Coexist Part 4: Hamas case Study
This part four of the Coexist series. It explores the Hamas case study introduced in Part 1. It builds on the analysis in Part 2 and Part 3. Why do so many of the social justice groups that seem to…
Part 5—Does Culture Matter?
Abstract: Culture matters and may be the best predictor of success. Yet it is a third rail to discuss social cultures. This attitude hinders effective solutions to America’s problems. All people are the same. It is only their habits that…
Part 3—Controlling the Narrative and Cultural Hegemony
Abstract: Cultural Hegemony is a way to control the narrative on social issues and obscure their meaning. The flip side of renaming an object (see part 2 of this series) is to control the narrative to prevent others from reasserting…
Part 4—Mining for Controlling Labels
Abstract: Political and social engineering groups use labels to hide their intent and to suppress counter narratives. Mining for new labels is the new gold in reverse cultural hegemony. Now this is not that new in America. Americans have a…
Part 2—What is in a Name?
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” Romeo and Juliet Act 2, Scene 2. William Shakespeare Abstract: Names matter. They shape how we deal with people, objects, and concepts. People…
Re-constructing History, Part 9: Is the Education Institution a Cult?
In 1992, there was a spate of Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA) allegations, many involving teachers. I bring this up not accuse teachers of SRA, but because the discussions of cults, False Memory Syndrome (FRM), and Recovered Memory (RM). FRM states…
Re-constructing History, Part 8: First, Do no Harm
The Hippocratic Oath enjoins the doctor to “first, do no harm”. I suspect most of the advocates of Social Justice movements think they do no harm and a great deal of good. I suspect that is not the case…
Reconstructing History, Part 7: Conflict, History, and the Future
Figure 1 The Punctured Equilibrium on the Path of History We come to the key aspect of why the education institution focuses on re-writing history. Education is the most important function in a republic in the Age of Knowledge.…
Reconstructing History, Part 6: Culture, History, and the Future
Culture is a difficult topic. For some, any discussion of culture, especially looking at them objectively for the results they produce, is a third rail. I discussed this at length in Part 5—Does Culture Matter? of the Maskirovka series. Part…
