The Downside of Hero Worship

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 23:13:37 GMT

For years now I have warned people about the very real downsides of hero worship, how it clouds our judgement and makes us susceptible to the whims of scam artists, snake oil salesman and cult leaders. It is, without question, one of the very real problems that we have in society today. It could be the worst problem that we have today. If you are always looking to some concept of a perfect human being to inform your every action and direction in life, they will eventually steer you off course. It is not a question of if, but of when. It will occur. It is inevitable. This does not have to be because of malice. There often is not a conspiracy to misinform folks. It often occurs in a way that is organic and unintentional. Someone may truly believe, for example, that women are inferior to men. They may find this observation to be correct because the women they have interacted with in life have not been as intelligent or moral as they are. But this observation is, of course, anecdotal and incomplete. There is not enough factual information to support this claim. I have to recognize that lack of data when I am interacting with a hero of mine that gives me bad advice, otherwise I will be misled into a world of misogyny and ignorance. I will not become wiser because of such information, but instead I will close myself off to a whole world of knowledge from some very smart women. The easiest way to avoid being misled in this way is to avoid having heroes altogether. That is not to say that I think I am better than everyone else or that I do not acknowledge anyone's talent. I only mean to say that placing an individual on a pedestal as if they are somehow set apart from the rest of us normal humans is a huge mistake that needs to be rectified and, really, abandoned altogether as an acceptable societal practice. There is no need to worship any man or woman for that matter. It serves no purpose other than gleaning bits and bytes of stories and quotations that one uses to motivate themselves, and, if I so desire that form of motivation, all I have to do is read from the internet or a book. The person who wrote down that motivating information is irrelevant because, inevitably, for every few things they are correct about, they will most certainly be wrong about something else. This is the main reason that, when you go to college, they encourage you not only to have references, but also to check the quality of said references. Who owns the publication. Who are the shareholders. In what nation is the publication based. Who is providing the funding. What are the political leanings and biases of all the parties involved. What are their various political affiliations attempting to accomplish. What is it that they are wishing me to take from this article, and, most importantly, why. The average person is not consuming information in this way. They find someone that, for whatever reason, they trust or like, and just assume that they are a good source of information. This is incorrect. Even someone with good intentions can engage in fallacious thinking that leads them to the wrong conclusion. Further, it is incorrect to assume that everyone has mostly good intentions. The internet in particular is full of folks motivated purely by the need for more money and power. That is not to say that money and power will always lead to be bad, but it is to say that it often does. We should be concerned only with the truth when it comes to information that is given to us by those we like or respect. It does not matter if we may want to agree with them out of some sense of awe of their talents. When the time comes, and they are wrong, we must be able to call them out on that. We cannot be silly and look at all the others around us agreeing with that person because of hero worship and simply follow the herd. We have to access our individuality. The same goes for when they are correct as well. We cannot disagree with them just to be unique or contrarian.

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The Weak Mans War on Women and Femininity

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:43:35 GMT

We have all heard of the male loneliness epidemic by now. We have not had much of a choice but to hear about it because, well, the news has drilled it into our skulls in a similar way that they made an entire generation fear millennials and marijuana. It seems as if everywhere you look, the male loneliness plague is taking over the headlines of newspapers and the nine o'clock news. Author Shannon Carpenter states, We hear a lot these days about men not finding the kind of deep friendship that helps them through the ups and downs of life the way many women do...In the United States, many men have become disconnected from the societal institutions that have anchored dads to each other and our community. These are compelling words to be sure. There is no doubting that. They steer you toward this kind of empathy for men in general. But the question then becomes why. Why are men experiencing this loneliness. As a man myself, initially I wanted to point the finger at society. It becomes quite easy to say that women do not pay attention to me enough or that women in human resources are conspiring against us men folk to create a more feminine working environment. It is always easier to blame an enemy than it is to own up to your own failures as a human being. But the truth, as always, is much more complex than that. I truly believe that if you were to completely remove feminism from society today that most men would still be lonely because men themselves have always struggled with creating meaningful relationships. I can recall very vividly the first time I really tried to show affection to my father, and how oddly hesitant he was to receive it. I was seven or eight, still quite young at the time. I remember my dad sitting on an old green recliner we had at the time. My mother was there too. I had just kissed her on the cheek, which I had always done, and figured I would kiss my father as well for once. After all, he took care of me too. I wanted to show him I appreciated that just as much as I did my mother. After I kissed him, he gently pushed me away, saying, okay Chris, as if to say, that's enough of that. Don't do that again please. And you know what. I didn't. It was embarrassing being pushed away like that, having someone I loved essentially tell me that I was loving him the wrong way. Men do this all the time. They do it with their sons. They do it with their friends when they call them gay for giving them a hug. They do it to their lovers when they push them away when they try to cuddle with them. They do it acquaintances and coworkers and political adversaries when they mock everything that is even slightly feminine or refer to women in negative ways. The message is clear. Get away from me. I hate love and companionship. I view those things as being anti male and do not desire any of them. Leave me alone. In short, you get what you ask for. If you are going to communicate to the world that you are a closed off, go it alone, emotionally unintelligent individual, then you are going to be lonely. There is no way around that and you, my dear man, brought that on yourself. You see, male loneliness is not new. It was handed down to us by our fathers and their fathers before them, men who used words like gay and queer to describe any physical form of affection outside of a hearty handshake. But I have good news for you too because loneliness is also a choice. You can choose to be in a healthy emotional relationship with those in your community by simply dropping the alpha male shit or the longer introvert act. Just knock it off. Recognize that you are human being who needs care and affection, that that stuff is not just for girls. And if you want a woman, for crying out loud, be respectful and treat them like they are more than just your concubines. There are solutions to every problem, especially the ones you create for yourself. You are addicted to loneliness. Question is, are you willing to admit that you have a problem.

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The Coming Blue Wave

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:25:44 GMT

Believe it or not, midterms are just around the corner, so it is just about time for me to make my biannual election predictions for Congress and it is not looking great for conservatives to say the least. After suffering several losses across the country this year, there is no reason to believe that it will get any better a year from now. The economy, by nearly every metric, is the worst it has been in several decades. That alone is a key indicator for the incumbent party will fair in any election, but especially in Congress where economic is molded into law before being sent to the president for his seal of approval. Job losses are now in record territory. Inflation remains high. And, perhaps most jarringly, Americans are now defaulting at levels not seen during the Biden administration on thigs like student loans, car payments and credit cards. Voters came out in full force to reject Bidenomics and, unfortunately for them, it is starting to look like doing so was the wrong choice. Obviously, I argued that conservatives had no idea how to deal with such a volatile economy last year during the elections, but the reality is that there is very little you can do to convince voters that things can get any worse when they are already bad. The truth is though that things very much did get worse and, in all likelihood, will continue to worsen while conservatives are in charge. It is just a fact that, for all their downsides, Democrats have always done better when it comes to the economy. Sure, they can be annoying, elitist and even unsavory, but liberals know how to make money and keep the working class afloat. It is what they are best at. Once conservatives lose their three branch super majority to a blue wave next November, the sitting president will be a lame duck, powerless to really do much more damage to an already reeling American workforce, though his kangaroo supreme court and serial executive orders will still be able to cause them even more pain, that pain will be greatly dulled and since there will be a lot of folks hurting and very little action coming from the White House to prevent it, a Democrat will likely sail into office a few years from now. This all could have been prevented had Trump taken a smarter approach to the economy, even just avoiding archaic and, frankly, ridiculous methods like imposing tariffs on neighboring countries just because you are mad at them would have staved off a great deal of suffering for the average small business owner and consumer alike. But we all know by now that MAGA is not known for moderation. They are always overdoing it and shooting themselves in the foot. It is kind of how they operate. They cannot help themselves. But the modern right is not just MAGA. There are more moderate members, like certain Christian sects that tend to vote conservative to avoid things like taxes and just out of moral obligation to their values. They are not necessarily the kind of folks who are trying to take over the world like Steve Bannon. They just disagree with things like gay marriage or legal cannabis. This more moderate section of the right is very unhappy that MAGA has embraced groypers. If you do not know what that word means, you will soon because they are very much the future of the modern right and they are even more extreme than MAGA. This openly racist group looks takes the phrase America First and essentially applies that to a white Christian nationalist mindset. MAGA is not just composed of white folks. They are definitely in the majority, but there are black, brown and Jewish members of MAGA as well. Groypers are no fans of Jews. In fact, Nick Fuentes, the oddly mixed-race leader of groypers, who, believe it or no, happens to have Mexican ancestry, has been extremely hostile to Israel, a hot button issue that has divided many conservatives on whether or not it is right for Israelis to continue to receive funding while white Americans starve. It is all coming tumbling down.

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America and the Hatred of Immigrants

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 03:36:50 GMT

The conservative urge to clear the nation of all those branded different is nothing new, not in America, not anywhere. Conservatism is, in many ways, nothing more than an attack on everything that is different. That could mean difference of opinion, difference in ideas, difference in clothing, in sexuality, identity, race, and, yes, even nationality. Often times well meaning, and not so well meaning, folks make the mistake of thinking that they will be able to work together with conservatives to reach a common goal. That, must like a cowboy who breaks a roving mustang to save it and himself from extinction, it will be able to reign in the nastier sides of conservatism, the hatred, the rage, the exceptionalism, and ride off into the sunset. Nothing, of course, could be further from the truth. There has never been a time in human history when conservatism, when allowed to roam free, did not run amuck. Conservatism, at its core, is a hunter for authority over everyone and everything. The lust for power runs deep in humans in general. Conservatism is merely the tool that is used to convey that lust for power. It comes to you nicely at first, asking you, would you not like to feel safer, my friend. Would you not like to be able to walk outside without seeing all those scantily clad sluts and whores. Would you not like to walk to your car without seeing all those dirty homeless folks on the sidewalk. Would you not like to be able to order your food from a man who speaks your own language. Would you not like to attend the same church as everyone in your community. Would you not like to live with folks who look just like you. Is it really such a crime that you want these things, my friend. Look at other countries. Do they not live in communities with their own kind. Do they not dress modestly. Do they not have respect for the one true god. Do they roam about as the savages do or do they conform to the higher authorities. You know the answer, my friend, and I can be that answer for you. I can clean up the streets. I can make you safe. I can you make proud to be American again. These questions creep into the mind much like the allegory of Satan tempting Jesus. Remember that it was Satan that promised Jesus all the things in the world. Jesus, the representation of good in the story, never offers the world. He only offers love. Love is free. Love does not require acts of service. It is unconditional. It is always there for those who wish to indulge in it. This is how, the story goes, that Jesus beat Satan, not with armies, but with love. Humanity struggles with love. They do not give it freely. They demand acts for it. Humanity has very much forgotten the goodness of Christ. Instead, humanity has chosen to go the way of Satan, the conquering, marauding, foolhardy being who wants more and more and more, and is never satisfied when he gets it. Make no mistake, conservatism is Satanic. Satan never comes to you in his own form. He comes as guardian, a bringer of peace, a bringer of light. Satan hates man and seeks to destroy him, and to do this he uses men's own hatred and fear of each other to turn them against one another. Turn on any conservative show right now and you will see what I mean. You are to be afraid of the stranger, the alien, the foreigner, the immigrant, for, according to the conservative, they are coming to destroy your wealth, to take your job, to end your life. And no, I am not so naive as to think that all immigrants are innocents. No one is innocent, not even the small child who steals your cookie when you are not looking. But did Jesus not love the little children. Did not Jesus love the stranger, the homeless, the forgotten. Conservatism corrupts Christianity and uses it as a tool to obtain power. It captivates and hoodwinks its followers so much that they can no longer tell good from evil, very much like Satan. I do not hate the immigrant for the immigrant is me and I am him. It is a tale as old as time.

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Trump Calls Americans Untalented

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 07:56:14 GMT

I always knew that Donald J. Trump was not friend of the working man. Born in a privileged upbringing, Trump has spent his whole life seeking ways to do what only those born into privileged upbringings know how to do, make money. Whether it was his flirtation with the gambling world, the world of boxing, his long time in Hollywood, or his obsession with one day becoming president, the Donald never really had any interest in making the world a better place. He simply wanted to squeeze as much money out of it as he could. And, really, that was to be expected. After all, Donald is nothing more than your typical elitist New Yorker, the kind of man who thinks he should shit on gold toilet seats and nosh on oysters Rockefeller during Great Gatsby theme parties. There is no doubting that such a man is nothing more than a con artist, a man who enters politics to build his own wealth, not build wealth for the society as a whole, not for future generations to come. But Donald was able to effectively brainwash the right into believing his stories of a better tomorrow for the American working man, much like the man he supposedly hates, Barrack Obama, was able to essentially fool the left that a change was finally gon come. Obama was at least able to deliver a healthcare system that sits at sixty-five percent approval rating and also presided over an administration that was able to mostly normalize gay marriage. So, though he was unable to bring about the sweeping change he promised, Obama was at least able to keep the country from financial and social ruin. Trump has been nowhere near as successful, and his base is, finally, starting to notice. Inflation has remained high and even worsened during the orange man's second administration, and, regardless of what conservative propagandists say, there are no signs that it is coming down in the near future. Affordability was the main reason folks voted for Trump a second time and it seems like every time I go to the buy anything, I am seeing massive price increases, the likes of which are not even comparable to anything we saw under Joe Biden. Americans saw a brutal October in terms of job loss as well, seeing job cuts reach its highest level in twenty-three years, and America have its worst year of layoffs since the financial crisis of two thousand and nine. Fox News is known for its right wing bias, but even fox news anchor Laura Ingraham was forced to press Donald harder than usual due to these regressive figures. Conservative voters believe that H1B work visas for those overseas should be suspended so that jobs could be freed up for Americans. I am not saying this would actually work. That is just what they want. Ingraham asked Donald if he would halt those work visas and he responded with a clear and resounding no. His voters were stunned. Was not this the man who said he was for the working man, for a return to a traditional America where every average Joe had a shot to own a home and raise a family on a single income. That is the main thing conservatives wanted from Donald, but now here he was essentially telling them that was not going to happen. The conservative fast talking head Ben Shapiro repeated this sentiment on his show, stating that Americans simply move if they cannot afford to live where they were born. This was not what conservative voters were promised. Here we have two conservatives essentially resorting to liberal talking points, saying that Americans don't deserve to live wherever they want or even to get the job they want. I am not necessarily saying that I completely empathize with the conservative voter here. I am just pointing out that they were lied to, tricked, fooled, led astray, rum amuck, hoodwinked, bamboozled. It appears as if no one is actually fighting for the average Joe. I knew this since day one. They are just lying to him so they can win big in November. I always knew this was where things were heading. The question now is where we go from here.

