Why do so many people like to put others down in language? Because real-world advantages take too long to build; while a sense of superiority in words can be gained instantly. Language is a low-cost performance of power. It can quickly create a sense of where “I’m higher than you,” without any real results to back it up. So what many people fight for is never right or wrong—it’s simply who occupies the higher position. In an environment steeped in jungle logic, the words themselves become a part of power.