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Line 26: * Toki Pona encourages critical thinking <em>because</em> of its limitations. [[mi ken ala toki pona e ijo la mi sona ala e ijo\|To discuss something well, you must understand it well]] and figure out an informative way to describe it. This provides new insights and makes it clear when there is an opportunity to learn more about the world. * By giving practice with [[circumlocution]], Toki Pona can improve your faculty with other languages, rather than erode it. This makes it easier to define terms, and to give descriptions in place of unknown or forgotten terms. * Unlike Newspeak, Toki Pona avoids euphemism. The English “downsized for ~~profitability~~profitability“ might be rendered {{tp\|lawa esun li wile awen jo e mani mute li weka e jan mute}} (“The head of the business wanted to keep having a lot of money and removed a lot of people”; “mass firing for greed”). Even if you do find a way around saying what you mean directly, it may be [[Politeness\|considered rude]] to obscure the true meaning. =={{tp\|owe}}==

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