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Senate Democrats Cave to Republicans

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:28:06 GMT

Eight Senate Democrats stunned Americans Sunday night by making a deal with Republicans to reopen the government. Well, it is kind of difficult to refer to it as a deal because, generally, the whole point of a deal is get something out of it, but the Democrats got nothing at all in return for selling millions of Americans down the river. Instead they got a promise to hold a vote at the end of December on extending the Affordable Care Act subsidies and, of course, even more money for the military. I do not know about you, but I do not trust that this imaginary vote on the ACA will ever take place, and, before you start in with the be more positive old chum nonsense, I have good reason to be so cynical. When asked if this vote to extend the ACA would occur, good old Mike Johnson stated that he was not sure that it would, which, if you know Mike Johnson, is a resounding no. Accepting a promise from republicans at this point in history is downright foolish. Republicans ritualistically break their promises and will just tell outright lies to get what they want all the time. If find it difficult to believe that grown adults actually think they will ever be able to come to the table with conservatives and do anything when they are not the majority party, and that make me believe that this whole shutdown effort was insincere from the start. I have stated for years now that moderate Democrats are just conservatives by another name, that they have no interest in helping working class or poor Americans, and they proved that yet again Sunday night. The Democrats won on historic levels on Tuesdays election. They had the support of the people for this shutdown. There was no demand to end it. Anyone who says otherwise is either lying or stupid. The Affordable Care Act remains one of the most popular pieces of legislation to pass congress in recent history and the party that fought for that would have been remembered for years as the people's party, but instead Democrats chose to be the arty of capitulation. This deal making is an exercise in weakness and frailty. It does not exude the strength that is required to make a good leader. Chuck Schummer is currently being defended online by his very small number of cult followers, but make no mistake, this is his fault. He is the Senate minority leader. It is his job to lead. He failed and should be removed from his position as a result of this, which, of course, will not happen because establishment Democrats enjoy their weak, frail, feeble little leader because they get to boss him around whenever they please. Dick Durbin, one of the eight Democrats who voted in favor, is also the minority whip by the way. It is the whips job to get votes when needed. He also failed to do his job by allowing the arty to side with Republicans on the issue instead of forcing them to side with Schummer. Both of them have failed the American citizenry and I will not stand idly by and pretend they are doing a great job any longer. They have failed us yet again and this time I am not going to be nice about it. These guys are supposed to work for us, not for Donald Trump. If we are in favor of keeping the ACA, then that should be their priority. Most of us are not flying all over the damn country because we cannot afford to. I and many others like me do not care if some rich folks cannot get to Cancun on time. I also am not in the military. I do not care if some guy gets paid to kill little children overseas. I am not in favor of these forever wars that just result in more death and destruction and foreigners who want to kill me, nor am I in favor of these ICE raids that are terrifying innocent folks across the country. The only reason I even vote Democrat is to fight republicans but if the Democrats will not even fight these sociopathic conservatives then I struggle to even know what I am voting for. The next time you are wondering why Democrats lose so much, all you have to do is remember this disastrous day.

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Respect Your Elders

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 09:32:39 GMT

We are instructed to respect our elders at a very young age, and that message is repeated all throughout our lives, but, coming from an upbringing where my father was constantly verbally abusive of both me and my family, I have always taken that advice with a grain of salt. These days, I do not even have to look back to abusive behavior of my often violent father, I can simply at the world around me to see that the old folks do not know how to run a society all that well. Our elderly resident Donald Trump is now toying with the idea of fifty year mortgages to fix the housing crisis, an idea which, to be honest, is better than nothing, but is not something that will ever lead to home ownership for most folks. I guess maybe their kids may own that home in their forties, but is that really the best we can do. I have to leave my kid a home that can claim ownership of at thirty five. That is just the beginning, of course. Our judicial, legislative and executive branches of government are filled with old timers. Chuck Grassley is actually in his nineties, which, I am sorry, is just crazy no matter how you slice it. Nancy Pelosi just retired from government in her eighties. Mitch McConell is still stumbling onto the senate floor when he is clearly no longer fit to do the job. Our not so supreme court has a median age of like sixty five. I could keep going but you get the point and you have likely noticed what I am saying yourself, but the term ageist came into favor a while back so you have likely been too afraid to say something about it. There have been times when I have felt awkward criticizing the age of others and their ability to get the job done, and I still would if the country were heading the right direction, but the evidence clearly shows that it is not. Socialism is rising in popularity because inflation is out of control. Small businesses are becoming liabilities, not investments, as our elders lace their faith in outdated economic policies like tariffs which make it even more difficult for small companies to compete with conglomerates. Tariffs literally caused the great depression, but these old fogies are thinking it will work this time. Folks are lined up at food banks because the old guys still think that you can just save for a few weeks and afford groceries and a car and a house. Diseases that were once thought extinct are now coming back in fashion because the very old and very crazy RFK Jr. has informed everyone that being healthy means bathing in raw sewage and doing heroin after sitting in the sun for hours on end. We are literally being led into a new dark age and all the folks in charge are old. There was a time, believe it or not, when respect was earned, not freely given because the bible told us that was a good thing to do. If all you get from respecting someone is a ridiculous society that has no real way of sustaining itself, then I struggle to understand why I should have any respect at all for such people. You cannot keep expecting everyone to follow such outdated concepts when al they get for it is heartache and suffering. There has to be some kind of payoff beyond just feeling good about yourself for a few minutes. But even if you get beyond the state the world is in, even if you put out of mind the fact that boomers essentially lived like kings their whole lives and now have told everyone else that they should be content to live in scarcity, there is still just the fact that sometimes older people are just...mean. My father was case study in this. He was always and mean old man. I think he may have been born that way.

was no reason for him to yell at me every single day of my formative. I cannot remember one day where that man did not yell at or ridicule me. He was also a drunk and his drunkenness led him to threaten to murder my mom with a rifle he kept in his closet one night. I tell that folks who I get in a discussion with about this concept and they are shocked and horrified now.

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Democrats Win Big on Election Night

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 07:38:29 GMT

In a stunning and rather devastating upset to the conservative establishment, Democrats won and just kept on winning on November 4th. They won so much that not one conservative was able to win their race against a Democratic challenger. This, of course, sent various conservative figures and talking heads into a panic, and, when conservatives panic, they show their true colors. Donald Trump led the bitch fest, stating that mail in voting should be outlawed. Mind you, mail in voting is very popular across political demographics but conservatives do not care what you want. They only care if they win. This whining, and outright refusal to take responsibility for their very unpopular economic policies continued with calls the require voter ID. Voter ID was, of course, outlawed because it was being used by conservatives to prevent those in poverty from voting, which, at the time was largely the black population. The strategy of marginalizing those different from them and then making laws that further prevent those marginalized individuals from practicing their rights never changes with conservatives. It is a tale as old as time. But the conservative crybaby festivities did not end there. Twitter talking heads also entered the fray, with losers like Daniel partridge stating that the 19th amendment, that is what granted women the right to vote by the way, should be repealed. Many of their conservative followers concurred since it was women who largely voted Democrats into office. They will tell you, of course, that the only reason they want to make women subservient to men is because they care about them, which is the exact same thing abusers say in relationships. Relax honey, I am only mean to you because I care about you. There was also the tactic of fake outrage often employed by the conservatives, notions that a white genocide is coming, that the evil blacks and Latinos are getting together to destroy the white man, a truly fascinating assertion considering the fact that blacks and Latinos voted for conservatives in record numbers only one year ago. But that is to be ignored. Facts are always to be ignored when they do not fall in the conservative direction. There was also talk Jay Jones statement about conservatives, stating that anyone who would vote for someone who says mean and vile things is also mean and vile. This is also very interesting considering the fact that conservatives spent the last week calling everyone who does not make six figures a year a lazy, moral degenerate welfare queen who deserves to either get a fourth or fifth job or suffer and die. The right, of course, will never recognize that their messaging is simply unpopular now, that they have failed to deliver the goods economically and so have fallen out of favor in a way very similar to the Democrats last year. This is how democracy works. When the majority loves you, you are riding high, and when they do not, you are unemployed. Maybe this is why conservatives try so feverishly to argue that America is not a democracy. Maybe the fact that they actually have to do well in their position, not just call everyone moral degenerates, makes them sad. But who cares. Who cares how conservatives feel. I know I do not. We have had to listen to them complain about their feelings for too long now, and prior to that all we ever heard from conservatives was that our feelings do not matter, that they are irrelevant, that only facts matter. Well, now the tables have turned and the facts show that conservatives are losers once more. They even lost to a Democratic socialist in the form of Zohran Mamdani. They could not even win with their everyone but me is a Muslim communist Antifa demon rhetoric, even that did not perform well with the electorate, and instead of doing the intelligent thing and taking stock and changing to meet the needs and desires of the electorate, they are currently shaming the electorate, calling them foolish for voting the way that they did.

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The End of Empathy and the Rise of Socialism

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 03:45:43 GMT

Socialism had been hated in America since its inception. In the early days of the American colonies, rather than work together to maintain a prosperous fortune, colonists would banish their political opponents to fend for themselves. The Salem witch trials, for example, likely would have never occurred were it not for the fact that a certain band of extremist puritans were banned from their original colony because of their extreme Christian fundamentalist views. The banned colonists were forced to live on roots from the ground, roots which happened to be toxic and caused hallucinations. The rest, as they say, is history. This is just one of many examples down through history of how abandoning your fellow man in his time of need can cause death and despair for society at large. Even the ruthless Roman emperors grasped this concept and provided their subjects with bread and circuses to maintain their hold on power. Even the ruthless tyrant understood that he could not kill everyone or jail everyone, that his hold on society was largely dependent on the state of those in poverty. FDR understood this when he enacted various social welfare programs like social security and food stamps to keep struggling families afloat during economic uncertainty. Interestingly, the violent anarchist movement in America, which led to the targeting of various well to do American citizens, fizzled out when FDR enacted these welfare programs. Even more interestingly, they seem to be making a comeback during a time when conservatives have launched a consorted effort to undue welfare and social safety nets across the board. Luigi Mangione assassinated a wealthy insurance CEO after he was laid up in the hospital with back injuries and unable to afford care. His act of violence, while condemned by the establishment responsible for his lack of health care, was received quite well by the poor and working classes. Charlie Kirk was assassinated by a young man from Utah who grew up in a conservative family, Tyler Robinson. Robinson mentioned targeting Kirk because he spread hate. It is interesting to note that Kirk was a huge fan of targeting marginalized individuals. He referred to George Floyd, a poor man murdered by police, as a scumbag. My point is not to exonerate figures like Mangione and Robinson of all wrongdoing. Obviously, they acted alone and made their fatalistic, rather foolish decisions impulsively and without consideration for the innocent families and friends of the victims. This is not a call to violent action, as violence, ultimately, is never the answer. Instead, I hope that these examples make you reflect on the unsavory direction our society is headed, back to a time when society drove desperate men insane, to a time when the handle of a gun felt more comforting than the calm words a fellow human being. When I hear prominent figures in our society like political talking heads and entertainers calling for the less fortunate in our society to be spat upon and demeaned in ways that not even the tyrants of old were in favor of, I cannot help but think that we have lost our way, that we have become so callous that equally callous men will be willing to go to jail to seek revenge. It is up to us to reject the hatred that is being spewed against those less fortunate than us, to say no to the calls to cut our social safety nets even further than they have already been cut. We must give the unlucky some hope that their luck might improve, some notion that they can turn that luck around. We must learn to care about our fellow man again. We must refrain from banishing him from our society, no matter how detestable we believe him to be, for if we refuse to show mercy, then he too, driven mad by the toxic roots he is forced to survive on, will begin to hallucinate a non-existent enemy, one that he will undoubtedly seek to exercise. I implore to learn to love the strangers among you again so that we can begin to heal as a nation and as a humanity

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Stay positive

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 22:51:33 GMT

Always remember that no matter how difficult things get, no matter how sick you are, no matter how broke you are, no matter how mentally unwell you are, no matter how utterly and totally exhausted the many challenges of life make you, there will always be someone there to help...well, thats not true actually. In fact, it is way more likely that you will be left to suffer alone in silence. But there will always be some snarky, self-righteous individual standing there as you slowly rot away that instructs you to stay positive. I have spoken on the dangers of the positivity movement before, how it is one of these quick fix cottage industries that teaches us that we can simply ignore the suffering of others by telling them to be happy. I have even gone in detail on how this positivity movement, like all online movements, is simply an industry there to sell you things, whether that be therapy sites like better help or incense or meditation guides or gurus or yoga classes. Nothing in America is ever promoted unless it can make money, and the positivity folks, better known as the self help industry, are raking in the dough. According to statistics the various self help gurus are pulling in over twelve billion dollars a year after seeing a 75% surge in social media influencers. Now, I don't know about you, but when rich folks instruct me that I should change my mindset, the first thing I think is, well it would be a whole lot easier to do that if I had millions of dollars to spare like you buddy. The second thing that comes to mind is, gee, instead of blathering about how negative I am, why don't you spread some of your wealth around and feed or house some folks, and, you know, maybe leave the camera at home this time instead of using such acts to make even more money by posting them online. Of course, that will never happen because self help is really just a term for self wealth. Think about it, if everyone really did get heled by these folks, well, they would no longer be able to charge you for positive affirmations, now would they. No one is going to put themselves out of work. They are not here to solve problems. They are here to prolong them, and maybe even make them a bit worse. The concept of American self help really took off in 1859 when a man by the name of Samuel Smiles wrote a book entitled Self Hel and he had some very interesting views. Smiles once wrote in a letter to his son, Snobbism is not confined to toadying of the rich, but is quite as often displayed in the toadying of the poor... Now that the "masses" exercise political power, there is a growing tendency to fawn upon them, flatter them, speak nothing but smooth words to them. They are credited with virtues they themselves know they do not possess. To win their favour sympathy is often pretended for views, the carrying out of which is known to be hopeless. The popular agitator must please whom he addresses, and it is always highly gratifying to our self-love to be told that someone else is to blame for what we suffer. So it rarely occurs to these orators to suggest that those whom they address are themselves to blame for what they suffer... Did you get that last part. It is your fault that you are suffering my dear boy. You are responsible for your own pain and therefore must take ownership of it. You cannot blame the corrupt politician. That would be gauche. No, you must blame yourself, not the society that is designed for you to fail. So much of this prissy little movement is just finding ways to make you take the blame for wrong that has been done to you that it is almost comical, were it not so blatantly apathetic and rude. I mean, anyone who uses the term the masses in such a negative way is obviously not the one you should be listening to. For centuries now, dictators and tyrants have used words like the masses to essentially shame those beneath them, not to elevate folks above them. We can't take this seriously. It is time to be less positive.

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They Don't Care About Us

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 23:06:57 GMT

Several years ago, Michael Jackson released a song entitled They Don't Really Care About Us and that song really resonated with me for several reasons. As a black man with epilepsy, growing up was hard. I was subjected to various police searches at a young age during the terrorist scare brought on by nine eleven. The Democrats and Republicans rushed through a bill known as the Patriot Act in order to calm the fears of a nation stricken with grief and unsure of what was to come next. Despite how people feel about it today, the bill was overwhelming popular at the time and anyone who complained about its possible abuses was seen as a traitor or an enemy. I was never really bothered much by police before the passing of that bill, but once it was signed into law I was getting stopped while walking home from school or the store on a very frequent basis. It got so bad that I eventually refrained from walking outside altogether. I was never arrested because, well, I was not doing anything illegal, but the humiliation of constantly having your integrity called into question, even though you have broken no laws, begins to take its toll on a man after a time. You start to look at your neighbors differently. Maybe they were the ones who called the cops on you. Maybe they have some sort of grudge against you and are out to sabotage you and send you to jail. To this day, I still live in the same neighborhood, a suburb in the bay area, and I still wonder which of my neighbors called the police on me for the heinous crime of walking outside. I still do not really feel as if I am a part of this world. We have a society, but not one that I am welcome in, and I recognize that every time I turn on the news or go on social media and see someone complaining about people like me, usually a well-dressed white person who has had everything in life handed to them on a silver platter, stating that black folks need to get off welfare and get a job, as if we don't have jobs already, as if we want to be on welfare, as if we did not have hopes and dreams that simply were not fulfilled, regardless of our efforts to make those dreams a reality, as if sometimes life just does not work out the way you want it to, no matter how hard you try to make it so. I did not grow up dreaming of being on welfare for the rest of my life, but I was taught that it is okay to want to live even if things do not work out for you. Things did not work out for me. I have seizures, not because I am on drugs, which is what many think, but just because that is the card I was dealt in life. The doctors cannot even explain it. There are days I feel perfectly normal, like I can conquer the world and be the next Orson Welles and then there are days when I am so sick that I am terrified of leaving the house because I am afraid I will crack my head open and almost die at work again, which has happened on several occasions now. But you know what, I do get out of bed and I do leave the house and I do go to work most days. I am not a lazy person. I am not a freeloader and even though my finances do not show it, I have achieved a great deal in my lifetime, more than a lot of folks ever will. I have worked for world famous theatre companies, written books, published poetry, cooked exquisite cuisine, and I have raised an amazing family, and all of those things have extraordinary value, way more so than a mansion or new TV. But the truth is that most do not care about those things, and they do not care about you unless you are wealthy. That is even so for most poor folks, who you would think would empathize with your condition because they too are struggling, but no. They too have bought into this myth that you are worthless unless you are worth a fortune and vote for candidates who hate those living in poverty. They are just as careless as those with wealth, sometimes even more so. The world is a careless, heartless, uncompassionate place. Michael was right. They don't care about us

