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- Thoughts on the “modern cult”: the “progress cult” and “freedom cult” – some effects of Christianity and neoclassicism
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- Thoughts on stress – aspects of the self, the tribe, and the tribal way of life
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Tag Archives: twenty first century
More thoughts on villainizing, the new “politically correct” way of expressing hatred and dislike of people
Recently, I have begun to use a word which I keep calling villainizing. I’ve written some initial thoughts on it in an article it called Thoughts on villainizing. I got to thinking about ti and ended up saying some interesting things … Continue reading
Posted in Mass communication: media, social media, and the news, Modern life and society, Psychology and psychoanalysis, Society and sociology, Twenty first century and post cold war society
Tagged modern world, politically correct, psychology, society, twenty first century, villainizing
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Thoughts on my statement: “I’m tired of living in an atmosphere of paranoia and fear . . . ” – some effects of “freedom fanaticism”, with remarks about the “panic mentality” and the “American idea”
In a recent conversation I stated something that got onto some interesting thoughts. Some of these ideas I may of spoken of before as some of this is based on observations I’ve made years ago. At any rate, here is … Continue reading
Posted in Britain and British things, Culture, cultural loneliness, etc., Freedom fanatacism and the freedom cult, Modern life and society, Psychology and psychoanalysis, Society and sociology, The 2016 Presidential election and things associated with it, The effects of WWII, the Nazi's, the Holocaust, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War era protests, The U.S. and American society, Twenty first century and post cold war society
Tagged America, british, cold war, england, Freedom fanatacism and the freedom cult, french revolution, idealism, modern world, Norman Conquest, opinion, panic, psychology, society, Trump presidency, twenty first century
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Thoughts on my statement: “God, I can’t stand the emptiness of this society” – an aspect of the emptiness of modern society
Recently, I made an interesting statement that got me to thinking about things. I think it shows an aspect of a current situation. It all began when I said: “God, I can’t stand the emptiness of this society” This was … Continue reading
Posted in Britain and British things, Christianity, Christian conversion, Post-Christianity, and Christian influence, Judaism, Moses, and the Exodus, Modern life and society, Science and technology, Society and sociology, The effects of WWII, the Nazi's, the Holocaust, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War era protests, The U.S. and American society, Twenty first century and post cold war society
Tagged America, british, Christian conversion, christianity, cold war, emptiness, Exodus, modern society, modern world, science, society, twenty first century
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Thoughts on the “other equality” – taking the idea of equality to the point of ridiculousness
Here’s a thought I had: Something that I think is getting out of control is the idea of “equality”. What’s happened is that equality is being used for other motives than what it was intended for. As I have said … Continue reading
Posted in Britain and British things, Dehumanization and alienation, Government and politics, Law and legal stuff, Modern life and society, The effects of WWII, the Nazi's, the Holocaust, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War era protests, The U.S. and American society, Twenty first century and post cold war society
Tagged America, britain, dehumanization, england, equality, government, inequality, law, modern world, new equality, other equality, politics, tribalism, twenty first century, U.S.
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Thoughts on how the idea of the “modern” is out-of-date – aspects of the “modern” era and the post “modern” era
I wrote most of this some time ago. It still seems relevant enough to record: The other day I heard someone speak of how certain customs or ways were out-of-date, and not “modern”, and, because of this, they should be … Continue reading
Thoughts on my statement: “Intellectualism is a dead end road” – aspects of intellectualism and its dilemma
Some time ago I said something interesting: “Intellectualism is a dead end road” This is a growing feeling in me. Being brought up with the “intellectual ideal” it has caused great conflict in me. If its a dead end road … Continue reading
Posted in Education and learning, Historical stuff, Modern life and society, Philosophy, Science and technology, Twenty first century and post cold war society
Tagged education, History, intellectual, intellectualism, modern world, Philosophy, science, technology, twenty first century
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I do not believe the Constitution says . . .
I wrote most of this some time ago. It still seems relevant: Recently, I have greatly emphasized the importance of what I often call the “cold war interpretation of the Constitution” (see my articles: Thoughts on the cold war interpretation of … Continue reading
Posted in Government and politics, Law and legal stuff, The effects of WWII, the Nazi's, the Holocaust, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War era protests, The U.S. and American society, Twenty first century and post cold war society
Tagged America, cold war, Constitution, government, law, modern world, opinion, politics, society, twenty first century
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