Category Archives: Individualism

The Danger of Conspiracy Theories

QAnon emerged in October 2017 from cryptic internet postings purported to originate from a high-level US official. Drawing on almost all previous conspiracy theories, it asserts that Donald Trump is engaged in a secret war with a Satanic pedophile cabal, … Continue reading

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Understanding Trump’s Use of Gaslighting

Gaslighting behavior has always been present in history, to a degree. It is par for the course whenever a person or entity wants to exert as much control as possible over others. By some accounts, politicians’ lying is a rational … Continue reading

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Political Doublespeak and the Breakdown of Society

The art of political doublespeak is the deliberate use of obscure and ambiguous language. Continue reading

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Politics of Fear: Identifying the Need for Change

Fear is not what’s driving Americans to support Trump—it is, instead, how many justify their support. Continue reading

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Collective Narcissist Supports Populism and Authoritarianism

Collective narcissism is a belief that one’s own group (the in-group) is exceptional but not sufficiently recognized by others Continue reading

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The Connection Between Social Darwinism and Narcissism

Trump, the narcissist, lacks leadership qualities, thinks about himself excessively often, not about the public interest & overestimates himself. Continue reading

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We Need to Construct a New Politics of Truth

How do we approach the era of fake news? The contemporary neoliberal “regime of truth,” to use a term from Michel Foucault, greatly influences the ways in which knowledge is being interpreted and implemented. Disinformation and new propaganda can take … Continue reading

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How Individualism Supports the Underlying Structures of the Power Elite

It seems like there are two conditions that must be met for something to be a lie: there must be a falsehood and that falsehood must be presented with the intent to deceive. Hyperbole, exaggeration and sarcasm may, strictly speaking, … Continue reading

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Individualism – the good, the bad, and the ugly.

The concept of freedom is that individuals be allowed to do whatever they want. Over the past two hundred years individualism and capitalism rose together. In last three decades of the 20th century, people expressed their individuality through exercising choice. … Continue reading

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