Machiavelli, an Italian philosopher from the middle ages, warned that all politics has relied on deception, crime, and violence. The lesson for us modern peace-loving people is we need to be prepared for when the powerful forces quit debating an issue and start imposing their will. audio editing by: http://JayPrescott.com
We discussed the role of the classical journalist and modern day problems in integrity that impact the well-being of the citizens. audio editing by: http://JayPrescott.com
We discussed the societal dynamics with the healthcare monopoly and the individuals need to take full control over their health and health knowledge. audio editing by: http://JayPrescott.com
We discussed common group decision failures that impact all human beings and the reasons why individuals have more self-correcting elements available to them than governmental groups. audio editing by: http://JayPrescott.com
Even though immigration problems do not result in significant murdering or prison times, our country still considers this to be a very serious issue. Along with a Dave Smith excerpt, we discuss some related background and possible Libertarian ideas. audio editing by: http://JayPrescott.com
We discuss three characteristics that define the libertarian in every individual and why it is a psychologically healthy place for political ideology. audio editing by: http://JayPrescott.com
Jason Stapleton has suggested that we can best achieve liberty by primarily putting our energy into personal wealth power and influence. Dave Smith argued that it is also important to spread the message of liberty through our political pursuits, even if this only contributes to occasional popular push-back against our government’s controlling forces. audio editing by: http://JayPrescott.com
General Milley's email and what it means about him, the deep state, and journalism. audio editing by: http://JayPrescott.com
I love the Lee Greenwood song, but it’s a little embarrassing that we brag about how free we are. audio editing by: http://JayPrescott.com
We discussed the situation in organized psychology where the national exam discriminates against Blacks and Hispanics. We look at how this comes about and what it means to freedom. audio editing by: http://JayPrescott.com
We discussed the limits and ideas about free-speech in the current cultural context including psychologists' rules about gaslighting. audio editing by: http://JayPrescott.com
The new Texas law has us talking passionately about abortion again. It does not seem reasonable that a mother would have no rights the day after conception, or that the fetus should have no rights the day before the birth. It makes sense that we should decide as a society a certain point at which the fetus has rights. audio editing by: http://JayPrescott.com
Economist Walter Block said he is pessimistic about our future and the trend toward less freedom. He thinks this is a permanent problem, because that tendency may be hardwired into our human primate brains. Maybe so. audio editing by: http://JayPrescott.com
We talk about the concept of group dynamics, psychological elements that distort reality, and the importance of libertarians supporting individual thinking and decision making. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
There is plenty of Biden administration incompetence in our departure from Afghanistan. But the real problem is much bigger. Our society is way to accepting of war in general, and we are too accepting of liars who get us into these wars. What ever happened to prosecuting liars and to our country’s check and balance procedure of declaring wars? audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
We discussed the idea of the "purpose" of a social system, how that relates to the middle class and average income, and how a business model can enlighten our thinking about the country's success in achieving its mission. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
We piggyback on the Hodge Twins’ discussion of the transgender individual and the Vietnam vet, to discuss human psychology of projection as a problem in political conflicts. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
What is wrong with us? How can we put up with one slick presentation after another, and each one either kills people or takes away our freedoms. Now if DeBlasio can make this thing work in New York City it’ll probably expand to the rest of the country! audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
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We discuss the social group phenomena of bureaucracy from an organizational psychology standpoint and relate to different ideas about change and human productivity. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
We discuss different models for designing systems for human relationships and how the founders articulated the purpose of the United States. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
Have rednecks evolved since the 60s to accept widespread individual freedom and equal opportunity? Maybe, according to Morgan Freeman; and maybe not for the whole country, according to Randy Newman’s song “rednecks”. We discuss the idea that social freedom follows institutional freedom. In other words, the priority of our society should probably be to first clean up all government programs that have an adverse impact on the poor and on minorities. Possible examples are: The war on drugs, the war...
We discuss organizational psychology and political worldviews, the nature of quality decision-making, citizens' power and Libertarians' role in correcting the trajectory in the country regarding political conflict. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
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We discuss the organizational element of entropy as it applies to social systems—its relationship to information and censorship, our Constitution, and the Libertarian perspective. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
In this discussion we point out some positive trends in the aftermath of the Trump presidency, and we do a rough MBA analysis of his presidential performance: * instead of the truth being even more hidden without Trump, it looks like the truth may be unraveling in some areas of politics, the border, elections, and the virus. * in an excerpt from episode 741 of the part of the problem podcast, Dave Smith and Rob Bernstein have plenty of Trump criticism mostly concerning election strategies. * The...
We discuss the psychological principles of behavior modification and why libertarian philosophy provides the closest match for effective and logical applications in government. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
In this episode we try to figure out if the answer to this question is our presidents, our political parties, or the various industrial complexes. Maybe it is something else. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
Recently our country has engaged in information flow that amounts to playing pretend. The quote facts are blatantly untrue and not even disguised. And a large portion of our population go along with it. We discussed the psychological phenomenon of pretending. audio edited by: http://JayPrescott.com
In this episode we talk about research that has to do with political extremism and fixed-beliefs on both sides of the aisle. We look at how the hedgehog cognitive style is bad for quality problem-solving including examples from World War II, chess masters, and Julie’s psychology community. We conclude that libertarians need a stronger voice in this type of process.
