I'm very interested in how society can and always asks like a "symbolic person". The people of Barcelona, El Paso, or Portland, Oregon, have group characteristics, just like people or even pets you know.
Society is said to act like a person. We all know about negative or positive group think, the culture of conservative or IT companies, and the culture and values of some cities. One study looked at these values as restaurant types.
You find Texas BBQ in many cities, but of course dominant in Texas. But, this study looked at a few restaurant types:
Where would you find Cracker Barrel Restaurants? In the conservative southern states, and a few other pockets. In Western Idaho, I'm in one of those pockets of Cracker Barrel's. You'd find on any day there:
travelers from the East who have a map of Cracker Barrel's outside their state
conservative farmers, mostly wealthy rancher types
whites, a few blacks, but seldom Hispanics, and no others of different world religions
people that have a Trump, US Flag, or Lock Her Up bumper sticker on their car, many have NRA bumper stickers
people in Cracker Barrel are not too diverse: Saturdays you'll find some small LDS Mormon families eating in a group, celebrating some Temple Ritual completed by a family member at the new Meridian LDS Temple or the Boise LDS Temple. Lunch times, you'll find hunters, construction workers, and small business groups of men eating (no women), and saying their Evangelical grace before eating. The women seem to show up in pairs afternoons, and grace is followed sometimes with a little open Bible two or three person study. The goods sold in Cracker Barrel: nostalgia, candles, and American sell well here in the state of Idaho, sometimes called Idabama.
This area is also home to conservative Christian other companies such as Hobby Lobby. It seems to be the duty of local Evangelicals to patronize there (though LDS Mormons are not encouraged to be so "crafty"). Chik-fil-a is also obliged to Evangelicals, but not Mormons.
The other restaurants that dominated other areas included primarily the rest of the country, represented by Applebees. This is also a family restaurant though there is a bar in the middle of each. But, it draws a different crowd than Cracker Barrel. And, there is no alignment of persons there, necessarily, to American, Gifts, or a conservative or political view.
So, groups, crowds, businesses, and even our restaurants can take on a "human culture".
In the book, UP FROM SCAPEGOATING, the author points out that groups, clubs, towns, states, and countries can take on the worst human characteristics of;
mob think
the dominant group dominates and vilifies the smaller cultural or citizen groups (in the West, this is mostly White Race, though there is now Evangelicalism, a dominance and repression of others not Evangelicals. Historically, in the Western Hemisphere, there was the oppression and murder of millions in many countries by Catholic Explorers of Spain and Portugal. Cultures were destroyed. The British Empire once included the Colonies which became the USA. Economic oppression of taxing and military control ranged from Boston to Delhi, India.
In the occidental hemisphere, Eastern, dominance is associated with the dominant race, but more so by political or religious groups. Massive Genocides occur annually in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, where the dominant culture vilifies the smaller group.
The author of UP From Scapegoating says this process is common everywhere: bias is a human nature and is accomplished by
1. developing group think
2. developing an attitude of Cultural Narcissistic Disorder and Political Psychopathy
3. finding a lesser group to blame social problems, economic problems or tensions onto. It could be anything, because groups, states, and countries always have tension of some sort. The trigger is always there, and a lesser group is always there.
(Where India borders Pakistan, there are always killings or mass murders of the Other group. The determinant is just this: in a town where the Hindu or the Muslim Population is larger, determines who will attack the lesser and smaller group. If there is a rape or some tragedy, the dominant group vilifies and attacks the smaller group). Violence against women and LGTBQ's is up and double last year: you or someone you know will be a victim of a person who feels superior, greedy, and justified in robbing innocence or homes.
4. the narcissism grows: we're better because, you're lesser because
5. and ANGER comes to play.
6. The Brain Allows the Biased group think:
we all can become little psychopaths where we no longer see the value of a person or group of persons, just like Hannibal Lecters's "they" are just food, sex objects, cattle, or. This is the thought of any school shooter, serial killer, or sociopath/psychopaths: I will need to kill you, you're lesser than me or my race, you're a threat, you're like a dirty tissue or a chicken to be slaughtered and eaten. This loss of compassion and worth of others occurs in the mind and the brain: Vampire movies, the Purge, Dexter, Serial Killer Movies, the Las Vegas Shooting, Dillon Kliebold and thousands of movies and documentaries demonstrate this loss of compassion and humanity of the other. Scapegoating, finding fault, and killing follows.
