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Defying Authority
DEFYING AUTHORITY Stanley Milgram’s experiment was conducted in 1963, before the internet, social media, and the complete takeover of the U.S. by the Deep State. His estimate that only 20% of the population have the critical thinking skills to defy authority may have been true in 1963, but I think it is far lower today. […]
Empowered Thinking for Deep Change
Empowered Thinking for Deep Change We’re so in the habit of controlling each other/being controlled that we’ve forgotten how to think for ourselves. We’re so overwhelmed by the challenges we face that we assume there’s nothing we can do (and it’s all our fault). And we assume that controlling each other is necessary and failing […]
Deleted Government Report Celebrates How Public Loves to “Conform”
Deleted Government Report Celebrates How Public Loves to “Conform” Climate change technocrats plan on using same methods that convinced public to obey lockdown. Alex Segre via Getty Images A deleted government report exploring how to make the public alter its behavior to accept the new ‘green economy’ reveals how COVID-19 restrictions have created a population […]
A Nation of Imposters
A Nation of Imposters That’s how we’ve become a nation of imposters: our imposter stock market hits a new high and the imposters cheer because it proves the scam is still working. You’ve read the warnings about the proliferating imposter scams: scammers posing as “officials”, representatives of utilities or “a close friend of a family member” […]
The Political Theater of Absurdity
The Political Theater of Absurdity Do we have to wonder just how long will the press allow this complete farse to continue? Journalists have no sense of honor, for what they are allowing to take is devastating their own families’ future. Truthfully, if my children were a journalist selling this BS, I would disown them. […]
Noam Chomsky Turns 90: How a U.S. Anarchist Has More Than Survived
Noam Chomsky Turns 90: How a U.S. Anarchist Has More Than Survived Photo Source cloud2013 | CC BY 2.0 “The person who claims the legitimacy of the authority always bears the burden of justifying it. And if they can’t justify it, it’s illegitimate and should be dismantled. To tell you the truth, I don’t really […]
Mutiny, Class, Authority and Respect
Mutiny, Class, Authority and Respect Humiliation and fear of a catastrophic decline in status foment mutiny and rebellion. I recently finished The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty, a painstakingly researched history of the mutiny, but with a focus on how the story was shaped by influential families after the fact […]
The Twilight of Authority
The Twilight of Authority I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the need for a rhetorical education—that is, an education that doesn’t presume to lay down the law about what’s true and what’s false, but instead teaches each individual how to understand and assess claims about truth and falsehood. That’s a concept many people […]
The Aristocratic Illusion
The Aristocratic Illusion They’re not as smart as they think they are. If you draw your sustenance from the government—as an employee, contractor, or beneficiary of redistributed funds—the money you receive comes from someone who had no choice whether or not you got paid. Except for those jobs the government mandates, private sector workers’ compensation […]
The US Has Devolved into a Police State
The US Has Devolved into a Police State Yesterday I posted at this URL — https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2018/01/09/democracy-america-oxymoron/ — a news report and two vidos of a white female school teacher being removed and brutalized by a black police officer from a public meeting of school teachers with the school board while the school teacher was engaged […]
Don’t Be Surprised by Authoritarianism
Don’t Be Surprised by Authoritarianism Kids are conditioned from birth to submit to authority. Most kids are conditioned almost from day one to obey arbitrary authority. No one attempts to explain or justify the source of the parent or teacher’s authority; no consent is sought, and no choice is offered. Schools demand complete conformity to […]
Is Obedience to Authority the Explanation?
Is Obedience to Authority the Explanation? QUESTION: Marty, your point is well taken that we instinctively seek a guru be it in forecasting or politics. We have to understand we are doing that in order to escape responsibility and are really followers. Do you have any idea why we do that so instinctively? BH ANSWER: No. Perhaps […]
The Greatest Danger in the World Today
The Greatest Danger in the World Today May 01, 2015 “Information Clearing House” – I am on a journey through Vietnam with a group of American Vietnam War veterans who now live in Vietnam and work to address some of the profound human problems still caused by a war that ended 40 years ago. Known as VFP […]
War—–The Birth And Health Of The State
War—–The Birth And Health Of The State In my essay “The Herd Mind,” I explained how “War is the health of the State,” according to Randolph Bourne: in particular, how war causes a country to regress from a diverse civilization to a uniform herd locked in fight-or-flight mode, and easily driven by the government. […]
Noam Chomsky: “The Idea Of A Media Which Does Not Repeat US Propaganda Is Intolerable To American Leaders”
Noam Chomsky: “The Idea Of A Media Which Does Not Repeat US Propaganda Is Intolerable To American Leaders” Few individuals polarize the public with their opinions, statements and mere presence, like Noam Chomsky. The 86 year old linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, logician, political commentator, social justice activist, and anarcho-syndicalist advocate, has strong opinions (and in […]
