Tag Archives: twenty first century

Thoughts on the riot in Washington DC, January 6, 2021 – traits of a riot, the ongoing mass hysteria in the U.S., its infectious nature, as well as remarks on mass mania

Posted on January 7, 2021 by mikespassingthoughts

In a conversation I said some interesting things about the events of January 6, 2021 that eventually got onto themes. I think are worth recording: As I’ve said before in this blog, mass hysteria is one of my interests. In … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on the Trump presidency – revealing aspects of a president or a society?

Posted on November 7, 2020 by mikespassingthoughts

Now that the Trump presidency is over here are some of my first reactions about it as I reflect on it: From where I stood the Trump presidency was an unusual one. I would call it a bizarre and weird … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on my statement: “2020 . . . the year of reverse discrimination”

Posted on August 14, 2020 by mikespassingthoughts

Recently, I have been speaking of what I call reverse discrimination (see my article Thoughts on some aspects of “reverse discrimination”, the creation of “false entitlement”, and the hidden culture clash).  As part of this, I jokingly made this statement: “2020 … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on my statement: “That’s last century thinking” – the need for new thinking and the problem of its creation

Posted on July 8, 2020 by mikespassingthoughts

A common statement for me, nowadays, is: “That’s last century thinking” What that means is that the U.S. is “stuck” in the mentality and thinking of the last century.  It can’t seem to get out of it. Other common statements, … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the damage caused by the millennial generations – the creation of the “millennial nobody”

Posted on June 25, 2020 by mikespassingthoughts

In a recent conversation I said something that stunned me: “The damage caused by the millennial’s needs to be repaired” As I thought of why I said this I noticed that I seemed to think that this was somewhat serious … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the 2020 protests – remarks on the “virus scare” and some aspects of American mass hysteria as well as the phenomena of “mass hysteria layering”

Posted on June 12, 2020 by mikespassingthoughts

In a recent conversation I said some interesting things about the current protests in 2020 that I thought was interesting enough to write down (I’m not sure how true a lot of it is though). I want to first point … Continue reading →

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Reflections on the 1980’s – aspects of the “shadow era” which follows a “glory time”

Posted on February 25, 2020 by mikespassingthoughts

Here’s a thought I had: SOME THOUGHTS ON THE 1980’S I was talking to someone about the 1980’s the other day.  I stated that there was a quality about the 1980’s that I couldn’t quite put my finger on.  There … Continue reading →

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More thoughts on the media – on how media is becoming a new form or avenue of gossip with remarks on how we never really know whats going on despite the media

Posted on January 7, 2020 by mikespassingthoughts

Recently, I said some interesting things about the media: In response to someone talking about something they heard on the news I said ” . . . and you assume that its true?  You never assume anything the media says … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on a quality of the twenty first century – a witch scare quality – with remarks about the influence of social media and the natural dislike of people

Posted on December 27, 2019 by mikespassingthoughts

In a recent conversation I said some interesting things: A NEW WITCH SCARE QUALITY I first began to say that this century hasn’t really created anything new.  Its as if everything is a continuation of the last century.  I went … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the “era of drones” with remarks about its legacy and effects

Posted on December 23, 2019 by mikespassingthoughts

Recently, some ideas kept coming to me which is quite interesting and which got onto some interesting statements and observations: I kept saying that we are in the “era of drones”.  This refers to a character of person that I … Continue reading →

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