When the book UP FROM SCAPEGOATING WAS written, we did not know:
1. how day to day Scapegoating is, and can be seen by all of us
2. how the brain participates in Bias and killings by innocent people, those drawn into genocides to "protect" their families or country.
3. how much ANGER is a part of the drive behind the scapegoating, vilification, and attacks/murders........
SEE THE LINK LOWER LEFT ON SHORT VIDEOS ON HOW THE BRAIN ALLOWS US TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BIAS AND EVEN MURDERS OF OUR OWN NEIGHBORS
4. and that YOU AND I are very vulnerable to this
5. and that CRITICAL INFORMATION CAN STOP THIS Process.
6. and that we are currently in a world of the
Culture of Anger: Anger and taking it out on the lessers is now seen as Good. Donald Trump has been the number one PR guy for anger and raging on others, though it's always there. He's helped develop a
a. Culture of Anger that reaches up to a Culture in the US of Raging
b. culture of Narcissism
c. culture of look out for number 1 and take care of number 1
d. keep other's off guard: play a destabilizing chess game of attacks and counter moves: this develops frustration and more anger in all
e. vilify often, but also take your buddies and throw an innocent one under the bus to promote the culture of your Napoleanship.
f. don't tell anyone: the only reason you do all of this is for your private greed goals: you're seeking to rob someone of their riches, rights, land, spare change, gold, luxuries. You're trying to make and prove your point of a superior view and superior self. You counter each confrontation with a counter attack or disinformation, done with great skill of a lifetime of practice.
And, just how then does this all related to the movie Gaslighting?
Now, here are other examples of when Groups become like greedy narcissistic psychopathic persons, all in the news of this last week:
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Society is said to act like a person. We all know about negative or positive group think, the culture of conservative or IT companies, and the culture and values of some cities. One study looked at these values as restaurant types.
You find Texas BBQ in many cities, but of course dominant in Texas. But, this study looked at a few restaurant types:
Where would you find Cracker Barrel Restaurants? In the conservative southern states, and a few other pockets. In Western Idaho, I'm in one of those pockets of Cracker Barrel's. You'd find on any day there:
travelers from the East who have a map of Cracker Barrel's outside their state
conservative farmers, mostly wealthy rancher types
whites, a few blacks, but seldom Hispanics, and no others of different world religions
people that have a Trump, US Flag, or Lock Her Up bumper sticker on their car, many have NRA bumper stickers
people in Cracker Barrel are not too diverse: Saturdays you'll find some small LDS Mormon families eating in a group, celebrating some Temple Ritual completed by a family member at the new Meridian LDS Temple or the Boise LDS Temple. Lunch times, you'll find hunters, construction workers, and small business groups of men eating (no women), and saying their Evangelical grace before eating. The women seem to show up in pairs afternoons, and grace is followed sometimes with a little open Bible two or three person study. The goods sold in Cracker Barrel: nostalgia, candles, and American sell well here in the state of Idaho, sometimes called Idabama.
This area is also home to conservative Christian other companies such as Hobby Lobby. It seems to be the duty of local Evangelicals to patronize there (though LDS Mormons are not encouraged to be so "crafty"). Chik-fil-a is also obliged to Evangelicals, but not Mormons.
The other restaurants that dominated other areas included primarily the rest of the country, represented by Applebees. This is also a family restaurant though there is a bar in the middle of each. But, it draws a different crowd than Cracker Barrel. And, there is no alignment of persons there, necessarily, to American, Gifts, or a conservative or political view.
So, groups, crowds, businesses, and even our restaurants can take on a "human culture".
In the book, UP FROM SCAPEGOATING, the author points out that groups, clubs, towns, states, and countries can take on the worst human characteristics of;
mob think
the dominant group dominates and vilifies the smaller cultural or citizen groups (in the West, this is mostly White Race, though there is now Evangelicalism, a dominance and repression of others not Evangelicals. Historically, in the Western Hemisphere, there was the oppression and murder of millions in many countries by Catholic Explorers of Spain and Portugal. Cultures were destroyed. The British Empire once included the Colonies which became the USA. Economic oppression of taxing and military control ranged from Boston to Delhi, India.
