Well, that’s how ✡they✡ work, isn’t it? Not through physical violence, but through linguistic violence. Example:

A farmer wants to paint his barn red, so he goes to Meyer Rothschild’s paint supply store to pick up some red paint. “Hello, Mr. Rothschild,” he says, “I’d like to buy some red paint for my barn.”

“Oy vey!” says Mr. Rothschild. “You want ‘red’ paint? Don’t you know that colors don’t exist?” This baffles the farmer.

“What do you mean? There are colors like red, blue, green, orange, purple… How can you say they don’t exist? I see them with my own eyes!”

“Not so fast,” says Mr. Rothschild. “Take a look at this picture. Can you show me exactly where red ends and orange begins?” “Well, no…” says the farmer. “Not exactly, but…”

Mr. Rothschild grins. “You see, goy? Colors aren’t real! Your concept of ‘red’ is nothing more than a “social construct.” It was created by “culture farmers” at the top of society who arbitrarily decided to make you believe in the false color ‘red.’ Because I say they did. Don’t you feel slighted now? Don’t you feel like you have been used by the people in power, who only wish you to see ‘red’ because it suits their agenda?”

“Well, I don’t know about…”

“Now that we’ve established that colors don’t exist and that people who want you to believe they exist are using you,” Mr. Rothschild quickly continues, “let’s have a dialogue on what kind of colors your barn needs right now. Right now I say your barn needs more green. Specifically green. Since colors don’t exist, you shouldn’t have a problem with the artificial construct of one color dominating another, should you? And don’t worry, I’m not a green supremacist… even though the result of my advocacy means that your barn is the way I want it instead of the way you want it. So, goy, about that paint…”

At the end of the day, the farmer’s barn is green. Instead of forcing him to buy green paint under the threat of violence, Mr. Rothschild got exactly what he wanted just by using words. The farmer looks at his green barn and feels satisfied, knowing that his “color-thought” was corrected, even if it meant he didn’t get the results he wanted.