Tag Archives: Ayn Rand

A Message on Tariffs From the Past

Posted on December 10, 2025 by greg

“People react to fear, not love,” explained Richard Nixon, a scaremongering maestro whose cries for “law-and-order” were a coded message to white citizens worried about black crime. “They don’t teach that in Sunday school. But it’s true.” Populist economic policy claims … Continue reading →

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 When Symbolic Violence Turns into Symbolic Warfare

Posted on February 15, 2025 by greg

The title, The Fountainhead, refers to the source of human progress which, according to Rand, is ego – act on the virtue of rational self-interest. By 2018 Ayn Rand and her novels had become widespread cultural reference points among wealthy … Continue reading →

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Social Determinants of Health: epigenetics and chance events

Posted on July 1, 2024 by greg

The need to control information and incorporate new ideas to support the status quo is not new. During the Middle Ages, the predominant corporation in the West was the Roman Catholic Church. With the rediscovery of Aristotle in the Middle … Continue reading →

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Collective Narcissist Supports Populism and Authoritarianism

Posted on May 15, 2024 by greg

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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To Create Positive Change That Lasts: Reduce Alienation.

Posted on September 1, 2023 by greg

The seventeenth century was one of the most turbulent periods in English history, socially, culturally, and for the monarchy. Traditions and norms were turned upside down as the pendulum swung back and forth between periods of war and peace, austerity … Continue reading →

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The Connection Between Social Darwinism and Narcissism

Posted on August 15, 2023 by greg

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

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Seeking the Road to Social Change

Posted on August 1, 2022 by greg

When Servius Tullius, king from 578 to 535 BC, reformed the tribal system of Rome, giving the vote to men who had not been members of the three original tribes, he increased the number of tribes and assigned people to … Continue reading →

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Recognizing the Path to Happiness and Good Health

Posted on January 1, 2021 by greg

Happiness is not a destination; it is a choice we make. To find happiness with the life you have, and to achieve the goals important to you, you must confront the limitations of the system. “Happiness is the feeling that … Continue reading →

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Horizontal Violence, the Gig Economy and Today’s Dystopia

Posted on November 1, 2020 by greg

The term ‘horizontal violence’ was originally coined by Fanon (1963) to describe intergroup conflict (in colonized Africans) as a result of oppression. This conflict leads to aggressive behavior directed horizontally within the oppressed group, even to the point of murder! … Continue reading →

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Objective Reality: the Pervasive Atmosphere of Hostility of Neoliberal Narcissism

Posted on July 1, 2020 by greg

Powerful elites always have a justification for their obsessions. In the past emperors, kings, and aristocrats claimed they were God’s chosen. The plutocrats of the modern world have dispensed with God, but they have a philosophy that justifies in their … Continue reading →

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