Exposing the Mechanisms Used to Manipulate Your Thoughts, Actions and Beliefs.

Conspiracy:  “The activity of secretly planning with other people to do something bad or illegal.” Cambridge Dictionary Since the entrance of the internet onto the center stage of human consciousness the term “conspiracy” has mushroomed. What used to be the domain of small groups (left and right wing), and what used to be topics one might find in a newsletter left on a campus table, or leaflet in front of a post office, are now topics that captivate the minds of…well, just about everyone. Just ask a 14 year-old what they think of “the Illuminati.” They will probably at least know about the eye of providence or even something about various fraternal societies.  Many people have views that deviate from the standard 9-11 narrative. And who could forget the “vast right wing conspiracy” term created by Hillary in the 1990s, and now replaced with allegations of sneaky Russians hiding under our beds and downloading pro-Trump memes on our computers when we aren’t looking? S...

"There is a club and you ain’t in it." George Carlin Many a young child of the working class has had a parent say, “I want you to grow up and have more than your parents had.” We all want a better life for our offspring; part of the American dream is that our offspring will have more than us, live better and enjoy more leisure time.   Yet in recent years people have become frustrated that everything from “globalization” to “automation” may make that dream far harder to achieve.   And this is the reality that underlies the growing division between the haves and have-nots, or the red states v. the blue ones, or even certain professions feeling superior to others not in their position. Class division has existed since humans started building cities and having a division of labor.  Has this existed since we developed division of labor?   Probably. If we look at Sumer, Egypt and (fast forward) the various Asian and European monarchies lasting u...