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The propaganda in favor of socialism is a line so fashionable these days that it causes youth to tell pollsters they're in favor of socialism. So, what is the best way to cut through that propaganda? The answer is simply to reply, loud and clear: “Socialism is Slavery!” I don’t hear this often enough, even though many thinking people have made the point. The economist Thomas Sowell made the comparison many years ago, noting that slaves are always kept in a state of dependenc

Well, I’m back. My posts going forward will be shorter, and more directly related to the theme of how propaganda serves the weaponization of loneliness. I’ll try to post once a week, usually on Fridays. Below is one example of how the authorities and media kept trying to induce the fear of ridicule in anyone who questioned the Covid narrative. It’s a cringy video of some very smug doctors insisting they should have a monopoly on what you could learn about Covid. It ran on J

In 1944, CS Lewis warned the graduating class at Kings College, University of London about the human desire to be part of an “inner circle,” an elite, an exclusive group of those “in the know.” His lecture, titled “The Inner Ring” explained the dangers of becoming obsessed by the desire to gain social status through connection with perceived elites. This dynamic is absolutely central to understanding the weaponization of loneliness . C. S. Lewis The craving to be part of an

This past Valentine’s Day I had the honor of speaking to the Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women on a topic that is...

Consider a tragic case of family betrayal during Mao Zedong's cultural revolution in China when a teenager named Zhang Hongbing turned...

If you are interested in how a mind virus can take over whole societies, the insanity of transgenderism is a perfect case study for...

I’m writing this on Election Day, November 5, 2024. The polls close in just a couple of hours. But no matter what happens, I firmly...

Just about every work of fiction that deals with human relationships (are there any that don't!?) deals with the theme of the...