In the occidental hemisphere, Eastern, dominance is associated with the dominant race, but more so by political or religious groups. Massive Genocides occur annually in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, where the dominant culture vilifies the smaller group.
The author of UP From Scapegoating says this process is common everywhere: bias is a human nature and is accomplished by
1. developing group think
2. developing an attitude of Cultural Narcissistic Disorder and Political Psychopathy
3. finding a lesser group to blame social problems, economic problems or tensions onto. It could be anything, because groups, states, and countries always have tension of some sort. The trigger is always there, and a lesser group is always there.
(Where India borders Pakistan, there are always killings or mass murders of the Other group. The determinant is just this: in a town where the Hindu or the Muslim Population is larger, determines who will attack the lesser and smaller group. If there is a rape or some tragedy, the dominant group vilifies and attacks the smaller group). Violence against women and LGTBQ's is up and double last year: you or someone you know will be a victim of a person who feels superior, greedy, and justified in robbing innocence or homes.
4. the narcissism grows: we're better because, you're lesser because
5. and ANGER comes to play.
6. The Brain Allows the Biased group think:
we all can become little psychopaths where we no longer see the value of a person or group of persons, just like Hannibal Lecters's "they" are just food, sex objects, cattle, or. This is the thought of any school shooter, serial killer, or sociopath/psychopaths: I will need to kill you, you're lesser than me or my race, you're a threat, you're like a dirty tissue or a chicken to be slaughtered and eaten. This loss of compassion and worth of others occurs in the mind and the brain: Vampire movies, the Purge, Dexter, Serial Killer Movies, the Las Vegas Shooting, Dillon Kliebold and thousands of movies and documentaries demonstrate this loss of compassion and humanity of the other. Scapegoating, finding fault, and killing follows.
When the book UP FROM SCAPEGOATING WAS written, we did not know:
1. how day to day Scapegoating is, and can be seen by all of us
2. how the brain participates in Bias and killings by innocent people, those drawn into genocides to "protect" their families or country.
3. how much ANGER is a part of the drive behind the scapegoating, vilification, and attacks/murders........
SEE THE LINK LOWER LEFT ON SHORT VIDEOS ON HOW THE BRAIN ALLOWS US TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BIAS AND EVEN MURDERS OF OUR OWN NEIGHBORS
4. and that YOU AND I are very vulnerable to this
5. and that CRITICAL INFORMATION CAN STOP THIS Process.
6. and that we are currently in a world of the
Culture of Anger: Anger and taking it out on the lessers is now seen as Good. Donald Trump has been the number one PR guy for anger and raging on others, though it's always there. He's helped develop a
a. Culture of Anger that reaches up to a Culture in the US of Raging
b. culture of Narcissism
c. culture of look out for number 1 and take care of number 1
d. keep other's off guard: play a destabilizing chess game of attacks and counter moves: this develops frustration and more anger in all
e. vilify often, but also take your buddies and throw an innocent one under the bus to promote the culture of your Napoleanship.
f. don't tell anyone: the only reason you do all of this is for your private greed goals: you're seeking to rob someone of their riches, rights, land, spare change, gold, luxuries. You're trying to make and prove your point of a superior view and superior self. You counter each confrontation with a counter attack or disinformation, done with great skill of a lifetime of practice.
And, just how then does this all related to the movie Gaslighting?
- Gaslighting is a mini-demo of all of this, and for a movie from 1940's does a pretty good job
- The anger and rage cycles are there: you don't want to really mess with this guy
- the Narcissism and psychopathy is there: his mind and brain both see no humanity or value in the woman being attacked: she's just an avenue to get the Jewels
- there is a game being played, a chess match to win
Now, here are other examples of when Groups become like greedy narcissistic psychopathic persons, all in the news of this last week:
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When Gaslighting becomes a mob, lynchings, Whatsapp, and Alligators!