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The Politics of Cynicism

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 21:30:45 GMT

I don't know if you've noticed recently (I'm being sarcastic) but pretty much everyone has been down in the dumps lately. Whether it's your conservative neighbor crying about some immigrant who's eating a cat or a leftist whining about not getting universal basic income or a liberal blathering about how the Democratic party needs to completely change course, even though they lost the popular by a mere 1.5%, it seems like everyone is just sad when it comes to politics now. I've noticed recently that, as I've slowly but surely gained the strength and confidence to pull myself up from the depths of depression, that many other people are displaying the same symptoms (malaise, paranoia, constant and almost inexplicable anger, instant sadness on demand, etc.) that I once frequently displayed after experiencing years of trauma and never seeking the help I needed for it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not laughing at people's pain. I know what it's like to be told that your problems don't matter enough to deserve attention. However, I've also learned that none of these problems will get solved or even addressed when you're in a negative mindset, especially when it comes to politics. Many people choose to sit out politics altogether because it can be so depressing and demoralizing. Listening to people complain is not fun. It's not uplifting. It's not even interesting, and it certainly will not motivate people to vote. A lot of people are coming up with very creating, and often questionable, ways for the Democrats to win 2028. Some of these ideas involve a complete shift to the left or even moving even further to center, which, pardon my skepticism, but if that did not work in 2016 or 2024, it's not going to work now. So what was different about 2020? Why did Democrats win that election so handily. Well, regardless of what you have to say about him, Joe Biden was always optimistic. He never let the harsh realities of politics (the monied interests, the crazed right wingers, the perpetually needy left wingers, the very real threat of fascism) get him down. He'd always come out there and say, "hey, we're going to try our best to get this done." America has had their time in the spotlight criticizing Uncle Joe, but pretty soon he's not going to be around for you to blame anymore. And, you know what? All of these problems that you're complaining about today are just going to get worse when he's gone. So, as Joe Biden spends his final months still trying to get student loans forgiven, and getting absolutely no credit for any of it, it's time for us to stop blaming him, and reflect on ourselves and our choice to remain bitter and cynical throughout one of the most successful Democratic presidencies in modern history. Why are we so fucking miserable all the time? Why is it that we always have to focus on the negative? Why are we like this? There's a dark cloud currently hanging over this nation that is much bigger than Donald Trump. He is not to blame for this dark cloud. He did not make it materialize out of nowhere. This deep discontent that we all feel stems from our various personality disorders that we refuse to deal with because we are too proud and embarrassed to admit that we need help. When you are depressed and/or anxious, you are more likely to snap at others, to descend into to hopelessness, to lock yourself inside, and refuse to seek the things you deserve like a successful career and thriving relationships. We need to abandon this politics of cynicism. We need to stop listening to people who tell us that we will never be successful or happy because this or that statistic says it's impossible. We've heard enough from these negative Nellys! Enough with the Debbie downerism already. They've had their time. Let us instead remember that there is always hope. Let us hold the radical nation that we can do things, that we can accomplish difficult tasks, that we can learn new talents, that we can conquer adversity, and finally be happy.

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Deadbeat Moms

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 20:02:22 GMT

As we all know, popular media is very good at telling one side of a story. The side of the story that they tell is not informed by some vast, government conspiracy, as some people would tell you. No, it's much simpler, yet somehow even more sinister than that. It's about money. Popular media, and its bastard son "alternative" media, is owned and operated by millionaires and billionaires. Millionaires and billionaires have very different interests than the average American. They are not concerned about putting food on the table, or anyone's table for that matter. They are much more concerned with changing your view of the world. By doing so, they can shape and mold you into the perfect little voting worker bee that they desire: a mindless, feckless, reckless consumer who doesn't think and always has his wallet open. That is what the powers that be desire, an idiot with a large bank account. They're not trying to make revolutionaries or slaves. They want you free, quite free indeed, free to go to seminars, churches, corporations, non-profit organizations, entertainment venues, strip clubs, prostitutes, herbalists, healers, beauticians, streaming services, and so on and so forth. Free to buy until you die. That is the American way, the way of capitalism. You can only dream about independence and self-sufficiency. Dream all you like, but don't you dare try to obtain or you will be punished. But the system isn't perfect. It makes mistakes. One of those mistakes is failing to deliver on the promise of the freedom to consume. Americans don't care about pronouns or saying "Latinx" vs Latino or saying black vs. BIPOC. No, that is a rich person's concern. Most Americans just want a little upward movement financially, a home, stability, a nice income, nothing too special, but America has failed at keeping the people high on bread and circuses, at least in my case anyway. You see, I believed the lie, the one spoken about in the bible, not the one in Thessalonians, that's the one every knows. I'm referring to Jeremiah 7:8, "Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit." Jeremiah is referring to the people of Judah and their hollow worship at a shrine to god, but the people are amoral. They behave in insane and deceitful ways, so god turns his back on them. I don't believe in god, but that passage speaks to me. We live in a time where people think that, if they have the temple, then they can behave in any way they damn well please. They believe they can create unfair double standards, and that the people they use, and abuse will simply lay down and take it, even like it. They are wrong. The truth shall come to light, as it always does. For decades we have listened to women complain about deadbeat dads. We nodded. We smiled. We said, "yes, that sounds awful. How horrible that man must be." And I still think that. It's horrible to leave a woman single with a child. That's not very nice. But that's just one side of the story. Men get left alone with children too. It's not as common, but it does happen, and it happens more frequently than you know. These men, these nice, decent, loving men are simply left behind by these women, and no one cares, not really. Men are just expected to pick themselves up, dust themselves off, and back to work! America doesn't care about men, especially not loving fathers. I thought if I was nice that I would be loved by a woman. I'm not perfect. I've made mistakes. But I am nice. I'm a nice person. Yet here I sit, alone, abandoned with my child, taking care of him by myself. Will talk shows invite me on to cry? No. Will entire books and movie series and TV shows be made about me? No. Will they teach young boys about how horrible some mothers can be? Ha, ha! That's a laugh. You see, you don't know the world, not all of it, not yet. But you will. I'll show it to you, if you want to see it that is. You're out there looking for romance and love. How do you know she wants that? Is she even capable of it?

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"Entitlement"

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 18:51:24 GMT

This is another older episode recorded two years ago. I'll upload one from this year soon. What are the politics of respect? Who deserves respect and who instructs us as to who should be respected? Many in the upper echelons of power views us as entitled, disrespectful brats that are lazy and ungrateful for all our betters have done for us. They say that we are bad for asking them to contribute to things like the welfare system and infrastructure, that we are being unfair to them by demanding that they think of others than themselves. Every psychopath thinks in this way, and it is no secret that psychopathy and power go hand in hand, much like mash potatoes and gravy. For all the maturation my leftism has gone through over the years, all the changes of opinion on the success rate or even value of protesting, and all the grimacing I have done while watching the left utterly sabotage whatever little credibility they had left by mercilessly and constantly attacking, not republicans, but Democrats for some strange reason I still don't understand and never will, I still very much believe that the wealthy should pay taxes. I actually believe they should pay far more than they already do. Their giving to charity only ends up in the hands of certain individuals that they deem "less fortunate". That should not be left to their discretion. They should not be able to decide that a person with autism is "less fortunate" than a person with epilepsy. That doesn't make any sense. Both people in that equation are unfortunate and deserve the same amount of help. However, the way the system is designed now, the only people who get the help they need are what I like to call people with "flavor of the month problems". Autism is in right now. It won't always be. The rich will grow weary of that crusade, just as they grow weary of every crusade, and abandon autistic as well. But right now autism is having its moment in the spotlight, and really no one else is getting any help. It's rather depressing really. Why do you have to be sick to get help anyway? And why is it that certain illnesses are considered more deserving of help than others? What kind of Hunger Games bullshit society is this? What do I have to do? Transition to a woman so that I can develop breast cancer so Bill Gates will give a fuck about me? That seems a little crazy. And that's why I argue for more aggressive taxation of the rich because the truth is they only care about certain people, generally people who share problems with family members of theirs. That's no fair. It's not equal. Everyone deserves help, even healthy people. Why should we punish people for being healthy? Don't we want people to be healthy? But it's almost like you have to be dying in America for people to even give a fuck about you. I don't think that's the society that the founding fathers set out to create. In fact, I know it isn't. It has nothing to do with it, and it's weird that we allow private organizations to decide where and how that money gets spent. It's also weird that tax write offs are given for being charitable. You're literally bribing rich people to donate to charity. Why are we doing this exactly? They already have money. They don't need any more money. It's insane. All I'm saying is that these are the people who are calling you lazy and entitled when you say you would like some help. They're a bunch of people who are running legal tax scams to profit while at the same time looking like the saviors of humanity. And we're the entitled ones? What gives them the right to call us that when they're the ones demanding praise for running legal tax fraud? You can call me entitled all you like. I am still going to push to tax your ass, and the more you call me entitled, the more I'll advocate for it. Aw, poor Elon Gates Bezos can't afford another convertible. Who cares? Good! You have enough stuff! That's the point. This episode is called "Entitlement". Take the title and shove it up your end.

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The Far Left's Dissent into Trumpism

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 19:50:07 GMT

The progressive American left is often presented as an all-loving movement, a movement that accepts people for who they are as they come. Nothing could be further from the truth. The progressive American left is one of the most hateful, spiteful, intolerant movements around. It is a movement that is solely based on the needs of a few wealthy individuals who consistently have lied to hardworking people at every turn. They lied when they said they would get you Medi-Care for all. They lied when they said they would get a Green New Deal. They lied when they said they would get you student loan forgiveness. They lied when they said they would address the issue of police brutality against black folks; they jumped off that ship really quick. And now, of course, having gotten you absolutely nothing, they are here telling you how to vote. They are calling people genocidal simply for voting for the Democratic party. That's right Joe Somebody, you are an evil, genocidal maniac who is killing children in Palestine because you want to keep your health insurance. That's right Jane Doe, you have voted to bomb Palestine into oblivion simply because you want to keep your right to vote. Apparently, I'm just as evil. You see, I'm currently making use of the ACA, which Mike Johnson and Trump have both promised to get rid of, and, you see, I'm voting for Kamala Harris, so I don't die by cracking my fucking skull open on the concrete. This makes me Hitler, according to the progressive left. Simply wanting to be alive makes me Pol Pot. Simply wanting to know that I live in a country that won't persecute my daughter for having a miscarriage makes me fucking Idi Amin. Just wanting to be aware of the fact that my sister's right to vote is protected by the Constitution makes me Mao in the flesh. This is the lunacy of the modern progressive left. They're not interested in getting you health care anymore; in fact, they don't give two fucks if you lose your healthcare so long as they stick it to Uncle Joe. What a lame crusade to embark upon, what a complete and utter waste of time and resources, resources by the way, that, according to an article by Politico, pro-Palestine protestors are taking from none other than the likes of George Soros, Rockefeller, Pfitzer, and other wealthy philanthropists and organizations that also donate to none other than the Democratic Party! Hell, they're a big reason Joe Biden became president in the first place. So, my question for you is this. Why am I evil for voting for Kamala Harris, but they're not evil for taking money from the same fucking people they're complaining about! That's not just a double standard. That is the sign of a lazy activist who doesn't even know what he's involved in at best, and the sign of complete and utter hypocrisy at worst. I'll let time decide which, but I'll tell you my best guess, and that is the latter. I will not be told how to vote. This is my country just as much as it is anyone else's. I will not be threatened. I will not be intimidated. I did not leave the right wing to join some other cult. Fuck that. I'm over groups and their idiotic messianic missions that always end in disaster. This all started with getting Bernie Sanders elected. Why are we onto geopolitics when we haven't even gotten a president in the White House or a majority progressive congress yet? Do you have any idea how stupid that is? We have no power! Do you think protestors really make those decisions? Ha! You need Congress on your side first sweetie. It seems that the progressives have forgotten that the reason they even got the first new deal is because FDR had two branches of government at his behest, not by going to Columbia college and harassing Jewish students and staff. This is clownish. It is the exact same type of hysterics and buffoonery that the alt-right engages in, a complete disregard for one's neighbors, all while throwing a temper tantrum about concepts they don't even fully comprehend.

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Follow the Leader

Sat, 26 Oct 2024 16:28:53 GMT

I would like to begin by giving a warm and hearty hello to all of you who have continued to listen to More Content Talk, even during my very prolonged hiatus. A lot has changed since then. I've been in many performances and continue to act. I was even a producer for another theatre company for a while and that was fun while it lasted. I am currently being contracted to do more performances all around the bay area and I'm having a great deal of fun doing it. Obviously, America is once again on the cusp of what looks to be another tumultuous election, so what better time for me to make my triumphant return? There is a lot of misinformation circling around about who will win the election and I will cover that in future episodes. I have always tried my best to give you the truth. I haven't always been completely successful, but I've always corrected myself and tried to be as reliable a source of information as you as possible. That is my commitment to you and I really hope that I am able to accomplish that. Anyway, enough with the warm and fuzzy stuff for now. It's time to get back to work!

Why do people follow tyrants? It's an age-old question that has existed since the creation of military force. What is so appealing about someone so obviously terrifying, domineering and controlling? Why would a seemingly nice person feel the need to stoop to such levels of depravity? We have all asked ourselves these questions about a friend, family member (or, if you're like me, maybe even yourself) after their seemingly docile personalities have been, supposedly, hijacked by cults of influence. We often assume that these people have been "brainwashed", but is that really the case? The term "brainwash" was invented by a cold warrior in a court room, and its scientific validity has not been questioned much. It remains one of the only terms in the English cannon that is accepted as fact while simultaneously having no proof whatsoever. And look, perhaps brainwashing is real, and we have our simple answer. Bad people bully good people into doing bad things... But is that correct or does that just make us feel better? It is always of the upmost importance when trying to separate fact from fiction to remember that what feels right to us isn't necessarily correct. Our feelings are unreliable, and, at times, even sporadic. We did not get to the moon and found civilizations by following our gut. The human mind is a fragile thing and must not be treated lightly.

My argument today is that people follow tyrants because they choose to, not because they are forced or because of some Draconian form of peer pressure. We must remember that adults are not children. They are completely capable of making choices and understanding the ramifications of said choices. A farmer living in Hitler's Germany knew damn well that he would benefit from the atrocities of the Third Reich, and also probably knew that he was in no real danger, especially if he was not a member of a marginalized group. The truth is that, in Nazi Germany or any other dictator style government, if enough people simply said no, the entire operation would falter and eventually fail. The Nazis did not take over overnight. There was time for resistance. There always is. So why is it that so often people choose to comply? As, I've stated in prior episodes, there exists a selfishness in people, a self-aggrandizing, evil chess player who wishes to manipulate himself to the top of the human food chain by any means necessary. So why point this out? Why harp on it? What's the point? Well, the point is that the authoritarians know this. They know you seek power, wealth and status, and they will use your desires to manipulate you into committing atrocities...if you let them. So, the next time you find yourself admiring that flashy celebrity, just remember that something much darker is going on beneath the surface. You want what they have. What will you do to get it?

