Opinion of the phrase "The People"

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Debates like political ones are full of empty signs whose signifiers float in the ether around it pinpointed differently by each person depending, often, where they wish it was. It may be empty, but it is certainly isn't meaningless, people wouldn't use it otherwise.

While 'The people' is annoying I feel it is less abused than it used to be. To my mind, the use of 'nature/natural' is far more pernicious