Tell us what you think of this site. Write us . However, there are a number of interesting variations on the chiastic theme. This month we continue to examine Chiastic Shorthand . Shorthand ways of expressing chiasmus allow a speaker or writer to make a chiastic observation without having to use all of the words.
Chiastic shorthand has two major benefits.
First, it makes it unnecessary for people to wade through an obvious chiastic thought. And second, since listeners or readers must complete the thought on their own, they're automatically thrust into a dialogue with the author of the sentiment. In Capitalism, man exploits man. In Communism, the reverse is true. It was a clever way for Polish citizens to snub their noses at the ideology of their Soviet oppressors, and in the process, point out that the exploitation of man will exist regardless of ideological rhetoric.