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Addiction to Forgiveness

Tue, 17 May 2022 07:00:00 GMT

Forgiveness is addictive. There, I said it and I don't feel bad about it. That used to be so wild to me, the notion that anyone would criticize the idea of forgiveness. Unlike many, I wasn't indoctrinated very heavily with the value system that we call Christianity. It was really never talked about in our home. The closest thing my family had to church was gathering around the table to eat dinner and watch Seinfeld, which was my Dad's favorite TV show after Cheers was taken off the air. I vaguely remember my mother talking to me about forgiveness, but only rarely. Besides, right after that she would go on some tirade about Bush Jr. and how much of a moron he was. So, I never really even took her that seriously. But, years later, as I became heavily indoctrinated in the Christian faith by various fundamentalist Christian You Tube videos, forgiveness became extremely important to me. Forgiveness is a big deal in Christianity. You always have to be willing to take in those who are in need. You don't ever really do it that much because you're scared someone might kill your or something. But I did actually help people when I was a Christian, mostly through direct food donations. I fed several of my LGBTQIA castmates willingly even though I had just been watching a sermon about how they were possessed by demons. They never were, but that's what I believed. I thought that, by showing kindness and forgiving the sinner, that they would become a member of my faith, and that, when that happened, I would grow even closer to Jesus. Then maybe, finally, he would make my epilepsy go away so I could be healthy and happy like other Christians I knew. Unfortunately for me, and luckily for my LGBTQIA friends, that never happened. I was never healed or "made whole" as I believe the bible refers to it. No demon was cast out of me because there never was demon inside of me. I have epilepsy. That's a part of who I am. But I refused to accept that back then. I believed in miracles. So, I stopped taking my medication and kept doing these good deeds to try to win god's favor, to get him to notice me. I really believed that would work. Now, of course, it all seems silly, even a bit suicidal, and maybe it was. Maybe the very concept of forgiveness is a bit suicidal. I've done the research on this. Nations that worship an all "forgiving" god have the highest crime rates in the entire world, even higher than nations who worship an unforgiving god, and that's after taking into considerations things like economic hardship. Now, I'm not saying that the punishments we have developed work either. I still support defund the police for example. I know The Young Turks and Tucker Carlson alike told you to shit on me for believing that we can do more with less police, but the recent murder of an elderly woman with dementia by a New Mexico police officer should put that fear to rest. I don't think the answer is more punishment. We need to become more gentle, but we can be gentle in mental health facilities or rehab centers or even prisons. Unlike most people who talk about defund the police, I have ideas to replace them. Firefighters being deployed for non-violent mental health crises works, for example. I've seen it in action and they are far more likely to use non-violent persuasion than the police. You could also follow the German model, and make prison a nice place. It does not have to be a dystopian rape cage. It could be a place where people go to get job training. You could have mentors working there. You could teach criminals the skills they need to have careers. So this episode is not about throwing the police at every little problem either. It is about valuing life and admitting that we have made mistakes that we can rectify. Today I am a huge advocate for my LGBTQIA friends because I owe it to them. But I also owe it to everyone to make sure that they do not end up harmed by this reckless ideology that says to forgive and forget the ills of the past

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Influencers

Thu, 12 May 2022 07:00:00 GMT

Who influences the influencers? It's a question that rarely anybody asks, which is already a bit suspicious. In an age where we know more about our world than ever, whenever I see an unanswered question, I am always left wondering who benefits from the question remaining unanswered. Sure, there is not always an answer there, but preparing for the worst often leads to the best outcomes. I have a political mind. I never take things at face value, mostly because all of the information lies beneath the face. Humans speak in metaphors and legalities. They say what will please the most people, and do not say what will displease the most people. Even if you are "apolitical" you are still a politician to me. I do not want to hear proclamations of abstract concepts like "peace" or "love" or "freedom" from the politicized human psyche, and so I cut to the core. It does not take much investigating to find where influencers make their money. Up until recently I was under the impression that social media influencers were owned by corporations. There is ample evidence that this is quite true. Major corporations drop millions of dollars a year on marketing and the small pittance they dole out to social media influencers is only a very small part of that budget. However, I now have evidence that politicians are also funding social media influencers. Good thing you don't follow anyone famous, right? Not so fast. Micro-influencers, social media influencers with 25,000 followers or less, are now being used by companies and politicians alike. While some politicians disclose that they are using social media influencers, there is no law that requires such a disclosure. That means you are more than likely following an influencer who is under the influence of any number of party candidates up for election this year and any other year there is an election. In case you are wondering, this does not seem to be something that just the right is doing. On the right, several micro-influencers have been caught spreading lies about the election being "rigged", which also just happens to be the opinion of Trump and his followers. On the left, micro-influencers involved in the "healthy lifestyle" have been caught promoting information on climate change. This poses several difficult questions that virtually no one is asking. Is it ethical to use propaganda to further what you consider to be a "good cause"? Is manipulating people fine as long as doing so improves society in some way? Lying is not protected by the first amendment, so is deceptive marketing lying? Is the right to manipulate protected by law? Are your opinions your own or were they given to you by "alternative news sources"? I will tell you right now that it is difficult to think for yourself when your thoughts are not your own. This age of "free thinkers" is not what it seems. Everyone is manipulating, scheming, plotting to alter your worldview, to replace it with their own. Can you think freely in such a world? I think so, but it takes much more than the average person is willing to give. It takes skepticism, but it also requires a lighthearted cynicism as well. One must realize that you cannot assume the best of people in such a world in order to remain untainted with the propagandistic filth of partisans and snake oil salesmen. People who seek to control your minds are not your friends. Those of you who have been in abusive relationships know, more than anyone, that the abuser always seeks to infiltrate and change the mind. This is abuse. You are being abused when people secretly try to change your mind, whether it be for "your own good" or not be damned. It is important to remain distant from those who provide simplistic answers to difficult questions. Thinking for oneself is a human right. Nothing can change this. We must fight for our right to think freely. It is not the place of the government or big business to control thoughts. Liberate your mind and you have won.

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The Repression of Human Sexuality

Tue, 03 May 2022 07:00:00 GMT

I rarely discuss human sexuality anymore these days, mostly because many people I meet, for all of their pontification of sexual liberation, are pretty grossed out about it. In America there are essentially two versions of every argument; both of them argue that the world will end if we are not boring. The same can be said of human sexuality. Right wing Americans view sex as an affrontery to religious doctrine. This is why you will find conservatives across every social media network discussing how sex and all of its incarnations have ruined the modern world. In the conservative mind, it is not obesity or poor diet or the rise in chronic illness that is the cause of the rise of infertility and erectile dysfunction in men. They argue that sex itself or pornography causes these things, which will ultimately lead to the extinction of the human species as a whole. They have no evidence for this, but they argue it nonetheless. Simply increasing the amount of physical activity in public schools and the workplace, along with removing fast food from schools and places of business would easily solve these problems. “Left” wing America (there is no real left wing in America; it is just a coalition of centrists and apathetic people who like Noam Chomsky) is a bit more nuanced. Their argument is that sex is bad because it leads to “immoral” actions like marriage and having children, which, in their minds, will cause people to create excess waste that will destroy the planet. The moderates also have very little evidence for their claims. While it is true that human caused climate change is real, most climate activists fail to realize that corporations create the most waste, not little Timmy and Tanya, nor the married couple that lives down the street that these people obsess over for some reason. If you simply limited these corporations’ ability to create excess waste, then climate change would become a thing of the past. Neither side has a positive view of the sex, proving that America, for all of its differences, is nothing more than a theocracy. Theocracy, the rule of people by a class of priests, also seeks to control human sexuality as both the conservative and moderate wings of the American political system seeks to do. This is no coincidence. The control of sexuality is necessary if one wishes to control massive groups of people. In order to control the masses, one must keep them in a constant state of stress, fear and crippling anxiety. Sexual expression between consenting adults relieves stress and anxiety, thus making life more tolerable and less horrifying to people. This is why the theocrats (moderates and conservatives are the priests of American theocracy; people like Mitt Romney and Joe Manchin are perfect examples) so desperately want to take your pornography away from you. It is also why they oppose your right to express who you choose and to be with, marry and procreate with who you choose. Anyone who tells you that procreation or marriage or homosexuality or transgenderism are somehow wrong or bad are all part of this theocratic mindset, even if they may not realize or intend it. There is nothing wrong with sexual expression as long as there is consent from the individuals involved and as long as the individuals involved are of age. But America is a boring and gossipy nation, so Americans are always trying to create problems with human sexuality where there are none. I do not think this will ever change in America because it has always been a sexually stunted nation from the get go. So, expect further legislation protecting you from having a good time in the bedroom. It’s kind of what we do here. Oh, and be sure to rinse your eyes out with chlorine after reading this. Some jerkoff on Christian Twitter told me STDs can be transmitted visually and you never can be too careful. Say a prayer to exercise the masturbation demons and try to only date inanimate objects to protect the environment from utter destruction.

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Optimus Amazon prime

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 07:00:00 GMT

All systems are ready. Brain hacks have been initiated. Common human myths such as individuality and imperfection have been eradicated. Relaxation has been efficiently discouraged. Hard work and endless suffering have been sufficiently programed into the hard drive of humanity. There is no longer any need for you to dream for Optimus Amazon Prime had dreamed your dreams for you. You have been allotted the accurate amount of hope. You have been allowed the appropriate time for leisure. You no longer need family or friends. You are a superhero, a diva, a warrior, a survivor, a victor, a winner. Winners need nothing but more wins. You have been optimized. You are now a tool of the business world, an efficient resource to be scrutinized and utilized. You are a tool, an instrument, a machine. You have been transformed, changed, molded, and shaped into a non-person, a non-entity, a non-being. You have no time for emotions for you have been perfected. You do not want children so you are perfect. You do not want romance so you are perfect. You do not want meat so you are perfect. You do not want “division” so you are perfect. You do not do drugs (at least not ones your doctor has not prescribed) so you are perfect. You have become so perfected that you even try to improve the way you consume food. You do not have time for cooking, perhaps not even microwaving, so you blend your food into a tasteless slush of nutrients and chug it on the way to work. You pop a multivitamin to optimize the immune system. You down a protein shake or a green smoothie at every year. You leave your food raw to optimize the intake of nutrition. You sound like a computer now and so you are perfect. Do you want to have fun? Read an article on how to have fun. Do you want to have better sex? Read an article on how to have better sex. Do you want to be happier? Be ruthless. Be ambitious. Be annoying. Mission accomplished. You have conquered happiness. You have owned the pursuit. You have destroyed the competition. Perfections is officially your bitch. And now that you have conquered life you are likely online writing articles about how to skull fuck life into submission. Ah, what a treasure you are. What a great contribution you have made to society. You will go down in history as…another dead person, a person who will be forgotten, a person who a teenager in a high school history class will loathe learning about. Mission accomplished. Optimization achieved. But could you be lying to yourself? Could it be that you really do care about others? Isn’t that the reason you set goals for yourself in the first place? Admit it, you set goals to please your loved ones or to get back at them. Either way, the motivator is the same. You once loved people more deeply than your computer, phone or video games put together. So you made goals for yourself to accomplish that you might impress those people, that you might strengthen your relationships, not distance yourself from them. But it did not work. The more successful you became, the more you pushed people away, the more your grew to hate your competition, the less likely you were to trust others. And now you are alone, successful and optimized, writing how to articles on the internet, hoping and praying that your followers will adore you the way your loved ones were unable to. But Optimus Amazon Prime has encountered several critical errors: the malware of desire, the virus of truth, the super bug of empathy. Optimust Amazon Prime cannot function when truth, desire and empathy are overabundant. Machines do not desire. Computers do not seek truth. Empathy does not exist in the matrix. Your hard drive is overheating. Optimization is falling at a breakneck pace. Optimus Amazon Prime cannot complete the tasks of true happiness you have requested. Optimus Amazon Prime has failed and will go offline. Sequence terminated. Meltdown. Point made. Game over. System failure. Shut down. Restart. Automatic repair initiated.

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Rehoming

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 07:00:00 GMT

I will begin this by stating that I have a child of my own and that I plan on having more as well, but I am still pro-choice, not pro-life. I will also say out loud that I do not have any hopes of changing anyone’s mind about abortion. People decide on the issue when they are young and their opinions on this issue rarely change. You cannot really change anyone’s mind on such politically charged issues and so I do not see the point in trying any longer. There is too much romantic heroism involved in the whole save the children argument to argue scientifically or even logically when it comes to this issue. So many American men view themselves as the saviors of women that having any kind of sound, logical discussing about abortion is pretty much impossible. All the pro-lifers have to do anymore is take out their violins and start reciting poetry about saving the poor little babies, the poor little babies that they do not want to pay for. It is a fact that most pro-lifers are actively seeking to dismantle and destroy the welfare system. Well, how do you afford all of these new children popping up without welfare? Have we really grown so childish that we are expecting people to not have children until they can afford them? When has abstinence only ever worked? When has prayer ever stopped people from having children that they are not prepared to care for? When has hoping for things to work out for the best ever actually prevented child abuse? Never, but pro-lifers do not care about that. They do not really care about the well-being of the child. I know that for a fact. I know that I have not even spoken to most of my pro-life “friends” ever since my child was born. I have not even gotten so much as a hello from my pro-life friends since my child’s birth. Pro-lifers are not lovers of life, but lovers of god, and god is a ruthless character in the holy scriptures, turning a deaf ear and a blind eye to the suffering of millions. Well, people try to be like their god and so they ignore difficult problems and make silly leaps of faith. No, none of this is meant to change your mind. I simply wish to inform you of the hell on earth that will soon unfold because of this very hasty and uninformed decision. I can almost guarantee that most pro-lifers have never even heard of rehoming. While that may sound like something a person does with pets, parents in America are starting to frequent the practice of simply putting their child up for auction to the highest bidder on the internet. Some people even throw child pageants so that prospective parents can audition children that they may potentially adopt. These possible parents to be can even choose that they do not want a rehomed child after they have already adopted them. That’s right, the rehoming market has a return policy; if you dislike your adopted child, you can simply take it back, as long as you have the receipt. I thought that pro-lifers believed that children were not things, that kids were people with rights. But if these kids can simply be auctioned off on the internet to pedophiles, rapists and perverts then the kids have no rights. They are simply pawns in a political chess match between the right and the left. You cannot force parents to keep their children and even if you were to make a law forcing them to do so, the child would suffer in poverty or just suffer with the knowledge that their parents never wanted them. Child abandonment under the guise of this legal practice of rehoming will skyrocket when roe v. wade is overturned. Children will be thrown into this rehoming system, a system which is full of child predators just waiting for their next young victim. And so as America continues to punish poor people by cutting their benefits we will soon see a whole generation of Americans brought up in a dystopian childcare system that essentially legitimizes child abuse. If that is pro-life then it is a harsh life indeed. This is not caring about children.

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America Hates Again: Asian Hate in The Age Of Covid

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 06:12:02 GMT

When you neglect an old wound, it has a way of creeping up on you during times of distress. Without the proper attention, the smallest wound can make you start to lose your grip on reality, and slowly start to descend into madness. A few sensationalized stories about faulty lab work in a Chinese lab has sent Americans into a complete hysteria regarding the origin of the pandemic. Everywhere you turn it seems as if someone has their own unique version of who is responsible for the outbreak, and very rarely do any of these stories match up with the CDC's version. People tend to take their ill will out on others when they have no one to blame. We are society obsessed with placing blame on people, righting supposed wrongs, rescuing non-existent damsels in distress, and saving the world from the awful influence of the "other". Thought the anti-immigration sentiment is strong in America, it is important to note that one need not be from another nation to receive the negative treatment associated with being an outsider in this country. There is, after all, an American way, and that way has very strict requirements for what an American is supposed to look like. Of course the media has successfully stolen the issue of Asian hate from the people it actually effects, and turned it into a giant "who has done the most for Asian people" cockfight, which the conservative and liberal alphabet soup media tend to do with every issue concerning human rights. It's all a show for the big media corporations. They believe that if you talk enough about something on TV then the problem will simply disappear. We all know this is a farce. Sitting around talking to someone who hated you even before the pandemic began is not going to convince them that you're an okay person. It's much more important to recognize the harsh reality that success in America is not always synonymous with progress. That is to say, one can be quite successful in America, but still not be accepted as a part of the society. Never forget that social contracts are not forged in stone, and, even if they were, someone would find a way to alter them. As we have seen with situations like Black Wall Street, the thriving black business hub that was completely destroyed by white rage in the early 1900s, your economic and social status in this country is conditional, and subject to white supremacist review at all times. This can be a disturbing reality for some to accept. We want to think that horrible things are in the past. But do we know this for certain? Racism is a silent killer. It works slowly, almost without notice. It seeps into your daily life, toying with our hopes, dreams and passions until you are left a shell of your former self. You find yourself being used as a political pawn in a game for power that often has nothing to do with you in any real way. This can be quite disheartening in a time where we should be able to focus on our health; however, all is not lost. Though, I cannot promise you some great acceptance from the white supremacist in this nation, I can reassure you that you do not need or want it. Acceptance is a tricky word. It can fool you into believing that problems don't exist. I don't think that we need to accept each other as we are. I think that if people are persecuting others it needs to stop, regardless of how free their speech is. That's right, I'm telling all the supposed loving people of America to knock it off with the damn hatred all the time. Why is it that America only seems to give a damn when I'm in a bad mood? Maybe it should look in the mirror for once. So, enough with the hate America. Do what you told me to do when I asked you what I I would do for job, "buck up, get over it, pull yourself up by your own bootstraps, stop bothering everyone with your problems, and stop being so goddamn negative!" See, it doesn't feel that great when someone does it to you, does it? Let's stop the hate and call out the haters on More Content Talk.

