As far as I can tell, the phrase "New World Order" was first used by the League of Nations (which sounds like a bad DC comic book, but I digress) after WW1.
Basically, the idea was pitched as a way to make countries less nationalistic and more open to cooperating with other countries, thus preventing wars. Especially world wars.
This is an extremely simplified explanation, obviously. But I just wanted to point out that the phrase "New World Order" has been used for much longer than most people realize. And that the way people view it has changed dramatically over the years. This ad is from 1941, right in the middle of WW2 and was when America joined the Allies. I would wager that the phrase NWO was being used quite often then.
From my personal experience as someone born in the late 70s and growing up during the end of the Cold War, I didn't pay much attention to it until the mid-90s (remember being swamped by all the AOL disc's?) And by then it had taken on a pretty sinister meaning.
I'm sure there is some material out there documenting the way the usage of "NWO" has changed and could give much better insight than I have, but I haven't taken the time to find it.
Anyway, thanks for reading this long and rambling post that could have been much shorter if I had just typed "the meaning of words and phrases change over time". 🙂✌️
As far as I can tell, te phrase "New World Order" was first used by the League of Nations (which sounds like a bad DC comic book, but I digress) after WW1.
Basically, the idea was pitched as a way to make countries less nationalistic and more open to cooperating with other countries, thus preventing wars. Especially world wars.
This is an extremely simplified explanation, obviously. But I just wanted to point out that the phrase "New World Order" has been used for much longer than most people realize. And that the way people view it has changed dramatically over the years. This ad is from 1941, right in the middle of WW2 and was when America joined the Allies. I would wager that the phrase NWO was being used quite often then.
From my personal experience as someone born in the late 70s and growing up during the end of the Cold War, I didn't pay much attention to it until the mid-90s (remember being swamped by all the AOL disc's?) And by then it had taken on a pretty sinister meaning.
I'm sure there is some material out there documenting the way the usage of "NWO" has changed and could give much better insight than I have, but I haven't taken the time to find it.
Anyway, thanks for reading this long and rambling post that could have been much shorter if I had just typed "the meaning of words and phrases change over time". 🙂✌️