Political correctness has become more absurd in the past few years. But this year tops the cake. The protests are showing how much the mindset of some lefties needing a “safe spaces” has even turned on the left. Political and other discourse is being derailed by cries of defining oppositional speakers as bigots and racists when they aren’t. SourceRobby Soave […]
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Authority and fear. That’s what it comes down to. We are being controlled by our belief in the “justness” and “legitimacy” of authority. By our belief that authorities have rights we don’t have. By our fear of what will happen to us if we don’t do what the authorities tell us to do. Be it the fear of something they […]
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Engaging in certain actions or behaviors will produce a certain result. Problems are present and are created by certain actions or behavior. If the resulting problem is to be corrected, behavior needs to change. Causes lead to effects or producing certain results. Some causes can be changed to produce different effects or results. Some people don’t want to change. They […]
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Tension, controversy, friction and conflict are part of life when opposing sides try to achieve their respective dynamic to change things. But not all opposition means an outright inability to coexist in a society. Tolerance is required in many cases. Somethings can or are to be tolerated, while others shouldn’t. The key component to stability is a common moral understanding […]
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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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Are we as humans taking more from planet Earth than it can sustain and replenish? When the quantity of materials required to produce something is reduced over time, this is called dematerialization. The above question is the main objective behind understanding dematerialization. sourceAs there is an increase in technical performance, there is a reduction in the need for material. Technology […]
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source, sourceWhen children misbehave in certain ways, parents often send them to their room for punishment. When adults misbehave in certain ways, the mommy-daddy-nanny state chooses to cage people as punishment. These cages are allegedly there for our rehabilitation in a prison system. sourceAs a society, we are not dealing with the problem through a collective pressure in our community […]
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It’s autumn, and there are only a few weeks of lawn care left. Maybe you want to think about a different use for your yard (if you have one) next year? Each year summer appears for several months. The weekends rolls around. What time is it? Lawn mowing time. Out comes the lawnmower. Check the oil. Check the gas. If […]
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The only thing evil needs to do in order to get good to help the evil, is for the evil to appear “good”, to pretend it is “good”, to veil itself in the illusion of being “good”. If someone can create the image of “good” or “order” by doing something evil, people will accept the evil as “good” or “ordered”. […]
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“I know the secret of making the average American believing anything I want them to. Just let me control television. You put something on the television and it becomes reality. If the world outside the TV set contradicts the images, people start trying to change the world to make it like the TV sets images.” – Hal Becker That is […]
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