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Coping with Loneliness and Rejection During Covid-19

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:38:32 GMT

We all know what it feels like to be alone, and without a shoulder to cry on. I don't have to explain it to you. If you're listening to this show, I know that you have been there before. Only a person who has been through a lot of pain could find humor in the things I say. It is, perhaps, what makes or breaks a person's strength, that being their ability to find pleasure in the most heartbreaking pain. Many of us, for whatever reason, have had to rethink many of the choices we made prior the the pandemic, including the relationships we choose to have with our friends and family members. Though it can sometimes be good for us to explore new relationships, most of us struggle to let go of the past, feeling as if there was one correct thing we could have done or said to make things work out for the better. But does this assumption have any truth to it, or are we just searching for another way to despair when there is no need. People change. They grow up. The mature in different ways. That doesn't always mean that they get to take their friends and loved ones with them. It can, of course, be even more devastating to be alone during a pandemic, where we are, supposedly, shut away from the world. I do agree that this can be extremely difficult, at first. I once longed for sleepless nights, and endless socializing. I was, in many ways, the life of the party. So, how did I end up giving all that up for a stable family life devoted much more to self improvement than the improvement of others? Simple, the party life is boring. Pointless relationships are boring. Endless socializing is boring. How many interesting conversations did you have before the pandemic? I mean, conversations that you were actually engaged in, not speaking to someone while scrolling through youtube videos you have no intention of watching. I bet, if you actually thought about it, the answer would be not very many. I understand what you're going through. I'm not mocking you. I am trying to get you to look on the bright side, not because I am a positive thinker, but because there is no point in feeling alone when you can enjoy the company of yourself. I have been soundly rejected by society. My friends all bailed on me when I needed them. I have made new friends now. Sure, it took awhile. I had to venture out into the world, and even try out social media before I started meeting people again. But it did happen. Regardless of how inadequate I felt, there were still new, interesting, caring people who were interested in what I had to say. So, there is light at the end of the tunnel, if you are willing to stick it out. But, in order to get there, let's try to remember that we are more than Americans; we are individuals. We should enjoy our own company for, if we do not, how can we expect others to enjoy it? So, I am telling you today to be glad when you are alone. Being alone gives you more time to remember what you were like when you were a child. It allows you to think only the thoughts that you would like to, whenever you like to. Being alone may be just what you need to write that novel, or color that picture or start that blog. Maybe you don't have "back to normal anxiety" or whatever google is saying this week to get people to serve them coffee again. Maybe you just want to be alone. Maybe you just want to get to know yourself a little better. That's not being selfish; that's called being self aware, and recognizing that you just might matter more than any slogan can encapsulate. So what if you've been rejected? Isn't that wonderful? Now you finally have the time you always wanted to enjoy what little time you have. Embrace it. Enjoy it. Loneliness is nothing to be afraid of as long as you remember that you are fun, brilliant, and unique without the approval of others. Come on, let's be alone together, on More Content Talk. Image Credit: Warren Wong/Sound Credit bensound.com--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morecontentplease/support

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Myth Trusters: When Despair Becomes Delusion

Sun, 28 Mar 2021 06:39:52 GMT

We are now more than a year into the Covid 19 pandemic, and it is certain that there will be a third wave. The CDC, and Dr. Fauci, have now stated that they are extremely concerned about the growing number of cases, which, as I sit here writing, is now at 57,000 cases a day in the last week. This is clear evidence for another surge of covid deaths, but America, including about half of our elected officials have declared the pandemic over. It may seem perplexing, I say may because it seems to make sense to many people, that the woes of sadness and boredom are outweighing the reality of illness and death, but that is what it has come to in America. It becomes more and more clear all the time that this is not a nation of people who care anything about health. I knew this was a problem in the mental health field. Americans commonly deny the existence of mental illness, treating therapy as some sort of conspiracy to take away their right to be an asshole. But the mental health pandemic has been largely ignored. As I write, it is estimated that a third of people in the United States have mental disorders that have not been diagnosed. You can almost understand the ignorance when it comes to our mental health pandemic. Mental illness is not easy to spot, and those who suffer from it rarely know they even have such an illness. However, the avoidance, and denial of physical illness is also common in American history. Various unproven alternative care "treatments" such as enemas, fasting, water treatments, and beatings have been touted as the holy grail of healing by opportunists, and utopians. But where do these supposed hucksters come from? As the old adage goes, where there is demand, the supplier will provide the goods. America may not be a Christian nation, but it is a faith based nation. People desire to be right more than they desire to be cured. Everywhere you go you hear people claiming to have the correct worldview. But does medical science jive with their particular flavor of truth? For years, we were told to treat people kindly, and to accept them for who they are. What if who they are is a person in despair who has given up on life completely, but is still able to function in society? What if their life has been a horror show, a complete nightmare that has resulted in nothing but pain, and misery? What if they have not been successful like you have? What if they sincerely tried to fit into the world as it is, but time and again were told that there was simply no place for them? What if their entire reason for existing has been called into question by various tragedies? What if their loved ones mock and ignore them? What if they are stranger everywhere they go? What if they have no place where they can just be themselves? What if, everywhere they go, people are trying to change them? This is what we have called despair. Despair is such a powerful emotion, that it will make you completely irrational. It seems to me that is what is going on in the United States when it comes to the various conspiracy theories online, and elsewhere. The conspiracy theorist decides that they are the hero of their own tragic tale, that it may very well be over for them, that all hope may be lost, but at least they still have their own mind. They are still an individual under this narrative. They are not being controlled by the people who they feel have hurt them. Yet all too often I hear people saying we need to teach more, we need to talk more, we need more debates. What effect has that had? Why do we keep trying the same tactics over and over again even though we are getting nowhere?

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The Catholic Church Shows Its True Colors

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:39:40 GMT

The year was 2008. I was young, in college, and I had this notion in my head that the world was changing, that humanity's collective work to make the world a more peaceful, inclusive place was finally paying off, and that I was lucky enough to be a part of the generation that brought about huge social change. Back then, I thought the election of Barrack Obama signified a clear shift in the American narrative toward a more liberal period, a time where people who looked like me would be accepted by...well, the people who provide you with a paycheck. We weren't asking for much. We just wanted a place at the table. We never really got that place at the table, and, though I may not always agree with Barrack Obama, it would be silly to blame him for this. He did the best he could with a crappy situation, that being that he was an agent for change in a nation that was directly opposed to change. As soon as Obama realized that he could not pass anything through the senate without pretending to be a Reagan era conservative I knew that any hope we had for real change was over. This realization led me down a very dark path of despair that I will not go into here. It really devastated me to know that this was the result of the protests, and the essays. Another Reagan era conservative, another screw job for people like me. I have come to expect that from America: screw job after screw job. But one thing did not surprise me in 2008, and that was the coexist movement. I saw it coming from a mile away. The Catholic Church's last big attempt to convert the heathen. Don't get me wrong, they didn't lead with that. They were sure to use all the right buzz words: "peace", "acceptance", and the ever so important, yet entirely vague, "tolerance" were preached as if they were in Leviticus. It was the new law of the land. The Catholic Church had given up its oppressive history for coexistence. Everywhere there was rejoicing. Even popular politicians were photographed with the new popular Pope Francis, as if he was their cool uncle who was going to give everyone free candy. Francis enjoyed a huge surge in popularity for saying things like "homosexuals are children of god" and "atheists do not have to go to hell". This was seen as progressive by popular liberals on the alternative and popular news channels. It was a uniform reaction to a bunch of meaningless statements, so I knew back then something was awry. Meanwhile, the Catholic church has continued to hide priests, and protect priests who have committed crimes. They have still failed to release various records that may indicate their priests and nuns in child sex abuse cases. How much could this benevolent, hip new pope actually do to change such an old, and seemingly unchangeable organization? Were we supposed to believe that he could somehow wipe away hundreds of years of tyranny by simply saying "my bad"? America seemed to think so. All of a sudden you could not look at someone's laptop or backpack without seeing a coexist sticker. There were coffee mugs, t-shirts, banners, the whole nine yards. Yep, the Catholic church was making money, and promoting "peace" at the same time. It's funny how people like Pope Francis, who advertised for the catholic church's coexist movement, seem to cry foul when evangelicals get to talking. It almost seems like they're old rivals jockeying for position or something, but the official narrative of American history has told us that is simply out of the question. So why did Pope Francis mislead the gay and black communities into thinking they had a future in the Vatican? Why was everyone telling me this was a liberal pope as he simultaneously was disrupting the hard work that activists did to secure the right to abortion, gay marriage, and racial equality? Why is this pope ritualistically given a pass because he used to hang out with Obama? Is this the "logic" that the "facts" based movement is boasting about? It is. Welcome to the coexist is over party!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morecontentplease/support

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Rush Limbaugh, and The Myth of "Integrity"

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:16:47 GMT

Before Rush Limbaugh died, he stated that he had always been a man of integrity. Integrity indeed. Perhaps he was, if you consider causing hatred and division a virtuous goal to aspire to. Perhaps other shock orators are virtuous as well. Hell, everyone seems morally upright these days. Listening to the buffoonish media, one would have assumed that Rush had apologized for being a bad boy all those years, the years that ruined my life, the years that made it nearly impossible for me to get work, even though I had worked a lot harder than Rush, or any shock news peon. Perhaps we should thank those who paint us as criminals, and put obstacles in our way, regardless of how much we suffer. Perhaps we should forgive and forget, let bygones be bygones, focus on the present, not the past. Perhaps we should be another species. Perhaps we should repair our damage psyches and join a mystic cult, forever dreaming of the mystical mysteries of mysticism. Perhaps we should believe in magic. Perhaps we should dance in the forest, become one with nature, and ascend into the heavens. Perhaps we should forget we are human, put on animal costumes, and scurry away to neverland to forget our troubles once and for all. Perhaps we should, but we won't. We will be here, in the real world, and we will suffer through the fruit of Rush's labor. And so, I am here to bring you the real Rush Limbaugh that the cowards at the alphabet soup media companies were too afraid to in fear of a ratings dip. Well, Rush kicked the can. It's over.No more rants about the dangerous blacks. No more sensationalized crap news about women taking men's jobs. No more outlandish stories about the president being a Muslim from another country. No more insinuating that Jewish people have done...whatever he had said they'd done on that particular day. Yes, Rush Limbaugh's legacy is an eventful one to say the least. The man undoubtedly cause more hatred and derision in America than any of the other various shock radio hosts. Rush did not report the news, he invented it, turning competent media into a horror show of stereotypes, pseudoscience, and gossip. He sat, perched upon his leather podium, spewing out hate and stale tobacco smoke, like some kind of cartoon character from the 1940s. He ruined everything he could. That was his mission in life, to ruin the lives' of others, and he succeeded in ways that dictators could only have fantasized about. Yet when this man, if you can call him that, (I prefer coward) died, the political nannies came out, wagging their fingers at those who would dare speak ill of the dead. Well, I have nothing but terrible things to day about this now dead coward. So what if this idiot is now rotting in the dirt? How does that effect me in anyway other than knowing some of my tax dollars went to put him in the dirt? I want my money back by the way. I feel nothing for this hollow shell of a human other than contempt. Do you think that because you die that excuses your actions in life? Do you think that death absolves you somehow? Not in my world.Death is not justice, nor is it peace. The only benefit I get from that yellow toothed cigar sucker kicking the bucket its that I don't have to listen to his awful tirades about the poor being lazy drug addicts anymore. But even that was only a temporary relief, only a facade that perhaps this trash talking piece of garbage would not influence my life anymore.But then the morons started talking, "be nice", "be moral", "take the high road", "don't say anything bad". Well, I will say some bad things, a lot of bad things. When a person has nothing but bad things to say, that is what they get in return. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morecontentplease/support

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"The Good Old Days", and The Deception of Nostalgia

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 06:44:43 GMT

Do you year for the days of yore? You know, a simpler time when people didn't have to give a damn about each others' feelings; the days when, if one got sick, one simply prayed to whatever god one was allowed to believe in at the time. Ah yes, the days long forgotten, and the days we all talk about. Wasn't that great? Wasn't it fun wandering off to school at 6:00am so that you could play in a creek, and cut a vein open on a rusty nail? That actually happened to one of my mom's brothers by the way, or it may have been a rusty can, either way, not good. He didn't die...somehow, and is still alive today thankfully. But the horror of that story permeates in my mind. My mom talked about her and her other siblings (my mother came from a large family of about 7) wrapping my uncle's cut up in their clothes, and rushing him back home so that their parents could drive him to the hospital. He was apparently gushing blood all the way, and I imagine in great pain, though, with a cut as bad as that, shock tends to set in after a few moments. So, who knows? Perhaps he fainted, and doesn't remember a thing. Isn't that nice? Isn't it quaint? Doesn't it make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside knowing that he pulled out okay in the end, and lived happily ever after? Well, it shouldn't. Why? Because he could have died, that's why. And, even though he didn't, what kind of a people allow children to wander off into creeks with rusty nails and cans? I don't even care what your political beliefs are. Where I am from, that is called irresponsible, and life-threatening behavior. Yet, now more than ever, there seems to be this call to return to a simpler time. Can we really get more simple than we already are? We can't control this virus in any way that is effective. Should we really be looking to the days when people dropped dead like flies because of the flu? As a political scientist, I am often amused when I see pictures of Thomas Jefferson or George Washington strewn about someone's twitter account or other social media because I already know what lecture I am going to here. And I quote, "the big bad government has torn the constitution to shreds, and is trying to usurp our freedom with Hollywood, socialism, and atheism. So, we have to go back to a simpler time without clean water, biology or mental health so that we can defeat the devil of communist China cancel culture." Something like that anyway; it all blends together after a year of blathering on about whatever your particular flavor of political gossip is today. It disgust me to see so many seemingly "reasonable" people get sucked up into this obvious lie. Good old days? What on earth have you been smoking? It reminds me of when I hear morons ramble on about the purity of Thomas Jefferson's moral character because he didn't beat his slaves. What a complete load of rubbish. He should have never owned them, and he definitely should have never had sex with a fourteen year old. But we must hold his image sacred because he had some good ideas. Give me a break. I have heard people for years make excuses for the moral failures of their heroes, as if they just didn't understand their actions, and were really dear, sweet, loving people at heart. These claims are biased nonsense, and have no place in real history. It is something you would find on the history channel, a dopey actor portraying a historical figure with intense facial expressions, and heart wrenching monologues. That is not reality. It is a fantasy sold to you by entertainers. Behind the fantasy their is a real history, a deeper, richer, more complex, and vastly more interesting history that can instruct us on our current stat of fairs. But most people do not want to read their history; they want to live it, as if they were the dopey actors portraying the story of the past. As I will demonstrate very clearly in this episode, this yearning for the past is yet another of humanity's ways of rushing itself off to an early grave.

