What makes people blind, ignorant and afraid to face an issue going on in reality? There are psychological factors that prevent people from recognizing reality as it truly is, or if they do recognize it then they are having difficulty speaking up about how things really are. Political correctness is one way we regulate or police ourselves in what we […]
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Modern societies are built on flawed axioms for how to live. They require increasing populations to sustain welfare, social security and old age pensions. If a population doesn’t have ~2.1 children on average, then it begins to fall into population decline. Fertility matters to centralized authority planners in order to keep their economy propped up and growing. To keep going, […]
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I see a lot of people advocate no borders. Some people even denounce attempts to protect borders. Well, I’m all for real open borders in a world of sane people of higher moral living. But we’re not there yet. Just like I would like to live in an anarchistic society… we as people that make up society aren’t there yet […]
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Is the coercive authoritarian government going away? Are the state gang thug cops going away? Will tyranny be removed? Not anytime soon! Why? Most of us are afraid of living without the hand of guidance and the protection of our lives that is granted from authority. We support tyranny without being aware of it. Most of us buy into the […]
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Mainstream media and Wikipedia often try to emphasize an impartiality. They say they are “fair” and “balanced”. They say they “don’t pick sides”. Is that the case? Maybe sometimes. sourceWhat about the side of truth vs. falsity? They say, they are the “real news” while alternative media is not “real news”. Donald Trump is even pointing to the media and […]
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Presenting evidence or facts doesn’t always get accepted. We can dismiss evidence that contradicts our firmly held beliefs. There is even the backfire effect where we can dig into our belief and hold on tighter than before. source A new study shows that challenging political beliefs activates areas of the brain that govern personal identity and emotional responses to threats. […]
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Actors are paid so much because they are the new storytellers, on screen. Before it was the stage actors that people paid to go see, the books that told stories, and the local storytellers that spoke narratives about reality and unreality. The politicians and priests are some of the original storytellers that spun tales to gain power. Actors control the […]
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