Tag Archives: critical thinking

Sheeple Are Fed AstroTurf

Posted on May 20, 2026 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, you pasture sheeple on AstroTurf. This is because access to real information would turn them from sheeple to people overnight. So, to keep folks ignorant, angry, and confused, you feed them a constant supply … Continue reading →

Posted in media | Tagged astroturf, crazy, critical thinking, double standard, karens, media, narrative, people, sheep, sheeple | Leave a comment

Astroturfed Outrage

Posted on January 28, 2026 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, most outrage today is pure Astroturf to maintain and advance a narrative. How could I say such a thing? While real outrages and atrocities go on unnoticed, minor outrages are elevated to world-threatening. For … Continue reading →

Posted in philosophy | Tagged administrative state, astroturf, censorship, controlled opposition, critical thinking, culture war, deep state, divide and conquer, Edward Bernays, emotional manipulation, information warfare, mainstream media, manufactured consent, manufactured outrage, mass psychology, media manipulation, mob mentality, moral inversion, narrative control, operation mockingbird, outrage economy, Political Theater, propaganda, psyops, social engineering, Torches of Freedom | Leave a comment

Language and Manipulation

Posted on January 7, 2026 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, there is what is and what we think is. To sharpen the point, there is the reality of a thing and how we think of it. Take justice for example, there is the reality … Continue reading →

Posted in Law, media, philosophy | Tagged critical thinking, ethics, human nature, interpretation, justice, kung sung lung, language, Law, logic, manipulation, miscommunication, perception, philosophy, political philosophy, reality, rhetoric, semantics, social commentary, Thrasymachus, wordplay | Leave a comment

Calling Out Absurdity

Posted on December 26, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the collapse of morality in the world coincides with the decoupling of Christianity from the public square. This has allowed previously absurd questions to be asked. Like, a girl can have a penis, gay … Continue reading →

Posted in media, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth | Tagged absurdity, atrocity, category error, christianity, critical thinking, despotism, elite influence, ethics, gulags, historical examples., history, holocaust, killing fields, leadership, marxism, morality, nazis, objective reality, Pol Pot, postmodernism, public square, social collapse, social contagion, social pressure, societal incentives, soviet union, sterilization, subjective fantasy, voltaire | Leave a comment

Truth And Absurdity

Posted on October 31, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, there are things that are true and things we want to be true, and we often believe those things we want to be true. We are all guilty of this. When I was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Group Politics, media, Mercy, philosophy, polictics of class envy, Societal Myth | Tagged absurdity, Belief, bonhoeffer, conformity, critical thinking, Culture, deception, enlightenment, experience, human nature, ideology, independence, logic, orwell, philosophy, propaganda, tribalism, truth, wisdom, youth and age | Leave a comment

Conspiracy Theorist

Posted on October 22, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, calling someone a “Conspiracy Theorist,” is the fallacy of dismissal by slander. This is a form of ad hominem attack. People use such fallacies when they can’t refute an argument and don’t want to … Continue reading →

Posted in Group Politics, Judicial Sysytem, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth | Tagged Ad Hominem, censorship, conspiracy theory, critical thinking, Debate Tactics, Kafka Trap, logical fallacies, social control | Leave a comment

Limericks

Posted on October 16, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, Tension builds the leviathan will dine,Turn your eyes and drink your wine,It’s fly by wire,The house is on fire,But the elite pretend it’s perfectly fine. Presumptions ridden as a bike,Absurdity assumed in a light,A foolhardy drum,It all comes … Continue reading →

Posted in media, philosophy, Societal Myth | Tagged alternative perspective, anti-authoritarian, anti-establishment, conspiracy poetry, contemporary satire, critical thinking, cynical poetry, Dark Humor, dark limericks, dystopian themes, elite corruption, gallows humor, limerick poetry, political poetry, political satire, populist poetry, power structures, question everything, skeptical verse, social commentary, Social Criticism, Subversive Poetry, system critique, truth seeking | Leave a comment

Simple Minded Phrases Lead To Atrocities

Posted on October 15, 2025 by john

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 | Leave a comment

The Political Con of Censorship

Posted on October 8, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, if you want to know what cons they are playing on you… all you need do is look at what you are not allowed to talk about. If talking about a subject in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Group Politics, media, philosophy, Societal Myth | Tagged cancel culture, censorship, corruption, critical thinking, fascism, free speech, freedom of expression, government overreach, manipulation, media bias, political censorship, power, progressivism, propaganda, social control, taxpayer abuse, truth and lies, zealotry | Leave a comment

Competition of Parallel Systems

Posted on July 25, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, as the leaders of our institutions discredit those institutions, it’s up to us to create parallel systems. Not to replace… but to create competition. Today we’re seeing the rise of the non traditional press. … Continue reading →

Posted in Group Politics, Judicial Sysytem, media, philosophy, Societal Myth | Tagged censorship, Climate Skepticism, competition, COVID-19 Narrative, critical thinking, Media Consolidation, propaganda, Public Trust | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: critical thinking

Sheeple Are Fed AstroTurf

Truth And Absurdity

Simple Minded Phrases Lead To Atrocities

Competition of Parallel Systems

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