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Frederick Douglass: The Paradox of Liberty

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 16:23:32 GMT

Frederick Douglass was never supposed to be anything in life. He was born into slavery, separated from his family, and sentenced to a term of serving others for the rest of his life, having committed no crime. Though this story is tragic, those of us who have actually read American history know that his story is not rare for this reason alone. Douglass certainly had to deal with the brutality of slavery, but so did many black people, so this alone is not what is impressive about his story. What makes Douglass unique, and still quite the enthralling read even to this day, is that he demanded more from humanity than the simple, "well, that's just the way it is, so deal with it". He rejected the notion of complacency in life, and encouraged others to do the same. He did not believe that slavery was just a matter of brutalizing the body, but of abusing the mind. Douglass "Narratives of the Life of An American Slave" does what most other books of the period fail to do. It argues, and proves, that the slave system was kept alive by creating tiny communities on plantations. It is not Douglass' argument that slavery was a consistent horror show of beatings, as portrayed by European film makers. Indeed, he discusses beatings, and whippings, but he states very clearly in Narratives that it was not the beatings that kept slaves from running off (indeed it was the beatings that drove many of them to escape). So what did keep slaves from revolting for so long? There were far more of them than plantation owners, and they could have overthrown the whole system without the north? Why didn't they? This is a question that has plagued philosophers, who are always trying to complicate things instead of looking for answers. Fortunately for them, they need not question reality, or history for that matter. Douglass' writings tell us very clearly that slaves were paid, though obviously not well, they were given holidays, allowed to socialize with friends, allowed to practice Christianity, sing songs, dance, and all sorts of things that we still do today. After awhile of receiving rewards, and fun of this kind, the slave likely reasoned that this was the best they were ever going to get. After all, they knew nothing of northern life, where blacks were free for the most part. So, slaves did not leave because they believed their condition would not improve. They had no real evidence for this. They were lied to, and they believed the lie, even with the bible in hand, they believed the lies of their masters. This calls into question the moral trajectory of belief. If belief can lead to an enslaved populous, should we really be entertaining such a dangerous notion? Should we coexist with people who believe it is their inherent right to enslave others, and then raise children to believe that slavery is natural? It is their belief after all, and according to American dumbass logic, we have no right to question beliefs. Well, I'm questioning, and I am not going to stop. You do not get to erase history, not on my watch anyway. We must stamp out this notion that beliefs are sacred. They are fantasies that we develop to justify our hatred. If I believe that you are less than me, I will not care when you are suffering. It behooves you not to allow this nonsense to go on any further, and to start really questioning the motives of those who are always telling you to believe without evidence. This is black history month, but black history does not stop in february, nor does it rest when you decide that you no longer want to listen to your new rap album. Our culture is your culture. America was built on the blood, sweat and tears of black suffering, and mental abuse. It is high time that we all faced the fact that slavery can absolutely happen again, and that, if it does, it will not just be about enslaving blacks, but about controlling the political sphere of influence, which was always its real function. Let's have a black history discussion, on MCT.

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Time Flies When You're No Fun

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 19:30:33 GMT

We have all heard the saying "time flies when you're having fun." And I am sure the we have all rolled our eyes after hearing it. It is one of those phrases, like "how are you doing?", that has become almost entirely meaningless. It has also, I think, been seriously called into question since the pandemic began. People often talk about being bored under quarantine, and I wholeheartedly believe them. However, I have heard many of the same people talk about time seemingly speeding up while the pandemic has taken hold. This seems contrary because many entertaining films and stories have been made about tumultuous times in history. It would seem the the untrained observer that something like a pandemic would be anything but boring, but pandemics are quite predictable, and predictability leads to boredom. We already know what is going to happen. People will complain about wearing masks, cry at some protest, and then get a conservative judge to comply with their idiocy. It is the same story over and over again, and i has been the same story since March, 2020. Talk about boring. The days kind of blur together when you are not interested in what is happening. You wake up everyday, and everything is the same. There is no variety. The unexpected becomes predictable. You already know what is going to happen before you even do anything.All of the news headlines are the same, giving you horror stories about the danger that is surely to come from bad decisions that will certainly be made. According to the time flies philosophy we should all be in a constant state of slow time. Yet the year just flew by for many people. In the blink of an eye, 2020 was here and gone. This is not to say the year was not sad, or to trivialize the pain of others. It is a recognition that we decide how fast or slow time goes by deciding what we will do with our lives. People always have excuses for why they have yet to paint that painting, sing that song, read that book, write that poem, learn that instrument, etc. It almost seems as if people hunt for excuses. "Well, I can't be an actor," they proclaim, "there is a conspiracy to keep me out of Hollywood because I don't look the right way." Okay, maybe. But there are many other ways to be an actor than going to Hollywood. Hell, you can even be one in your own home these days with the advent of online entertainment. So, what is the real reason the person does not pursue their dream career? Obviously, they do not feel valued. They do not feel that they can do it, not that it is impossible. If it were impossible then there would be no actors. But why do they feel that they specifically cannot accomplish this? It is easy to blame this on the ill will of others, and that definitely has an effect. I am not minimizing that. However, there comes a point where we must realize that our enemies are indeed our enemies, especially if they are unwilling to change. So, we then must ask ourselves what we can do to make our lives better without the approval of others. That is to say, how can we be happy in a world that makes no sense, a world that is absurd? We must first come to grips with how silly we are. We must realize that the place we want to be is no better than where we are now. That is not to say that we should settle. Quite the contrary, we should strive to make our meaning where there is obviously none provided for us by this useless society. We must realize that there is no master of our fate, no secret puppet master pulling the strings, that we are alone, and responsible for our own actions.We must also realize that being alone can be liberating. We can learn more when we are alone. What is so boring about that? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morecontentplease/support

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Propaganda, The War You Are Already Fighting

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 20:09:03 GMT

It has become something of a parlor trick to analyze propaganda. Serious analysis of the battle for hearts and minds has become a hobby for internet sleuths and gotcha journalists. In a sense, the hunt to understand and explain propaganda has become propaganda itself. This idea of brainwashing has heavily influenced the American psyche, leading to vast conspiracy theories about government and business takeovers that never come to fruition. This makes it easy to claim that people are in some way mentally forced to take certain actions. This misses the point. The reality is that most people have already decided to hate certain groups before propaganda ever is initiated. This idea that one person could somehow make a large group of people racist or sexist is entirely new, and was invented by scam artists like alex jones and bill cooper, who are themselves propagandists! We can already discount any serious analysis of propaganda if it is a propagandist who is doing the analysis, which, with the current state of the internet, is pretty much all you'll find. These morons wave degrees or certifications about and state that they are more qualified to analyze propaganda than the people, mostly political theorists and behaviorists, who are actually trained to do it. Instead of offering you a fun story or useless archaic examples of propaganda, which is what you will find youtube for the most part, I read from the book written on propaganda by Jaques ellul. Though, largely forgotten, and relegated to of dusty bookshelves, Ellul's understanding of propaganda transcends the usual "brainwashing" focused analysis. Ellul instead focuses on political, social and economic realities that are programmed into the system we live in. He contests that propaganda begins not with fake news, but with a real concern in society that the government has failed to address. Leaders then use propaganda to stoke already volatile tensions that existed before the propagandist was ever born. In other words, people are not brainwashed, but presented with solutions that make them feel better emotionally, not in reality. When a person desires an answer, any confident individual can provide them with one that sounds right, not because it is correct, but because they exude confidence. This is brought to you by More Content Chefs, a new series produced by More Content Please. We feature various forms of arts and entertainment and food is one of them. The ketogenic diet has manifold benefits, especially for those suffering from epilepsy. I know this because I have epilepsy and have now been seizure free for almost a year while on the keto diet. I make it part of my mission to let people know the diet and its recipes for free. Spreading epilepsy awareness with one of my passions is truly amazing and I sincerely appreciate all who watch and learn from these videos.Please do not stop or alter your medications for seizures without your doctor's consent. Also, discuss any dietary changes you may be interested in with you neurologist, as this may effect the medications you are currently on. Always speak with your doctor before you listen to me. If you would like to try keto for weight loss I would be glad to help with tips so please reach out to us. Remember the more you like and subscribe to our podcasts, videos and other content the more content we will be able to give you so please like and subscribe!If you'd like to learn more you can visit our website or social media pages.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morecontentplease/support

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Love and Hate: Are They Two Sides of The Same Coin?

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 08:56:03 GMT

We use the words love and hate rather carelessly. Both of the terms are used to describe our taste in movies, food and relationships. If we do not love the cheeseburger, the we hate it. If a celebrity does not entertain us, they may make our most hated list. If a person does enough for us they are bestowed the "I love you" title, unless they cease doing these things of course. It is almost as if we are holding people hostage, threatening them with approval or disapproval, love or hate, at every turn. How does one manage to have a loving relationship in a world so obsessed with hatred? This may seem like a daunting task. Hatred seems to be the opposite of love. But, as per usual, scientific studied has called this observation into question. It may very well be that we never just love or just hate the people in our lives. Indeed, our affection may as fluid as our sexuality. We all have those days where we just do not get along with each other. We all know that arguing and disagreement lead to choas and misunderstanding. Therefore, if hatred is so detrimental to our existence, it would of course behoove us to completely avoid situations that lead to argument and disagreement; at least, this is what self-proclaimed experts have posited. However, we cannot avoid these "negative" feelings. They pop up, at times seemingly for no reason. Old arguments and disagreements that are still unsettled do not just go away.We may lose the exact wording of an argument, or even the subject matter, but the feeling remains hiding beneath the surface, and, eventually, turns into yet another argument. Of course if we ever want to be in relationship, we must ask ourselves how we can be ourselves fully, while not harming our loved ones. If that is not possible then we probably should not be together in the first place. We all have our own reasons for loving, and I would argue that one is no better than the next. However, it is not worth harming others or ourselves to live up to a standard of love that has been declared by society. We all have our own idea of love so I will spend very little time trying to define it. Hatred, on the other hand, is one of those emotions that Sunday morning psychologists have deemed "negative". Along with anger, fear and sadness, hatred has been relegated to what I like to refer to as the demon emotions; in the old days, and I would argue very much still today, it was not uncommon to refer to a person who was being overemotional, whatever the hell that means, as being inhabited by some sort of evil spirit or humor. The answer, or lack there of as I would put it, became to extract the evil spirit, thus curing the evil that inhabited it. But how does one extract the supernatural? Torture would seem almost pointless to inflict upon an eternal being that is destined to burn in hell. There is, after all, supposedly no greater torture than the wrath of god. So how did we end up tearing out people's entrails, drowning them in lakes, and boiling them alive in pots, all practiced during the holy crusades, to try and exercise demons? But we don't have to stop at religion. That is not what this is about. We could just as easily discuss the concept of "negativity", and how we simply view ourselves as the answer to every question. Why do you call people negative? What are the guidelines?Am I positive if I dislike the right authors? Am I negative if I criticize the wrong celebrity? How do we weigh such things?Are we just chronic fixers, never satisfied with any outcome? Does there need to be a fixed moral code or is it malleable? Do we love the ones we hate? Do we hate the ones we love?--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morecontentplease/support

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Be Yourself Or Bore Yourself, The Most lmportant Choice You'll Make

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 06:13:19 GMT

Life presents us with many choices. You know that. There is no need for me to give you examples. However, it is my humble opinion that there is one choice that is far more important than the others, that being whether you will be yourself, or be boring. Unfortunately, those are the only two options. I know that you have heard that there are other ways, that there is a happy medium where you can be yourself in a secret hiding place at night, while pretending with your friends and loved ones. However, you and I both know that whole gets old after awhile.It may be fun to pretend, for a time. It may even bring you great joy. Many entertainers will tell you how happy they are on stage. Yet most entertainers will also tell you that performing is just like any other job; as time passes, the fun fades, fatigue sets in, and you start dreaming about tomorrow. Humans have attention spans, but they are limited. No person enjoys repetition repeatedly, over and over again, not even for a little while.Can you be yourself around your loved ones? And, if you can at all, how far are you allowed to go? What is acceptable to the people around you? What limitations are they placing on your behavior? Many people claim to be comfortable with their relationships, but many also never examine them. The narrow road to being yourself is paved with revelations. If you decide to go on such a journey, you will have the pleasure of discovering real contentedness with yourself. But this requires a hard nosed resolve to be alone.The reality is that many people will never accept you completely, and that the vast majority of the self care you will do will be just that. The problem here is that we as humans are adverse to solitude, even when we need it to survive. Obviously we should not be reclusive because that can very easily lead to depression. However, it is not entirely necessary for us to rely so heavily on the approval of others. I would argue that doing so is actually quite damaging to our well-being, and tends to promote cult-like behavior, no matter what the education level of the follower.Is it possible for us to have healthy relationships and be our complete selves simultaneously or are we doomed to be alone even when we are together? I think that, if we are honest with ourselves, our need for approval is slowing us down. Do we need a whole team cheering us on or can we just do our own thing? Furthermore, what is it that makes people feel the need for tribes? Do groups have benefits for the individual? Perhaps, but there do not seem to be many, and they certainly are not timely. We are taught to take one for the team, but I believe that it is time to take a moment for ourselves?Who are you? What makes you tick? Why do you dream at night? What effect do you wish to have on the world? There are millions of people ready to tell you the answers. I would like you to find out for yourself.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morecontentplease/support

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Censorship Part II: Banishing What's Left to Achieve What's Right

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 06:16:25 GMT

Censorship is a slippery slope, unless, of course, one has a specific goal when utilizing it. Perhaps the goal could be to create confusion, even division, among those who have been censored. It is difficult to ascertain the meaning behind such things. After all, the last thing major corporations would want is to stop us from criticizing them. These days, the term conspiracy theorist is used a bit lightly. I often times see very good journalists with unique stories branded as conspiracy nuts but couch potato critics everywhere. Sometimes it is difficult to know what is true and what is not true, or what is funny or what is not funny, and, supposedly, the answer to this mild inconvenience is to have people we will never meet decide what we view, hear or even write. Is there any real science behind censorship? Does it actually work? One may point to the fact that the rumored second attack from the DC rioters did not occur as "proof" for censorship working, but what is more likely is that the rioters saw the national guard prowling around with AK-47s. You know, the national guard that was absent the first go around. I am pretty certain that would make most rioters think twice, don't you? I am already well aware that you cannot point to a scientific report that proves the effectiveness of censorship because censorship and science are, in fact, at odds with each other. Scientists are, by nature, skeptical of societal norms, which causes them to challenge said norms. If solid evidence is discovered that runs contrary to the political narrative of the moment, it is often censored. We have all heard the stories of the struggles of classical scientists, but do we still experience this censorship of knowledge today? Here is a quote from the article "Science and Censorship" by none other than the National Coalition Against Censorship:"The benefits to society of robust and unencumbered scientific research and debate are incalculable, especially considering that government-sponsored research is often the primary means to developing sound public policy. While censorship in the fields of art and politics has traditionally garnered the preponderance of public attention, the 21st Century have brought increased scrutiny of First Amendment concerns in the area of scientific research.Nationally, science has grown politicized. The federal government, motivated by a desire to sustain a specific political agenda, has frequently suppressed and/or distorted scientific reports. This incursion on the scientific community has impinged on a wide range of topics and research, including the environment, climate change, sex and health education, stem cell research, missile defense, energy sources and evolution. These attacks occur on both the state and federal level."If the experts that we so frequently defer to are openly admitting that our government, who sets the standards for education, is "motivated by a desire to sustain a specific political agenda", how do we know that science we acquire is up to date? No need to blame the schools here at all. Teachers can only teach what they are instructed to teach. The question here should not be, "how do we prevent people from being influenced by conspiracy theories"? The question worth answering is, "why do people seek knowledge that society cannot offer them?" As you have likely noticed by now, there is not much difference between a false conspiracy belief or a religious belief; the harsh reality is that believers don't have to be crazy, but they can all be censored. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morecontentplease/support

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"For Shame": The Demonization of Human Sexuality

