**The following was written in the summer of 2017 as an introduction to a book project, which—as it transformed—wound up inspiring the creation of this website. Here, the first section of the book is...
PROPAGANDA HOME PAGE BERNAYS HOME PAGE **If you are new to this series, make sure you start HERE** There are a great many men and women that Americans would consider to be influential. These...
PROPAGANDA HOME PAGE BERNAYS HOME PAGE **If you are new to this series, make sure you start HERE** The second chapter of Edward L. Bernays’ treatise Propaganda begins with a brief explanation of the democratic...
PROPAGANDA HOME PAGE BERNAYS HOME PAGE (READ FIRST) **If you are new to this series, make sure you start HERE** In the first chapter of Propaganda – entitled “Organizing Chaos” – Bernays introduces the idea itself,...
***While I am not in the business of disclaimers, as I respect my humble reading audience enough to presume that they understand that great rarity of our age, nuance (the devil is in the...
Totalitarianism is an authoritarian ideology, within which all power – individual and societal – is generated and held (or claimed to be) by a monolithic, all-encompassing state. A dictator or tyrant is a hallmark...
Rexford Guy Tugwell [1] was born in the far western tip of New York in 1891. Though his odd name may not be familiar to many, he would go on to be a prominent...
As with so many other things that the modern westerner might take for granted, cybernetics has its origins in Plato. While today the word might conjure up images of flashing circuit boards and intelligent...
Totalitarian/Totalist Ideology: There are multiple variants of totalitarian ideology, for example fascism and communism, Nazism and Stalinism. These systems have clear differences, though these are not fundamental differences but differences in application and detail....
All cultures that I am aware of are laden with myths. In his best-known work, the old philosopher Plato argued that the rulers of the ideal society would contrive myths to encourage perfect public...
Independent research. Critical analysis. Exposing the dreams of social engineers and the nightmare of the utopian ideal. Solutions through independent education, not collective regulation.
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