Our government is corrupt. Our populace is stupid and intellectually lazy, in general. There is a cabal with essentially unlimited money which seemingly controls and has controlled our government for a very long time. These are enormous problems, with no obvious solutions.
So my own solution for a very long time has been to speak what I t…
Our government is corrupt. Our populace is stupid and intellectually lazy, in general. There is a cabal with essentially unlimited money which seemingly controls and has controlled our government for a very long time. These are enormous problems, with no obvious solutions.
So my own solution for a very long time has been to speak what I think I know as clearly as I can, and more often than I can rationally justify. And my reasoning is simple: if everyone is silenced by fear, then speaking up, and hopefully saying either what people were thinking silently, or saying something new they find they agree with, is always potentially a positive and useful thing.
I'm not going to type the stories out this morning, but I have seen GroupThink in action many times. People become idiots in groups, when everyone is looking to someone else to speak up, make a decision, and/or do something. Be the one who acts. Be the one who decides. No one is going to save you if you are not willing to save yourself.
Circumscribe (tribalize affinity groups), isolate (get them to believe that "the man" is against them), and then control by promising "redress of grievances".
Our government is corrupt. Our populace is stupid and intellectually lazy, in general. There is a cabal with essentially unlimited money which seemingly controls and has controlled our government for a very long time. These are enormous problems, with no obvious solutions.
So my own solution for a very long time has been to speak what I think I know as clearly as I can, and more often than I can rationally justify. And my reasoning is simple: if everyone is silenced by fear, then speaking up, and hopefully saying either what people were thinking silently, or saying something new they find they agree with, is always potentially a positive and useful thing.
I'm not going to type the stories out this morning, but I have seen GroupThink in action many times. People become idiots in groups, when everyone is looking to someone else to speak up, make a decision, and/or do something. Be the one who acts. Be the one who decides. No one is going to save you if you are not willing to save yourself.
Even worse when you have a group of non-thinkers seeking validation in said group. 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
I'm surprised at how conversation's with total stranger's these days agree with my own disgust at D.C. corruption and ineptitude.
Circumscribe (tribalize affinity groups), isolate (get them to believe that "the man" is against them), and then control by promising "redress of grievances".
It’s my opinion that people in groups in general sink to the lowest common denominator. It’s one of the reasons I avoid places like Disney.
Me too - couldn't stand the place...and funny my kids couldn't either...we had a very short visit and then they wanted to go home