Why is the Totalitarian Mindset part of the Marvelization of Man? I mean, really, Marvel super heroes... well, they have super powers, they can fly, they can lift heavy objects with their eyes, they are protectors... right?
Well, yes they are... but I suspect for as high as we fly in our minds with these marvelous super heroes, we also descend deeper in our minds into dark and frightening places. And the more divided we become as a nation, as a group of people trying to work out this really crazy thing called civilization... well, we need to grapple with both sides of ourselves at the same time.
Blaming the Democrats for all the MAGA's woes isn't going to save a single MAGA voter from the realities of our time. Any place where you see conflict erupting and one-sidedness erupting into violence and war, the realities of the Totalitarian Mindset need to understood and grappled with. This is why this blog series is exploring Joost Merloo's book now.
Images: Made on Genolve AI technologies
Music: Dark Corners & Alchemy by metro --[11] monster 2:20
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Master Manipulators -- Are they Super Heroes or Super Villains?
If a Master Manipulator chooses to use their powers for evil, they will never use logic because logic can be met with logic and logical thinking dampens emotional responses. A Master Manipulator counts on emotional response from targeted victims of manipulation as well as confusion that lowers people's capacity to do critical thinking and evaluation of the facts.
An evil Master Manipulator will alway use irrational and illogical rhetoric and behavior, carefully cultivating the persona of an unpredictable madman.
The stories we watch today are not that much different than the stories the ancient Greeks and Romans enjoyed. The secret is we aren't that different and all stories employ archetypes as does man's mind to function.
This is part 2 of the Marvelization of Man series.
Each blog will dive a little bit deeper to explore the nebulous places in man's mind, the danger zone where ideas, archetypes, and money collide!
By the way, all the archetypal animations for this blog are made by AI, specifically midjourney as made available on Genolve (another sort of AI designed to make animations for things)
Recently, I found out that I really hate the word hierarchy. I came to this conclusion after arguing with an old, ex-Facebook friend about “functional hierarchy“.I fundamentally don’t believe any human hierarchy can withstand the corruption of thought. It is thinking too much that has gotten the world into the predicaments it is in, thinking is not the God it once was, and it is not going to get us out of our messes.We are like 10 billion baby birds clustered in nests of endless thought and thinking and we are terrified to fly. This will make sense if you keep reading!