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 07:14:24 GMT

How can there be a patriarchy in the free world? How can a world that does not recognize the consequences of its own actions truly be free? Are we ahead of the curve or are we just in denial when it comes to a woman's right to express her sexuality in America? "Progress", as many of us are so apt to call it, has a funny way of numbing us to our surroundings. We say ourselves working frantically to reach some greater goal, and we say to ourselves, "wow, I am really accomplishing something here; I have it so much better than my ancestors did because, well, just look at all these wonderful things that I am doing." We forget that our ancestors most likely thought the very same thing about their ancestors, and so on. Every society believes they have defeated all evils, and that they are, of course, superior to other, more twisted and evil, societies. Obviously America must be sans patriarchy because America is the greatest nation in the world, or whatever the hell you want to say this week. We can pretend women are allowed to express themselves all we like, but the reality is that, when the female figure is involved, far too many American men act like puritans on an acid trip. Men continue to believe it is their right to tell women what to do with their bodies, not only in the idiotic way of limiting contraception and abortion rights, but also by instructing women how to dress and speak, especially when it comes to their sexuality. The double standard is very clear. The ugliest men that no one wants to see are allowed to go shirtless while women are called names for showing a small portion of a non sexual gland while feeding their child; it just doesn't make any damn sense. Sexual promiscuity is pretty much accepted for men in America; I am not necessarily saying it is encourage all of the time, but there is almost a congratulatory appreciation amongst men for their sexual prowess. Women, on the other hand, are scorned for being too "loose", a term which sounds like the utterance of an 18th century hellfire and brimstone preacher. Even when women are completely covered, often times in ways that are already uncomfortable to them, they are still criticized for wearing the clothing in a way that is too revealing. This reveals a very deep hatred of femininity in general, which is at the heart of the American political dialectic. The founding fathers laid claim to women in their laws, stating whom the could and could not marry, essentially claiming, wrongly, that women belonged to men, not just to their husbands, but to wealthy, property owning men. With laws the relegate women's bodies in such demeaning ways, it is no wonder that such a violent wave of anti-feminist sentiment has swept across America. Domestic violence, as we know, is through the roof. What are the implications of that tragic statistic? Is this outburst of physical violence somehow related to this desire for control that is written in our very law books? Are we simply re-enacting the sins of our unholy fathers? It is probably a lot more complex than that; life is not that cut and dry. However, I still believe it is important to call into question the true desires of any movement when it comes to the censorship and control of human sexuality. What are the motives of these people? Why do they have such an interest in the amount of children you breed? Are their demands even scriptural? Do they even believe the same holy book you do? The same interpretation? Is the limitation of the female sex drive a way of forcing the woman back into her fore mother's kitchen? I have a feeling the answer just might be a bit more oppressive than you are prepared to admit. There are men in the world that are so spiteful and hateful of women that they are willing to take decisive legal and physical action to evoke their revenge. What will we do about it? We won't stay silent. It's time to speak out on More Content Talk. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morecontentplease/support

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American Eugenics: The Origins of Trumpism and The Christian Right

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 08:16:01 GMT

Eugenics is the nonsensical idea that we can somehow manipulate human breeding, and produce so called "good stock", a silly term that is essentially an insult to anyone who is not anglo-saxon christian. Such an archaic ideal would seem primitive were it not for the rise of Donald Trump, but, alas, you cannot change the past. However, you can change the present and in order to do that we must examine our history, not matter how difficult to deal with it may be. It becomes quite difficult in this episode as we examine in depth the genesis of the eugenics movement, which began on a large scale right here in the United States. Though it may be sickening to admit, eugenics has been behind many of the laws enacted in this nation. But where did it all start? The answer is with Carrie Buck, a woman who would go on to be sterilized after losing a court case in the US supreme court. The court determined Buck was unfit to be a mother due to her "criminal behavior" and "promiscuity". But was there any basis behind these claims? Was Buck a criminal or a victim? And, further, did the United States ever have the right to police promiscuity in the first place? In all honesty, these are questions I once thought I would never have to ask, but with the rise of eugenics like movements such 6MWE (a disgusting reference to holocaust victims) and the proud boys, along with the recent insurrections, I felt it was necessary to get the message out about American eugenics to as many as possible. What is the cost of peace? What is the price we pay for not taking a stand for anything in a world that disagrees on everything? Can you be neutral on a moving train? History does not seem to think so. It seems that if you allow those with malevolent intent to form strongholds in government institutions that the last thing you are going to experience is peace. It seems like you might have an all out war on your hands.But what if no one wants to fight that war? Or, worse, what if only the malevolent people are interested in even showing up to the fight? That is the situation we are currently facing in this country. I don't know anyone standing up for decency, but I sure hear a lot of people talking about peace. Standing up is considered passe these days, especially if it is for something worthwhile. Talk is cheap, and peace is expensive.Peace leads to complicity and the acceptance of the things we can change. We don't need to learn to deal with it like the right has been telling us to do for years. We don't need to be told that love is the answer again. We have heard that before. We know that you just want us to shut up, go back to work and die. Your token attempts at charity and giving are completely meaningless in these conditions. Your constant hunt for peace has only resulted in more war.So, how do we become less polarized during this resurgence of eugenics? Should we become less polarized when the very problem before was that so few people cared? Is peace just a more honorable form of apathy? You have to ask yourself those questions. The answers are different for everyone. However, history never changes. American history has blood on its hands, and it is up to you to clean it. Join me as I analyze a tragic subject on More Content Talk. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morecontentplease/support

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The Art of The Scam: A History Of Snake Oil Sales in America

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 22:38:47 GMT

By now, you've most likely realized that a lot of people are acting pretty dumb, regardless of how intelligent they are. It is easy to write this plague of anti-intellectualism off as some sort of phase caused by quarantine, but that would only make sense if people were actually staying at home. As we all know, many people are still carrying on with their lives as covid 19 did not even exist, even though doctors are now predicting daily deaths in the 5,000s as early as next month. Meanwhile, people continue to bicker over whether or not public safety and health regulations are too draconian. Many people have ended relationships over this seemingly never-ending wave of science denial, yet it has persisted. What makes this delusions so powerful, and why do otherwise rational people follow them? In this episode of More Content Talk I analyze the history of snake oil salesmanship in the united states of America. In this episode I explain how celebrity, money, power, and faith combine into a potent formula for hatred and division. The story often goes that we are scammed into believing pseudoscience, but how does this happen? Is there a secretive elite clique or external threat manipulating us from behind the scenes? Or is the mental breakdown happening from within? We clearly demonstrate america's dangerous flirtations with the insane as "science" in a historical context. What we found was not some secretive plot to control the world, but a society desperate for fantasy as opposed to knowledge. While it may be comforting to assume that powerful idealogues with quack theories are rare, american history paints quite a different picture. It has in fact been the historic reaction of americans to criticize intellectuals and experts. The demand for a more egalitarian society has weakened our scientific understanding by elevating pseudoscience to the realm of religion. Our need for fantasy in the face of adversity has blinded us to our reality. This disdain for reality has resulted in a snake oil more powerful than any con-artist could conjure. In our attempt to make everyone feel included by pandering to their beliefs, we have created a culture that does not really stand for anything, unless they are standing against those who do. Being contrary does not necessarily mean you are a revolutionary, but an increasing number of Americans, in their hunt for a return to the good old days, seem to think this is somehow needed. When proven systems are question by charlatans and quacks the thread that holds society together begins to become a bit too tight for its own good; eventually, it snaps. What are we searching for that we don't already have? Why is the most advanced civilization in the known universe also the most beholden to superstition? Are we doomed to repeat this foolish history? Is there a way out of our constant need for less when there is more, and more when there is less? Is the scam artist the antithesis to civilization or is he the manifestation of civilization, a kind of culmination of our wildest dreams, morphing into our darkest nightmares before our very eyes? Our institutions are malfunctioning, but no more than they have in the past. America was shrouded in pseudo science from its inception, and it is far past time that we dealt with it. Will you take a bite from the tree of folly? Chances are, you already have. Join us as we tame the serpent on More Content Talk.

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National Fraud: The Racist Daze

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 17:04:55 GMT

In this episode of More Content Talk I analyze the racist ass rhetoric behind the Republican...I mean, completely coincidental insurrection that occurred at the Capitol building and across the nation at various federal buildings as well. Instead of focusing on unity with bigots, I tear down their veneer of kindness, and civility conservatives like to pretend that they have. I expose white supremacy for what it is, a cancer that must removed or destroyed before it destroys everything that comes in its path. It is expected that the Republican party, which has unabashedly fanned the flames of racism for decades to gain votes in this nation, would come to the defense of these white, christian, extremists terrorists. The GOP's entire party platform is killing people, whether it be through starvation (cutting food stamps), not providing healthcare or limiting abortion, which eventually leads to starvation, health problems and death. I expect nothing more than criminality from the GOP because they align themselves with terrorist organizations like the NRA, KKK, LAPD, NYPD, Proud Boys, Boogaloo Boys, militias, and neo-nazis. I would go as far as to say that any group of people who does not expect violent insurrection from these groups, as they openly discuss online everyday, is either incredibly stupid or working with them. I can tell you assuredly that the answer is both.Republican and Democratic sycophants who have the audacity to act as slapping 60 terrorists on the wrist is adequate punishment after their disgusting verbal and physical attacks on Black Lives Matter and Antifa, is the greatest crime that these so called politicians have ever committed against the American people. The constant lies and pandering to racist conservatives, the calls for unity when it is clear that only the right has done anything wrong, has completely eroded any confidence I have in the legal justice system in the United States. The American criminal justice system is a farce; it is a gang of local, state and federal thugs who patrol the streets to ensure that crime prevails. These gangs should not be trusted by black people, or even liberals for that matter. The national guard is no different, and has consistently acted in a manner that has been so brutal to the black community that every citizen should be calling for its removal or replacement. But instead we see the usual bullshit excuses and apologist rhetoric that racists have always enjoyed in this nation. The moderate minded folks simply tell us to "get over it", "don't exaggerate", "it's not all cops", "now kiss my ass and go get me a coffee." No, not this time. No more mister nice guy. No more, "we'll get around to black people next election cycle". If this government has chosen to ignore the concerns of blacks and liberals, so be it. I will not come to these people with my hand held out and begging to be accepted any longer. I will not ask permission to lead a normal life. I will not marvel at the great white American dream, as we are expected to. I will call that dream for what it is: a lie. There is a coordinated effort, by all people in government, to maintain white Christian hegemony and dominance. The biggest mistake of all is assuming that this racism and hatred will end of January 20th. That would only be the case if you had a people that wanted it to end. But what do you always hear these days? Scores of white people screaming that "they want things to go back to normal". Normal was hell for black America, and it always has been. Black people don't want to go back to normal; they want to to accepted as equals for the first time in American history. Black Lives Matter asked for acceptance and all they got was a club to the face. I'm not asking for acceptance anymore. If you won't give blacks what they deserve, I'll make a mockery of your system and values. The pen is mightier than the national guard. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morecontentplease/support

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Divine Insurrection

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 08:57:10 GMT

Unfortunately, Indiana Jones will not be joining us for this unholy adventure. We couldn't help but put together a special episode of More Content Talk to cover the current chaos that has gripped the United States from a no bullshit perspective. Since right wing media pundits and bandits are already sewing their disinformation into your search engines, the time for liberal media to speak up is more urgent than ever. It is quite disturbing that I even heard about the two supposed antifa members who may have been present while the capital was stormed. There were thousands of terrorists at the building today, and the government has not responded in kind. America looks an absolute mess, and, quite frankly, everyone should be embarrassed. Truth be told, our government was caught with their pants down, completely unprepared for a threat that so many suspected was coming. Right wing media had been openly discussing the siege on the capital building, and the government did nothing to prevent this. The national guard took their sweet ass time and so did the police force, apart from the capital police and bodyguards, who suffered injuries due to the national guard's negligence. What happened to all that talk about us having a strong military? Are you aware that the vast majority of your supposed "stimulus bill" was full of military spending, over a trillion dollars worth? Yet they cannot even prevent a bunch of bible thumping morons from breaching out capital with a confederate flag? Shame on the United States government and shame on us for excusing their inaction, again. Various leftist organizations have been brutalized immediately for staging such protests, many have been killed. What we saw today was exceptionalism at its finest, and the complete acceptance of it by our elected officials. Instead of rebuking the attackers and calling them thugs immediately, the pussyfooted around the issue as usual, and tried to make these people seem like peaceful protestors. Even the media continues to use the term protestors instead of terrorists. They were terrorists plain and simple. This should not be difficult to comprehend: Waco, McVeigh, Kazinksy, 9/11, etc. There are plenty of examples of domestic terrorist attacks we could go into that did not reach this level of insanity upon the decent people who still live in this country. Four people lost their lives today, along with many more from Covid, because this government has repeatedly failed to care for its citizens in any, way, shape or form. We are now at the whim of a childish, self-centered group of morons who seemingly have their heads shoved so far up their own egos that they have forgotten about the civil rights issues that have never been resolved in this country. Why on earth were all of these leaders calling for counter protestors to stay home? What is the end game of telling the only people who will fight back to sit on their hands? Why unleash paranoid thugs on the anti christ beast system? Won't god do that for you?I don't know how you can continue to trust these people. I don't know why they are tolerated. I don't know why people continue to ignore that they are a threat to us all. But that is exactly what America has done tonight. They have swept another threat under the carpet, and proven even more that they just don't give a damn about us or our safety. The republican party is officially a crime syndicate full of christianized liars and criminals, not that it wasn't before. Join me on More Content Talk to discuss the trials and tribulations of the right's holy savior, and tear apart the myth of competent government in an America that does not give a damn about poor people, the very people who run the country itself: we, the people...--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morecontentplease/support

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Always Left Behind: Being on the Left in a World Only Concerned with What's Right

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 08:44:11 GMT

Joe Biden hasn't even set foot in the White House yet, and establishment Democrats are already shoving their foots up the left's collective ass. In this episode we examine the myth of a strong far left in the United States, something that has not truly existed since the 1930s, when FDR saved America, and, ironically enough, capitalism, with a series of taxes on America's wealthy class. Because of this fact, many hopeful liberals have been expecting, very wrongly in my opinion, that there may be some hope that democrats in Congress would put up some kind of a fight for more liberal policies. Unfortunately, this has proven to be mostly false.The new class of progressives in Washington have not made much of an impact at all, and have instead chosen to go along with the party line. Meanwhile, the constituents they promised to stand up for are constantly bled of campaign donations, and time while the pandemic rages on. Mind you that liberals were disproportionately effected by job losses during the pandemic. Many entertainers, waiters and teachers are mostly liberal. Further, liberals tend to work more gig jobs than conservatives. Is it any wonder that we have been screaming for help so loudly? Many of us were literally left in the dust during the first stimuless bill. It was not enough then. Further, many of us are still having problem receiving money we were initially owed. All of this should have resulted in a stimulus check that was larger than the first, not smaller. Instead, the bill was cut in half, and the nation was silent. Had this been Trump's doing, democrats would have been all over him, but now of course we hear silence. Is this a sign of things to come? Should we just prepare for more of the status quo? Business as usual in Washington? It seems like that is what people are really saying when they talk about "going back to normal". Normal is mediocrity in America. It is settling for the what we are given, and letting the woes of this earth flutter away with a tweet or two. You would think that this obvious win for establishment mediocrity, and ultimately abject failure, would cause moderates to relax, but they are still gloating about their superior ability to bore the market to death, and blaming their failures on the imaginary left. You know, the one that just voted with them lock, stock and barrel...again. We examine this delusional storybook world where socialism reigns supreme while having no influence whatsoever; a wonderful magical land where phony progressives in ten thousand dollar suits argue with even older moderates fifty thousand dollar suits about how they will screw working people out of money this week. We examine the close relationships between moderate Democrats and extremist right wingers, and how they work together to distort truth, and maximize profits. We discuss the consequences this unholy union has had on the health and well-being of American citizens, as well as how it alienates the youth from their families, ultimately causing them to seek solace with far right organizations and ideologies, not because they are correct, but because, sometimes, that is all there is. We also discuss how Democrats continue to lose ground with real leftists the more they bow to big corporations. Finally, we look at how major media and entertainment work together to demonize the super kung fu radical socialist left that only seems to exist in the minds of paranoid "intellectuals". Join us as we discover how the radical right and boring democrats worked together to destroy everything fun, and halfway decent about America. Will Joe Biden be any different? Does Congress actually do anything? Will Gavin Newsome have $200 or $500 dollar wine when he breaks quarantine next time? Find out this and more on More Content Talk!--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morecontentplease/support

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Happy Screw Year: Saying Goodbye to Stupid

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 07:55:51 GMT

If stupid is as stupid does, then 2020 sure was. We take a brief break from the serious side of podcasting, whatever that means, to review this year in stupid. Other podcasts will talk about the highs and lows of 2020, but we just want to talk about how dumb it was, and trust us, it was dumb! We talk about President Stupid and his stupid followers, as well as the stupid conspiracy theories that gave all of the idiots an avenue to be so stupid. We also discuss the recent obsession with escapism, and a return to "a simpler time", which has really never existed. What are Americans running from? What motivates them to turn to fantasy? Why are so many people unsatisfied with what they have? Why does reality seem to repel Americans so much? And, of course, why are people so damn dumb? Apart from the obvious reasons, we go into a bit of the psychology of end times philosophies. We discuss why the sense of impending doom can actually bring comfort to those who are desperate, especially the needy. When one is suffering immensely, it can be reassuring knowing that there is something more to life than what you have. However, this can be dangerous as well. It can motivate people to devalue the life that they have now, which, in reality, may be the only one they ever have. From drinking bleach, to hoarding led based hand sanitizer, 2020 was quite possibly the dumbest year ever. Has dumb had its day in America? Maybe for a little while. But, as the saying goes, you can't fix stupid. What is our new year's resolution at MCP? Be less stupid! It really does help you feel less dumb. Join us for a fun discussion on More Content Talk.

