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Crazy-Making Social Processes, Stolen Elections, and Your Mind Made Fertile for Planting Lies … The Rise of “Obvious Truths” in Creating a (Not So) American Life

Culture War, Class War, Chapter Nine: Creating an American Life Power vs. Passion, Money vs. Authenticity – Opposing Ways of Changing America Opposing Ways of Changing America – Passion vs. Power, Authenticity vs. Money In the last half century, Americans … Continue reading

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Why Americans Are Confused, Passionless, Dumb. The Fifty-Year Campaign to Gain Wealth and Advantage Through Totally Concocted Untruths … Creating an American Mind and Personality

Culture War, Class War, Chapter Eight: Creating an American Mind Creating an American Mind – The Fifty-Year Campaign to Gain Wealth and Advantage Through Totally Concocted Untruths “Obvious Truths” — The History of the Republican’s Fifty-Year Campaign to Gain Wealth … Continue reading

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Evolved Parenting Results in Authenticity Rising and Defeat of the Body Snatchers: “The Awakening” in America’s Not-So “Pleasantville”

Culture War, Class War, Chapter Six: “Pleasantville” as Culture War Allegory To Follow or Not Follow “the Script” in America’s Not-So “Pleasantville” “Pleasantville” as Culture War Allegory: Thinking for Oneself Gets You “Colorized” Not So “Pleasantville” The film, “Pleasantville,” is … Continue reading

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Power vs. Passion, Money vs. Authenticity – Opposing Ways of Changing America: Creating an American Life, Pt 1

Creating an American Life, Part One: Opposing Ways of Changing America – Passion vs. Power, Authenticity vs. Money In the last half century, Americans have experienced unprecedented changes in their lives, their lifestyles, in what it means to be alive … Continue reading

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The Power of Authentic Passion, Inspiration, and Music vs. The Power of Money to Persuade…When You’ve Been Made Poor

We Were More Likely to Question Authority When We Lived in Prosperous Times – Creating an American Mind and Personality “The Rise and Fall of ‘Obvious Truths’” discusses the history of the American Republicans’ incredibly disciplined, relentlessly persistent, and amazingly … Continue reading

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Pleasantville” and “Yellow Submarine”: The WWII Generation World of “Blue Meanies” and “Nowhere Men” vs. “The Awakening”

“The Awakening” in a WWII Generation World of “Blue Meanies” and “Nowhere Men” … “Yellow Submarine” … “Pleasantville” Blue Meanies The 1998 movie, “Pleasantville,”thematically, is remarkably akin to the 1968-released movie “Yellow Submarine” put out by the Sixties Generation rock … Continue reading

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“Obvious Truths”–Rise and Fall, Pt One

The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of “Obvious Truths” Part 1 “Obvious Truths” This series in three parts delineates the history of the American Republican’s incredibly disciplined, relentlessly persistent, and amazingly cohesive–seemingly coordinated–nearly fifty-year campaign to gain advantage and wealth … Continue reading

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