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June

Is the world a better place, now that we have the internet?

June 28, 2022

By B

Is the world a better place, now that we have the internet? I think so. With the internet, the media have a very difficult time controlling the narrative. Unfortunately, the population does not yet think for itself. Because of this, the population does not possess self-control (horrible...

June

How would growing the government bigger remove corruption from politics?

June 28, 2022

In Quick Observations

By B

How would growing the government bigger remove corruption from politics? All power arises with the individual. Individuals momentarily transfer that power to others for the purpose of governing. Corruption stems from the selfish misuse of that power. More people, i.e. a bigger government, means more corruption and...

June

What would be the [dis] advantages of a New World Order? Could this be such a bad form of planetary government?

June 28, 2022

In Quick Observations

By B

What would be the [dis] advantages of a New World Order? Could this be such a bad form of planetary government? Who’s order? Have you noticed that the new world order folks are in fact the disorder folks? They burn. They destroy. They don’t abide freedom of...

June

Is being “emotionally immature” different than being immature according to the usual checklist?

June 27, 2022

In Quick Observations

By B

Is being "emotionally immature" different than being immature according to the usual checklist? I cannot say for sure, not knowing what the usual checklist is. Nevertheless, I see an emotionally mature person as: A self-reliant person;A self-governing person. To be both 1 and 2 above, the person would have...

June

What does the social identity theory of Tajfel and Turner reveal about individual and collective social identity?

June 27, 2022

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By B

What does the social identity theory of Tajfel and Turner reveal about individual and collective social identity? That social identity is sometimes, for some people, more important than the “self.” Without this human vulnerability, the modern progressive movement would be dead. ...

June

Every move our leaders make has to do with money, doesn’t it?

June 27, 2022

In Quick Observations

By B

Every move our leaders make has to do with money, doesn’t it? Our leaders make decisions based on what corp is paying them the most, not what’s best for the country. Our problems are all symptoms of corruption. We’ve got to come together. No. Our problems...

June

Why does President Joe Biden believe that the struggle between democracy and autocracy is the defining clash of our time?

June 27, 2022

In Quick Observations

By B

Why does President Joe Biden believe that the struggle between democracy and autocracy is the defining clash of our time? I cannot say. He presently relies on cue cards for cognitive direction. We must check those first. Nevertheless, I do not think he maintains many of...

June

What actually helps to bring people together? How might social media help?

June 26, 2022

In Quick Observations

By B

What actually helps to bring people together? How might social media help? Reality. Yet, civilization enables people to momentarily circumvent reality. In fact, an entire philosophical movement was created to entertain this conceit: postmodernism. Postmodernism is an intellectual stance or mode of discourse[1][2] defined by an attitude of skepticism toward what it considers as...

June

Why is dividing the world into democracies and autocracies self-regarding and divisive?

June 22, 2022

In Quick Observations

By B

Why is dividing the world into democracies and autocracies self-regarding and divisive? The world more accurately breaks down into countries that are freer and those that are less. The form of government is not sufficiently revealing. For example, China, an authoritarian country, calls itself a democracy. Why...

June

Do you believe as a society we would have progressed a lot further without social media and its influences?

June 21, 2022

In Quick Observations

By B

Do you believe as a society we would have progressed a lot further without social media and its influences? Social media is not the problem. INSTEAD, it is a window into the problem. And, it is a good one. Life has been good. America’s affluence produced entitlement. Entitlement...