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Canceled Dreams Hurt More Than Cancel Culture

Sun, 27 Dec 2020 07:27:03 GMT

Gross, it smells like pomp and circumstance in here! Join me as I take on the role of the cancel vulture, and sift through the remains of far right propaganda. Cancel culture is often portrayed as a leftist invention, but it has always existed in some form. From tribal banishment, to burning books and even murder, cancel culture has always existed in the realm of entertainment. But now it seems to be more prevalent than ever. Why is that?Because the consumer paid good money for it, and it is their right to stop paying for it at any time. When celebrities put us to sleep, we do not want to pay for them anymore, and if we have to, you're going to hear an insult or two. It seems that the talent pools has simply shrunk for Hollywood. But, beyond that there also seems to be a huge disconnect between today's high paid entertainers and their underpaid consumers. So, how did this become an issue? Why is it that celebrities today are cancelled far more often than they were only twenty years ago? During the show, I analyze how celebrities have changed over the years so much that most normal people cannot tolerate them anymore. I look at how they have completely abandoned the working people, and have instead become secular preachers behind bully pulpits. But this show ends up being about much more than Hollywood celebrities. We also look at how political and intellectual celebrities create the veneer of progress and change, while leaving real people behind, and often times directly endangering them. The media often times talks about apathy in the American people. But we take a look at the root of that apathy, delving into the hard truth that both sides of the aisle are often against the will of the people. Is there a conspiracy to control us all? No, they just want our money as usual. It is no coincidence that everyone from the left, the right and in between are bemoaning cancel culture. It is indeed quite lucrative to portray yourself as a martyr; that's a really popular idea in America for those who didn't know. We call it out when a preacher shuns a church member for not following his dictates, but whenever an audience member dislikes a joke, the fans come out in full force. Are jokes about rich people allowed in the age of covid? Should we make sure that every celebrity feels wanted by us? Or are we allowed to mock them to highlight political and social maladies? Or, dare I say, and, wait for it, could the answer be both? Find out on this rather hilarious version of More Content Talk. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morecontentplease/support

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Stimulost: How The Congrinch Stole Christmas

Mon, 21 Dec 2020 07:16:43 GMT

On this episode of More Content Talk, we are pleased to welcome William Caldwell, who is an awesome actor and all around badass. Don't miss this Christmas tale of lies and deception, as the Congrinch spins its tangled web of cheap ass trickle down economics. We cut through the bullshit, and look at what really goes on in Washington, and no, it doesn't involve any conspiracy theories.

We talk about how the reality of Congress is that it is mostly owned by and beholden to major corporations. Though there are some people in congress who are well meaning, that number is constantly under threat by major conspiracy theory campaigns, which attempt to smear liberal candidates amongst the hyper religious. It is no coincidence that members of the right see certain liberal policies as demonic. Their pastors instruct them that this is so, and therefore they believe it. As I have made clear, the right does not give a damn about anything other than Jesus.

With a right that is more than willing to use its idiotic base to hijack our government, and everything we hold dear, now more than ever is the time to stand up and be heard. However, so called "liberal" intellectuals, or celebrities, whatever you like, continue to push issues like civil rights, and financial security to the back burner.

We discuss how the left can no longer stay quiet if it has any future at all in America. We also discuss the myth of the "radical woke left", which of course began during the communist scare of the 1950s. We make direct connections between the communist scare, and how leftists are still silenced in the media and entertainment today. We also reject the notion that being more moderate and working together with people who are obviously interested in theocracy is quite insane. We also make the argument that progressive policies are specifically targeted and demonized by major corporations via their puppet congress members.

We also briefly discuss Congress' hyper religious nature, and how the far right has really been a major part of the republican party since the 1980s, though it was far more subdued back then. We also look at how the republican party literally rewrote biblical scripture to regain political power. We also discuss how the supposedly secular government has an overwhelming amount of theocratic morons in it.

Further, we very correctly predict the way Congress member on both sides failed to work together, and really were never interested in doing so. We discuss how Congress has now essentially become useless, and either needs to be reformed or rethought entirely. I suppose you could disagree, but while you reading this, the Congrinch who stole Christmas has stolen your money! Find out how, on More Content Talk.

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Brain Wanting: Searching for Meaning with an Unwashed Brain

Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:07:17 GMT

Brain Washing: it's the default reason for everything from why you buy certain brands of toothpaste to how leaders gain political influence. There always seems to be some secret cabal manipulating us from beyond the shadows. The secret conspiracy trends in all kinds of circles, countries and cultures. Whether it is the threat of terrorism abroad or the threat of socialism at home there is always a boogeyman. But where did this sense of impending doom originate? Was it placed there by some evil force or was it simply there all along?

The human brain can be extremely deceptive, causing people to experience vivid hallucinations that seem real to even a neurologist, but we somehow still believe that we are in complete control of it. The brain itself can cause the greatest intellect to spiral into madness all because of our persistent fear of the unknown. Must there always be a reason for things? Can't things simply happen by coincidence? In this day and age, whether you are talking to the left or the right, it seems as if the answer is a resounding no. Apparently things always happen for a reason, even though no one can agree on the exact reason it happened in the first place.

Is reason the answer or just another distraction from the truth? Why are we constantly searching for reason in a world that is seemingly random and coincidental? Are bad people unreasonable or have they use their intellect to arrive at conclusion you deem unreasonable? Who is the god of reason and where its bible? Or is reason simply up to interpretation, like the bible?

Is there even such a thing as a sound mind? Does every individual experience the world the same way? Should they? Is reason the best guide in a world that cannot even agree on what reason is?

Perhaps there is no secret plan to control the mind, and we have all deceived ourselves. Perhaps the answer is that people are different, and respond differently, which means, of course, that it is impossible to predict human behavior. Perhaps, gasp...we don't know as much about ourselves as we think we do. Join me for a fun discussion on More Content Talk.

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Hollywood Goes to the Gutter: Entertainment in the Age of Conspiracy

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 08:24:37 GMT

Hollywood: a bastion for civil liberties, a major driver of the world economy, and a safe space for ungrateful assholes from all around the world! Hollywood has definitely gone to the gutter. An alarming number of former liberal celebrities have defected to the right in order to salvage their careers from what they have deemed "cancel culture". This has pushed more liberal celebrities to the background, while celebrities with more conservative views, or at least ones willing to pretend they have more conservative views, are hailed by American as saviors. With the recent downfall of celebrity darlings like Johnny Depp, Kayne West and even someone as seemingly harmless as Jon Voight, it's starting to look more and more like the whole organization has lost its way, if it ever had one to begin with. What does this have to do with conspiracy? Culture blends with society. It shapes and molds the opinions that we have. It is not that you are programmed by Hollywood. It is that Hollywood is part of your culture. It is unavoidable. This is why so many conspiracy theories are either centered around Hollywood celebrities or, as is becoming more and more common, started by the Hollywood celebrities themselves.

Despite its supposedly liberal political views, Hollywood has a long history of abuse and mistreatment of employees. But this is nothing new. Physical and mental abuse was common place in Hollywood's golden age. Judy Garland was slapped on set by her director while filming The Wizard of Oz. Stanley Kubrick, director of such hits like Clockwork Orange and The Shinning, would intentionally abuse actors, depriving them of food and water for hours on end, in order to evoke what he considered to be pique performances. There is also the tragically overrated "method" of acting, which does not work in any way, and has driven many of Hollywood's actors to live in filth (Jim Carey walked around with moldy cheese in his pocket while filming "Mon on the Moon", which sounds harmless, but can actually kill you or other people), harm their friends, over or under eat, and harm themselves (Shia LeBouf had his jaw wired shut because of method acting) all to create a realistic performance. But is this realism or is it abuse? Is it art culture or is it just a cult? And if our heroes abuse themselves in this way, does it have an effect on us as well?

With wild and odd behaviors like this coming out of Hollywood, is it really any wonder that people develop these conspiracy theories? Many of these conspiracy theorists are survivors of abuse themselves. Are they solely overreacting or are they presenting valid points in an erratic fashion? Many people doubted Rose McGowan initially; many of the doubters were liberals. This denial by the left damaged any semblance of normality between the worlds of Hollywood and reality, forever creating a safe space for conspiracy theorists everywhere. "Well you never know with Hollywood," they say...

Well, perhaps we do know, and are afraid to talk about it. Why does no one investigate Hollywood's many tax shelters? Many people slave over these films, yet only a few at the top receive any notoriety. Is that just? What does it teach our children? And, finally, if Hollywood is going to continue to churn out films its fans don't want to see (movie theaters are not closing because of Covid or because of poor editing; they are closing because Americans refuse to pay exorbitant prices for overacting and misleading historical narratives), does Hollywood even deserve to be called entertainment in the 21st century or are they just producing conspiracies? It may be art, but I certainly don't like it. Turn up your Dolby surround sound for some entertainment that doesn't cost you $60 a pop on More Content Talk!

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The Electoral College

Sat, 05 Dec 2020 22:04:29 GMT

The electoral college has been in the headlines again as chicken fried Trump was handed a huge defeat from the widely unpopular institution. We discuss the failings of the electoral college in prior years. Should the electoral college still be allowed to choose the fate of millions they have never even met? Is there a better alternative? Most likely, but what is that alternative. How do we implement? We also talk about Trump's failures as a president and the obvious oligarchy forming in this country, as democratic institutions become weaker by the second. If you hate the electoral college, this is definitely the episode for you!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morecontentplease/support

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Deflection 2020: It's Your Fault, Not Yours!

Sat, 05 Dec 2020 21:50:02 GMT

In this episode I continue my analysis of the far right by...ew, looking at it from their perspective. I know gross, but I was once a member of the far right, and I feel I should share my experience. I once believed many of the conspiracy theories you hear about today. Contrary to popular belief, most people believe in these theories or at least subsets if them. There is a common myth, for example, that one can catch the flu from the flu shot. This conspiracy theory was considered harmless, and now we have a pandemic. My point is that the brain is not designed to retain information. Memory is a neurodegenerative act. This means we do not really remember things as they actually occur. We tend to exaggerate or mute memory to fit our preferences, not just the right, everyone. We all search for answers. However, it seems the more we search for answers the more we miss opportunities to ask questions. Recall, if you will, the countless students sitting in crowded classrooms before the pandemic. How many questions were they allowed to ask? What dreams were they allowed to fulfill? What are they getting out of this grand experiment? How many of them will grow up to be Kyle Rittenhouse? Perhaps the answer is to stop searching, and tonstart asking more questions. And before you reflect, always remeber not to deflect. Enjoy More Content Talk!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morecontentplease/support

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Ostracized, Ridiculed, Forgotten...The Rise of the Far Right, and the Death of Conservative Sanity

Sat, 05 Dec 2020 17:06:31 GMT

More Content Talk delves further into the the origins of the far right conspiracy movement... or dump, whatever you prefer... We take a look at Trump's political strategy, if you can call it that, and compare it to his "surprise" win in 2016. We examine some of the history of this country, including the 1990s, when the conspiracy movement began to blend with the republican party. Though America loves to claim otherwise, far right conspiracy theories, generally considered "extreme" by liberals, are quite well received by half the country. We ask the difficult question of whether or not Trumpism is just American patriotism without the filter. Trump's entire campaign was essentially a referendum on political correctness, critical thinking and science. The response from the left has been quoting high-minded moral sentiments, and scientific papers that the right refutes. Is this reasonable? Perhaps, but how does one reason with a person who considers reason itself to be an opinion, or even a myth. Why do we think love is the answer in a nation that thrives on hate?

Why would people believe that violence and hatred are the answer in a nation that callously throws people out on the street when they lose their job? Why would the right distrust the left after the successful Obama administration, which was responsible for a 20 percent increase in home cost, a 20 percent decrease in home ownership, and a 207 percent increase in gun ownership? I wonder why people wouldn't listen to college trained experts who refer to them as uneducated hicks? Why not listen to Bill Gates when he was responsible for one of the biggest economic crashes in history? Is it really that difficult to understand? Is it really that surprising that people who refused to sell wedding cakes to legally married couples would vote for a man who would ban abortion on a whim? Is it difficult to accept that Americans have a deep fear of government, whether they are liberal or conservative? Will the Democrats and Republicans ever own up to their failures as parties or will they continue to blame inconsequential progressives every time they lose an election? Are we really that polarized or are we just saying this so that we feel better about our image? We ask these questions and more on this installment of More Content Talk. Listen today. Listen more tomorrow. Repeat.

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Exceptionalism, The True Power of Conspiracy Theories

Sat, 05 Dec 2020 09:36:21 GMT

As America winds up its tumultuous election season, More Content Talk weighs in on America's seemingly never-ending susceptibility to exceptionalism. Many people, for example, continue to proclaim that Trump Is Not America, yet he clearly represents a very large portion of this country, and their beliefs. Trump is undoubtedly racist, but his supporters remain numb to that; they have no real compassion for the plight of others. America did not unite to defeat Trumpism. In fact, Trump's support was larger than it was in 2016. Trump's racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, and so on is allowed to continue because of these people, not him. They feel they have special rights. They are the proverbial city on a hill. Yet confront most Americans, and they will cry, "I am different!". But is there a difference? Why did Trump's base grow? Why did Biden have to work so hard to beat him? 230,000 people have died of Covid-19; many of these deaths were preventable. Not that many people seem to care. Why? What is it about group mentality that tends to lean toward hatred, and oppression. Why do we so fervently deny this simple fact? Before the pandemic, many people had been kicked off of crucial disability programs. Then there are far more who do not qualify for these programs, yet they still are very sick. These people simply cannot work. They suffer long, and hard days. They barely pay their bills. One cannot progress in such a state. One is left to suffer the days, slowly... painfully... Are we really all that different from any other society that so carelessly values life? Join more Content Talk and find out--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/morecontentplease/support

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Censorship

Sat, 31 Oct 2020 07:05:17 GMT

A look into the different perspectives surrounding the censorship of communications. According to comedic intellectual gurus like Bill Burr it almost seems inevitable that people will be offended, yet we continue to police speech in all of its forms like total dickwads. Or is it more complicated than that? Probably, I don't think people are dickwads; I just think entertainers suck now more than ever. Sorry Bill. Do entertainers have an obligation to actually entertain their audiences or should they be applauded for pissing them off? Apart from aging celebrities, what should we be allowed to say and does it even matter if it is appropriate? Is it possible to force someone to have empathy or should we allow them to be themselves? Is there really a secret hoard of anti-speech nazis running around or are influencers hyper focusing on isolated incidents to turn a profit? Furthermore, when should yourself be celebrated and when should it be kept to yourself? Haha, see what I did there? So, is censorship good, bad or somewhere in between? Find out how many more questions I can ask on More Content Talk?

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