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

  " Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the  Lord  thy God giveth thee."   Exodus 20:12 "The most effective way to  destroy  people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history"                                                                                                                                                                 George Orwell "To destroy a people you must first sever their roots."   Alexander Solzhenitsyn What do you suppose the first three insights have in...

" Apparances are a glimpse of the unseen. "  Anaxagoras This is a hypothetical interview with Jeff, an anti-social psychopath serving prison time and Anna, a pro-social psychopath marketing director for a firm specializing in children's entertainment. Let us assume they are being totally honest as they assume nobody will know their true identities.  Psychologist:  "Hello Jeff and hello Anna, sorry for the shackles Jeff, but your warden insisted. And Anna, I must say you are looking stunning as always. Thank you both for agreeing to meet today. It will advance my research into psychopathy. So Jeff, when did you first determine you were a psychopath?" Jeff: "Well, as a child I never really fit in. People thought I was a dork or something, maybe because I could not understand emotions. I mean, one day my teacher told us her dog got hit by a car and I raised my hand and asked what the big deal was, as she could buy another dog. Later during recess I got beat up...

Guilt: “ A bad feeling caused by knowing or thinking that you have done something bad or wrong. ” “ You are an educator and educators are the most guilt-ridden people on earth.   It is time for you to break your life pattern…demand from the cosmos what you deserve…” William Livingston, “ The Destiny of Our Past ”  Well, the former quote is Webster’s definition of guilt.  I believe most people think guilt hurts, but serves a higher purpose; even Freud said that guilt is what kept society together as it caused people to feel bad if they did something contrary to the established norms of society. However, while it may be that it does serve as a “policeman in the head” of the average person; it can be taken to pathological levels and used to control society beyond just maintaining the notion of not hurting others. As the latter quote is meant to illustrate, in most people’s lives guilt stifles us, chains us and prevents us from acquiring the goals we otherwise mi...

“Two percent of the people think; three percent of the people think they think; and ninety-five percent of the people would rather die than think.”  George Bernard Shaw There is a culture war and sadly the conservative or "right wing" has lost lost a lot of ground in our culture.  Now hey, don’t give up or be discouraged; the right is down, but not out. However, this is a war for the mind, body and spirit of the American people and in order to re-gain what has been lost we need to counteract the gains the left and the powers-that-be have made since in recent years. And yes, there are ways to do it. So you want to win? Do you? Well, let's get started. Edward Bernays, the father of modern advertising, who applied his Uncle Sigmund Freud’s discoveries on how the sub-conscious mind works, recognized that most people merely absorb the norms and values of their culture without critical analysis, without questioning, and without challenge. Of course, neither...

Guilt: “ A bad feeling caused by knowing or thinking that you have done something bad or wrong. ” “ You are an educator and educators are the most guilt-ridden people on earth.   It is time for you to break your life pattern…demand from the cosmos what you deserve…” William Livingston, “ The Destiny of Our Past ”  Well, the former quote is Webster’s definition of guilt.  I believe most people think guilt hurts, but serves a higher purpose; even Freud said that guilt is what kept society together as it caused people to feel bad if they did something contrary to the established norms of society. However, while it may be that it does serve as a “policeman in the head” of the average person; it can be taken to pathological levels and used to control society beyond just maintaining the notion of not hurting others. Guilt stifles us, chains us and prevents us from acquiring the goals we otherwise might attain. It is a mechanism we must understand in order to ha...

“Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.” Niccolo Machiavelli I recall a conversation I had with a young woman recently. She said she just couldn’t understand how journalists and politicians could be attacking President Trump so harshly. She noted that even really bad people have some redeeming attributes but these are being ignored by those who have declared a vendetta against him. I then noted to her that two professions with high percentages of psychopaths are politics and journalism and maybe a study of psychology might shed light on not only how the powers-that-be are treating Trump, but politics and media in general.  I will describe psychopaths in detail in just a moment, and the picture presented in popular culture is often not accurate. They don’t generally hide in their mom’s basement cutting out newspaper articles, or lurk in the bushes to attack you. They are more often the people you see on TV in expensive d...