Social murder (German: sozialer Mord) is a concept used to describe an unnatural death that is believed to occur due to social, political, or economic oppression, instead of direct violence. Originally coined in 1845 by German philosopher Friedrich Engels, it has since been used by left-wing politicians, journalists and activists to describe deaths they attribute to larger social forces.

[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Lowkey hilarious that the English Wikipedia cites the original German name of this concept but there isn’t even a German page for it

[–] festnt@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i saw this comment, checked wikipedia, and yeah, there isnt

so i thought to myself: "i could translate the english version to german!"

then i remembered i don't speak german

[–] lime@feddit.nu 14 points 2 months ago

didn't stop the guy who wrote 80% of the Scots wikipedia

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

hmmm interesting observation! why do you think that is? /gen

my guess is maybe the leftists who adopted the term from Engels are primarily english speakers (could be wrong)

[–] fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It could be that, but probably it's mostly related to the fact that German Wikipedia, while big, doesn't match the English one in size. Some more obscure topics just aren't on there for no reason other than that it just didn't happen.