The hysteria sweeps the country like a giant wave. If you do not join it, it threatens to crush you with its weight. Almost literally everyone you know has participated. The peer pressure is immense. Equally huge is the need to have some kind of response when people talk about it. The correct response is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘paranoia’
Becoming a zombie
Modernity offers us few truly potent metaphors because it is an anti-metaphorical time. We like our truths cut up into little bits that we can control, not vast unsettling realizations that spur us on to do more with our time. A simple Obey! Consume! Reproduce! Vote! Equality! is the kind of message we like, and [...]
Forward
Part One of Three. Conservatism fractured in 1945. With the defeat of the Axis powers, mainstream conservatives moved away from traditional views on Social Darwinism and race. This in turn drove many conservatives underground into enclaves which increasingly distanced themselves from mainstream discourse. However, in order to achieve change in a Western nation, and not [...]
Our corporate overlords
In older societies, a clear hierarchy prevailed that determined who discussed politics. Our society has no such limitations, so that any person feels free to fling their opinion into the ring regardless of their knowledge of critical thinking. One consequence of this is a form of trickle-down logic: we have many people emulating those who [...]
Paranoia and fear and doubt increasing, love falling
Levels of paranoia and mistrust are much higher than previously thought and are increasing, it was claimed. Dr Freeman, a Wellcome Trust Research Career Development Fellow, said: “We seem to have entered an age of paranoia. And the indications are that things may only get worse.” He said a combination of factors was fuelling a [...]
