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THE SEVEN REASONS WE OBEY AUTHORITY
By Phillip Schneider Source: Waking Times Rebels are a very important part of society, but they rarely get the recognition they deserve. They help us break through old norms and keep us from falling into groupthink. However, human nature urges most of … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, conditioning, consciousness, culture, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Authority, Brittany Pettibone, culture, fear, Government, Habit, indifference, Injustice, moral obligation, psychology, Rebellion, Rebels, Sanctions, self confidence, self-interest, society, Sociology, Stockholm syndrome
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The Wounded Mind
By Kingsley L. Dennis Source: Waking Times There’s something fundamentally wrong with how the world is right now. Don’t you see it – feel it? We are a species with noble character, with a great spirit, and with a sacred soul. In … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, elites, Health, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged Authority, Automatons, Collective Unconscious, conditioning, Consciousness, Consumerism, cultural mind, culture, Gnostics, materialism, media, Philosophy, propaganda, psychology, Psychosis, society, Sociology, Trauma, Wounded Mind
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When the state is unjust, citizens may use justifiable violence
By Jason Brennan Source: aeon If you see police choking someone to death – such as Eric Garner, the 43-year-old black horticulturalist wrestled down on the streets of New York City in 2014 – you might choose to pepper-spray them … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anarchism, Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, civil liberties, culture, Law, Philosophy, police state, Revolution, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged active self-defense, Authority, civil disobedience, Eric Garner, Ethics, Government, Injustice, law, Philosophy, police state, Police Violence, racism, Social Change, When All Else Fails: The Ethics of Resistance to State Injustice
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Forgiveness Is Overrated
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com Journalist David Sirota has just published an excellent op-ed titled “America’s new aristocracy lives in an accountability-free zone”, which begins with the observation that “Enron executives were among the last politically connected criminals to face any serious … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, culture, elites, patriotism, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, State Crime
Tagged Accountability, Aristocracy, Authority, Catholic Church, culture, David Sirota, Domestic Abuse, elites, evil, Forgiveness, Organized Religion, Philosophy, Pope Francis, Power, Ruling Class, Shaun King, social control, society, sociopaths, spirituality
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Overcoming the Myth of Authority
By Gary Z McGee Source: The Mind Unleashed “For thousands hacking at the branches there is one striking the root.” ~Henry David Thoreau If, as Albert Einstein said, “unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth,” then it … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, consciousness, culture, education, patriotism, Philosophy, Social Control, society, Sociology
Tagged activism, Authoritarianism, Authority, culture, Logic, Magical Thinking, patriotism, Philosophy, Power, Reasoning, social control, society
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Blade Runner And The Synthetic Panopticon
Truth Is Always An Open Question By James Curcio Source: Modern Mythology This Is Only A Model We are living in alternate realities. In one reality people see Trump’s incessant lying, and no one in power seeming to doing anything to stop … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, Health, media, Neoliberalism, news, Philosophy, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged AI, Authority, Blade Runner 2049, Consciousness, Dystopia, Jean Baudrillard, media, Neoliberalism, opioids, Pain, Panoptican, Philosophy, Reality, simulacra, society, Truth, Turing Test, Utilitarianism
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Jiddu Krishnamurti, the Inner Revolution, and Why We Don’t Really Love Our Children
(Editor’s note: on this anniversary of the birthday of Jiddu Krishnamurti [born May 11, 1895] please read and share this excellent overview of some of the key principles of his philosophy.) By Matt Karamazov Source: High Existence “The mind must be … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, culture, Philosophy, Psychology, Revolution, Social Control, society, Sociology, Spirituality, war
Tagged Authority, Consciousness, culture, happiness, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Philosophy, psychology, Religion, Revolution, society, Suffering, Truth, Violence, war
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