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Tag Archives: authoritarianism
Limericks
Dear Friends, Edward Bernays was crucial to The Man,Teaching girls to smoke doing what he can,Wear that bra,Don’t tell Ma,And follow the Pied Piper into his panel van. I know of a fake Indian from Mass,Full of lies and willing … Continue reading
Posted in Group Politics, Mercy, philosophy
Tagged academic elitism, accountability, authoritarianism, class critique, communism, Consequences, consumerism, cultural engineering, Dark Humor, dissent, doors, Edward Bernays, elite power, establishment critique, fake authenticity, feminism critique, free thought, government overreach, Harvard, hypocrisy, identity politics, immigration policy, kings vs ideology, limericks, marxism, media manipulation, moral hazard, political hypocrisy, political satire, populism, power concentration, propaganda, protect, public relations, reject, rule of law, Satire, social control
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Grassroots Versus Astro Turf
Dear Friends, It seems to me we live in an AstroTurfed world. Nothing we see is organic. Everything we are allowed to see is fabricated to form and protect a narrative to enable the extraction to continue. When social media … Continue reading
Posted in economy, Group Politics, International Power, media, philosophy
Tagged argentina, AstroTurf politics, authoritarianism, censorship, deep state, Edward Bernays, election interference, Elite Control, EU politics, extractive economy, free speech, globalism, grassroots movements, javier milei, Liberty, media manipulation, narrative control, Payola press, political corruption, propaganda, social media, Tea Party movement
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Absurdity, Universals, and Despotism
Dear Friends, It seems to me, despots use modifiers to pervert universals to mean their opposites. They see morality as contingent on political ideal, justice contingent on a political favor, and a crime contingent on the criminal. The result is … Continue reading
Posted in business, economy, Group Politics, International Power, Judicial Sysytem, Law, media, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth
Tagged absurdity, authoritarianism, common sense, cultural criticism, despotism, free speech, gulag, ideology, language and power, mass conformity, moral relativism, orwellian, political language, political philosophy, Political Psychology, propaganda, social commentary, Solzhenitsyn, totalitarianism, tyranny
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Limericks
Dear Friends, There once was a place called the surveillance state,Order enforced by mic, camera, and gate,Pressure grows vast,Released in a blast,And the despots end up in a cardboard crate. Rent seeking is quite legit,A way to enrich the unfit,Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in media, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth
Tagged authoritarianism, corruption, cultural critique, dissent, elites, freedom, humor, Liberty, limericks, parody, poetry, political satire, rent seeking, social commentary, surveillance state, tyranny
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Limericks
Dear Friends, Your wrongspeak is an issue,Don’t go crying in your tissue,The hand will come down,A jack booted clown,Coming to the despot’s rescue. Look at the elite and you will see,Immature children and the BBC,A corrupt little bunch,On our Rights … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged authoritarianism, bureaucratic overreach, civil liberties, contrition, corruption, despotism, elite corruption, elitism, freedom of speech, government abuse, hypocrist, law and justice, media critique, moral decay, political critique, power and privilege, public accountability, rights under threat, social justice, societal critique, tyranny, UK Politics
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A Faction’s Core Principles
Dear Friends, It seems to me, factions should be judged by their core principles. If the core idea of a faction is unlimited government all their initiatives will be towards that goal. If the core idea of another faction is … Continue reading
Posted in Group Politics, Law, media, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth
Tagged atrocity, authoritarianism, Bolsheviks, Cheka, civic wisdom, constitutional limits, core principles, despotism, dictatorship, Edward Bernays, elitism, factions, force, freedom, globalists, hegemony, lenin, limited government, manipulation, might makes right, pericles, political analysis, political philosophy, political theory, political violence, power, progressives, propaganda, rule of law, Thrasymachus, tyranny, unlimited government, US founding fathers, voting, zealotry
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Simple Minded Phrases Lead To Atrocities
Dear Friends, It seems to me, that the progressive idea, anyone who isn’t a communist is a fascist, is a simple worldview… for simpletons. It breaks the world into two factions, neither of which is true or even a close … Continue reading
Posted in Group Politics, media, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth
Tagged antifa, authoritarianism, Bolsheviks, bonhoeffer, brainwashing, Cheka, communism, critical thinking, Current Events, dehumanization, False Choices, false dichotomy, fascism, free speech, history, Liberty, Mass Formation, media criticism, mockingbird media, nazis, Political Extremism, political philosophy, politics, propaganda, thought control, totalitarianism
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Limericks
Dear Friends, The mechanical loom would starve us all,Middle manager obsolescence by IT’s gall,Time goes on,Tech’s no con,Because it creates more work than it does maul. When someone is pro Nazi and pro Jew,Won’t be but a tiny group of … Continue reading
Posted in economy, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth
Tagged accountability, authoritarianism, automation, class-critique, cognitive-dissonance, corruption, downfall, elites, extremism, historical-critique, irony, justice-system, labor, law-enforcement-abuse, limerick, Nazi-reference, political-poetry, politics, power-critique, privilege, rights-violations, Satire, self-awareness, social-commentary, technology, tyranny, Verse, wealth
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Hate Fueled Despotism
Dear Friends, It seems to me, demagogues need enemies like animals need food… and for the same purpose. Our progressive elites, for example, deftly move from one enemy to another. When they started, the enemies were anarchists, blacks, and the … Continue reading
Posted in media, Mercy, philosophy, polictics of class envy, Societal Myth
Tagged authoritarianism, Civic Virtue, Culture, demagoguery, empathy, Enemy Politics, eugenics, Hate vs Love, history, human nature, ideology, Moral Certainty, Political History, Political Psychology, politics, Power and Manipulation, progressivism, social cohesion
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Limericks
Dear Friends, The elite just want you to know,Their zealots go with the flow,They’re not violent,Just rascally bent,With a penchant for arson and blow. I knew of a central planner Stan,He was a brilliant rock of a man,Smart as a … Continue reading →