Part 8 of a 10-part Series: The Toxic Combination of Psychopathic Elites and Hysteroidal Masses “When communities lose the capacity for psychological reason and moral criticism, the processes of the generation of evil are intensified…until everything reverts to ‘bad times.’” Dr. Andrew Lobaszewsky We understand the motivation of the oligarchs: Justification of privilege, protection of […]
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A Butterfly Flaps Its Wings: From the Powell Memo to the Eastman Memo and January 6th
Part 7 of a 10-part Series: The Unholy Alliance Between Socio-economic Elites and White Christian Nationalism …the religious right has become more focused and powerful even as it is arguably less representative. It is not a social or cultural movement. It is a political movement, and its ultimate goal is power.” Katherine Stewart, The Power […]
A Butterfly Flaps Its Wings: From the Powell Memo to the Eastman Memo and January 6th
Part 6 of a 10-part Series: The Double-edged Sword of Populism There has always been in our national experience a type of mind which elevates hatred to a kind of creed…For this mind, group hatreds take a place in politics similar to the class struggle in some other modern societies. “ Richard Hofstadter, 1963, Anti-Intellectualism […]
