaders in America" is inaccurate. Many states and districts do elect capable leaders and are frustrated by those who won't.

I don't know what the pronoun needs to be, but "WE" does a crappy job of conveying that "SOME" are the problem.

@ewdocparris Some languages have inclusive we vs. exclusive we. That is, two different pronouns. The first includes speaker and listener, while the second excludes the listener. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clusivit

#linguistics #morphology

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