Understanding Participatory Propaganda: Scientific Control of Information, and Misguided Perceptions of Reality

In my last article, I discussed participatory propaganda, which refers to the public’s active participation in spreading what propagandists call — persuasive messaging. Persuasion, as an offshoot of propaganda, is a message meant to gain compliance or induce the targeted audience to accept the persuader’s point of view. Propaganda holds an identical definition. According to … Read more

Potential Opportunity or Agenda: Liberals as America’s Fastest Growing Group of Gun Owners

I have always believed that the Second Amendment would be the one thing that would unite all Americans. While the left attempts to create the perception that only red-necked white supremacists own guns, the truth is vastly different. Americans of all walks of life own firearms, and a recent article by the Wall Street Journal … Read more

Americans Should be Questioning Everything Instead of Following the Bouncing Ball

By utilizing the various elements of good propaganda, transmitting these messages through varied and useful outlets, and manipulating memory, when possible, one can take complete control over the ideas the target audience has in their minds ̶ ̶ the ideas upon which they make all their decisions, take all actions, and maintain all beliefs. By … Read more

The Purpose of Psychological Warfare is to Control Ideas and Beliefs

PSYOP – Psychological Operation. An operation meant to manage the ideas, emotions, and behaviors of the opposition. (Taillard, Psychology and Modern Warfare)  People tend to develop a version of reality based on the daily information their brains take in. We use our senses to collect data; from that data, we develop ideas and beliefs about … Read more

Critical Race Theory in Civil and Political Leadership Education

Race still lingers as a major issue in American politics in ways that seem hard to understand. We are constantly being referred to as a nation founded on white supremacy. Terms like white privilege and whiteness are still gaining traction, as the belief that being white alone is enough to make you racist continues to … Read more

The Push for Gun Control, Moral Foundations Theory, and B.F. Skinner’s Science of Behavior

Let’s see. It is Sunday, December 24th, another Christmas Eve. What is there to write about today? In a disturbing trend that appears to be repeating itself all too often, a federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked an attempt by the National Association of Gun Rights to get an injunction against the state’s “assault weapon” … Read more