• dwinblood (75)in Deep Dives • last month

  Democracy, Wisdom of the masses... Dogma and Propaganda

  I was thinking about something I personally think is rather obvious this morning. I still think many people don't "get" it. We hear a lot about Democracy and the Wisdom of the…

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• dwinblood (75)in Deep Dives • 2 months ago

  Don't say the name, don't memorialize, we don't want copy cats...

  It is common these days for people to want to remove mention of people such as the names of mass shooters. It is likewise a reason they want to take down some statues.…

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• dwinblood (75)in Deep Dives • 2 months ago

  I didn't say it, but YOU think I implied it...

  There is something I've noticed that happens fairly frequently online, in media, and even in family arguments/debates. Someone says something. Then some other party starts…

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• dwinblood (75)in Deep Dives • 2 months ago

  Places labeled "Safe Spaces" are about lulling you further into ignorance...

  I spoke a bit about hate speech yesterday. I listed a few of the things I actually hate and that took some thinking because truly I don't hate many things. This label…

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• dwinblood (75)in Deep Dives • 2 months ago

  I'm going to try my hand at some hate speech...

  I hate the label "hate speech". I hate when something is called racism or racist when nothing racial is mentioned. I hate people telling me how I must…

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• dwinblood (75)in Deep Dives • 3 months ago

  No one is stopping you from speaking...

  How often when you bring up topics these days that seem to be taboo when it comes to questioning or challenging do you hear " No one is stopping you from challenging? " I…

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• dwinblood (75)in Deep Dives • 3 months ago

  Are things getting better? More people are becoming aware but is it getting better?

  I see more and more people starting to think for themselves. This is a good thing. However, is it too little too late? I don't know for sure but this particular post may be…

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• dwinblood (75)in Deep Dives • 4 months ago

  Is it a Democracy? Nope. Is it a Democratic Republic? Nope. Is it a Republic? Technically... maybe.

  Now we hear people talk about Democracy this and Democracy that. We don't live in a Democracy. This is a VERY good thing. True Democracy is nothing more than rule of the…

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• dwinblood (75)in Deep Dives • 4 months ago

  Offering me money for a relief fund for a business I don't have...

  Today I received a notice in the mail saying it was the "final notice". It indicated I could get $468K in COVID relief funds for a business since my restaurant with 18 employees…

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• dwinblood (75)in Deep Dives • 4 months ago

  The Creator Said... And God Said...

  Most people are not very aware of "Argument from Authority Fallacies", or "Appeal to Authority Fallacies". It is an easy path for someone to tell you something is true that you…

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• dwinblood (75)in Proof of Brain • 4 months ago

  In the emerging era of AI and things like ChatGPT the concept of Proof of Brain becomes more challenging to measure...

  I like the Proof of Brain concept a lot. I prefer it over Proof of Work, and Proof of Stake quite a bit. The problem with it is that it relies on us to decide that thought and…

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• dwinblood (75)in Deep Dives • 4 months ago

  So you want to improve education? Step One: Make people want to be educated.

  If you recall your schooling and you watch the trends in society you know that being educated isn't actually seen as something "cool", or desirable during the periods that…

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• dwinblood (75)in Deep Dives • 4 months ago

  If you controlled the history curriculum what would you teach?

  There is something that has been bothering me for years. We had Black History Month come out of seemingly nowhere not long after BLM and other things. We've since had pushes…

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• dwinblood (75)in Deep Dives • 5 months ago

  Who will do the work?

  The pandemic lockdowns had massively destructive impacts on the economy, supply chains, and more. I think we are all aware of this. The very dumb policies pushed by…

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• dwinblood (75)in Deep Dives • 5 months ago

  "Lock X Up!", "We need an investigation", "It is a scam lock up the corrupt judges", "Investigate the J6 committee"... So you support the con?

  If you have been remotely paying attention you've seen many investigations, you've seen promises of investigations, you've seen promises to release evidence, you've seen evidence…

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• dwinblood (75)in Deep Dives • 5 months ago

  Spreading the truth requires more than simply sharing things that fit or can be made to fit your desired narratives...

  There are a lot of issues that the corporate/legacy media, politicians, and celebrities love to talk about and amplify as long as what they report fits a desired narrative or can…

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• dwinblood (75)in Deep Dives • 5 months ago

  Move over contractions, abbreviations, and quick language... we now have EXPANSIONS for the sake of wokeness.

  We have in language things called contractions. DO NOT might become DON'T. Yet we also have simplification of complex phrases and ideas into a new SINGLE word. This speeds…

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• dwinblood (75)in Deep Dives • 6 months ago

  More examples of Monckton's Law of Opposite Consequences...

  I only learned of Lord Monckton's Law of Opposite Consequences a few months ago. I wrote a post here around the time I became aware of it. I know other people were thinking…

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• dwinblood (75)in Deep Dives • 6 months ago

  Too much, too quickly, and by design...

  Information overload. You have it. I have it. We all have it. It isn't getting better. It is getting worse. Another shooting? That used to move me. It still does some…

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• dwinblood (75)in Deep Dives • 6 months ago

  Do you remember health care from before the "Affordable Healthcare Act?"

  As I grow older I keep getting example after example of why centralization of power is a bad thing. It always seems to lead to corruption, inefficiency, bureaucracy, etc. I…

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