tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post5667428763516977429..comments2024-03-28T09:59:13.754-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: Intelligence Without Wisdombionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-31678374393293607822016-09-26T07:29:40.100-07:002016-09-26T07:29:40.100-07:00Like I always say, the comments here are almost as...<br />Like I always say, the comments here are almost as good or better than B.M.'s posts themselves. Does "crude" = "deplorable"?<br />Capn Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08133441332228302495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-52584839026755232592016-09-23T05:39:55.298-07:002016-09-23T05:39:55.298-07:00Tim Kaine's radical roots
http://thehill.com/b...Tim Kaine's radical roots<br />http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/295229-tim-kaines-radical-roots<br /><br />The Power of Cults (DWP)<br />How Chico State Prof. Janja Lalich went from cult member to author-expert<br />https://www.newsreview.com/chico/power-of-cults/content?oid=31494<br /><br />Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism<br />https://www.amazon.com/Thought-Reform-Psychology-Totalism-Brainwashing/dp/1614276757/<br /><br />Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_Clear_(film)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-54835894973703315972016-09-23T05:39:18.325-07:002016-09-23T05:39:18.325-07:00"presenting two possibilities as if these are..."presenting two possibilities as if these are the only possibilities"<br /><br />Dr. Robert Lifton interviewed communist defectors and POWs in the 1950s who had been indoctrinated and found 8 themes or traits within this totalist psychology.<br /><br />Presenting ONLY two possibilities(black/white, good/evil, enlightened/crude) allows the guru, enlightened one, or charismatic leader the ability to transcend his audience employing jargon riddled "thought terminating cliches".<br /><br />This, "loaded language", interprets words("progress") in new ways understood only to the insiders, the true believers, not understood by the outside world. This world becomes suspect to the group and it's leaders, inducing a paranoia that is exploited by it's leader/s.<br /><br />Using this "sacred science", allows the guru to project a "mystical manipulation", where the audience believes this "doctrine" and places it "over the person". In other words, individual experience is to be rejected in the, "demand for purity", which is the, "sacred science".<br /><br />This, "demand for purity" results in a, "cult of confession", where the members are to confess their sins, faults, or attitudes("crudeness") to the group which can be exploited by it's leader/s. If they, the other, the evil, the unenlightened, cannot be conformed to the group, then the group must "dispense with their existence". The outside world loses all credibility and so does any member who decides to leave the group.<br /><br />Obama has failed and grudgingly admits why he failed. The lack of, or perhaps because of, what Dr. Lifton called, "milieu control".<br /><br />"Milieu Control. This involves the control of information and communication both within the environment and, ultimately, within the individual, resulting in a significant degree of isolation from society at large."<br /><br />Obama is in a bubble of his own making(isolated from society at large, the "crude"), he's in a prison of his own belief, a bounded choice.<br /><br />The DWP(democratic workers party) was a marxist-lenninst political cult that existed in the 1970s/80s. It was led by Marlene Dixon, a self described Maoist-Feminist. One perusal of her "teachings", should make clear that Obama has adopted this, "save the world from itself" mantra. He or his "guru/mentor" has indoctrinated him into believing he was the enlightened despot, the chosen one, the "chairman". He's experiencing cognitive dissonance. He lacks the coping mechanisms to live in a world that doesn't fit the "sacred science", that he may have been indoctrinated into believing.<br /><br />The "sacred science" Obama espouses, "sounds" intelligent to outside observers, but is confusing, not understood, or seen as hypocritical by those with critical thinking skills. It appears he lacks "wisdom", but it seems he also lacks the independence to critically think for himself, or is constrained within the "loaded language" of the "sacred science". This leads me to believe his "higher power", is a hodge-podge of the gurus he was "mystically manipulated" by in earlier years.<br /><br />You might be giving him too much credit. IMO, he's just a true-believer, a useful idiot, a prisoner of his own belief, thats why he comes off as shallow or lacking wisdom. We can see this totalist psychology in his disciples, from "sjw" to "climate truthers" to "liberation theologists". Obama sounds a lot like Tim Kaine.<br /><br />But thats just my crude opinion. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-88383274574088725832016-09-21T14:35:42.113-07:002016-09-21T14:35:42.113-07:00Obama reaffirmed that the demonization, disempower...Obama reaffirmed that the demonization, disempowerment, and minoritization of people of European descent in their traditional homelands is to continue. That is the essence of his speech, more than anything else. Matt@Occidentalism.orghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395220402283030311noreply@blogger.com