"We've nothing to fear but fear itself" FDR " Fear is the mindkiller." Frank Herbert/Dune
I see a lot of Confusion and hurt around me, which has been increased by the shouting millionaires on the radio...(Seriously if you were that rich would you waste your life yelling about politics?) It is definitely a David Koresh-like cult.
Naomi Klein's book, Disaster Capitalism applies to Katrina AS WELL AS (pun intended) the oil spill they allowed to occur through carelessness or design.
(No creativity at the top in business, so Building markets by Making war or using Catastrophe to do slum clearance or Massive Pollution to take over invaluable coastlines by oil spill for example.) Instead of making things and progressing we destroy the stuff and then we need more stuff. Have you noticed no one cares what you think about the product quality?
Also, Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine can be applied to the ubiquitous Bullying and Emotional abuse of the body politic.
A Doctor gave me a book called Malignant Self Love by Vaknin. (Yeah he's creepy but the info is helpful) He discusses dictators, also.
I recommend the "Web of Narcissism" website
http://www.webofnarcissism.com/
" you are feeling confused, you are doubting yourself and feeling very frustrated. More time is spend in this confusion trying to sort things out in your mind until you realize just how much attention, fear and emotional energy you are using just to sort it out."
Confused by Good Clothes and handsome face, the abuser is always about THE MONEY. You can apply most of the theory of narcissism to the political manipulation and bullying and lying.
Perpetrator doesn't know what truth is. Uses lies to push people around, then blames them for being gullible. That is certainly applicable to the citizenry.
Uses lies for short term gain without any conscience or control.
About the issues that you NEED to consider, you are dazzled with noise and fireworks, that leave you wondering what it was you were thinking about.
It is very hard for the ordinary citizens in America to admit or cope with being lumped in with the poor all over the world, called "the little people" by some BIG Peepholes.
Hard to remember at all times that the corporations do not care about you! By law they can't! The overpaid CEOs have a duty to consider only the shareholders. One thing I read recently is that the current batch of CEO's is really good at cutting costs but doesn't value creativity. They have never lived in a country that is innovating, designing and making new things. Can't imagine anything, doesn't know enough about living on 40 thousand a year....
"The narcissist person only cares about himself and his own needs.
Your needs are your problem not his. And he does look at your needs as a problem. They get in the way of his needs being fulfilled. " ...from Webof Narcissism website, articles, wolf in sheep's clothing.
It isn't Narcissism that is the problem, you need some to succeed and lead.
But lacking Empathy for the ones you encounter who are hurt by you actions is the hallmark of Narcissist Personality Disorder... All the research I have done on power in a marriage resonates with the Web Of Narcissim expanded to include ranters and confused and aching and scared populace.
http://www.narcissismfree.com/...
If people focus on the FlashBang and entertainment, it keeps folks from being truly responsible and accountable for their life and work.
First of all only polite and respectful talk is helpful.
Yelling and name-calling are abuse tactics, and are not acceptable, respectful or honorable.
Why are the scared people so willing to abandon their Christian principles (Love God with all thy heart, love thy neighbor as thyself)?
Is it repressed emotions? Have we contributed to their fear by not taking it seriously?
George Orwell's animal farm has taken over our discourse. It doesn't matter whether a ranting millionaire scared you or a foreclosed home did, you feel fear.
Giving a name to REACTIVE ACCUSATION...was very helpful to me from a comment someone wrote...we need to make this a household word/concept.
Laws don't start pregnancies, and laws won't prevent abortions, especially in this technological wonderland...So what works??
Back to the usual: one on one help. Individual community support for the pregnant ones, and especially more education of young men about the role of a father and the effect on the children of abandonment. Opportunities for teens to build WORKLIVES.
Respect for Life requires realization of the effect on our children of our choices/chemicals/food/automobiles. If there is a right to Life , then it extends through the entire lifespan...The current fashion of taking a few lives when you take your own is an expression of lack of respect for Person, boundaries, and Life. Really, for those folks who don't know, suicide used to be a solitary act, involving maybe at worst another driver.
I suppose it comes down to the first thing a counselor tells you:
Go and test your thoughts/beliefs against reality! Obviously it is a mental illness that obliterates Christian belief ( anger is not of the Lord) and creates the compulsion to look at someone's hypnotic television program instead of meditating or prayer or quiet contemplation needs to be healed somehow.
can't be removed by testing reality if they are willfully in denial, but at least the people who know what a fact is should do Something creative and different. Nobody else is going to.