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Tuesday, October 27, 2020

MODERN TOTALITARIANISM: LIES, SELF INDULGENCE AND CENSORSHIP

 MODERN TOTALITARIANISM: LIES, SELF INDULGENCE AND CENSORSHIP

By Domenick J. Maglio PhD. Traditional Realist

 

We are under attack by our own institutions. The judiciary is making laws and providing preferential justice, public schools and universities are attacking the founding of our county, and state department works to undermine our foreign policy.

 

Many of us have arrived at the mindset that material wealth and sex are the most important values. Keeping up with the Joneses has morphed into “being the Joneses.” It does not matter how the person gets there as long as they get there. Selling one’s soul for the greatest status has replaced living an exemplary, moral life for God and family. 

 

Social media allows people to lie to the public to create a glowing narrative of their self-importance.  Unfortunately, valuable time is spent by people taking selfies and working hard to increase their internet social circle, who they would not know if they passed each other on the street. This obsession with popularity greatly limits the ability to develop healthy relationships with one’s spouse and children. Self-indulgent people who lie about themselves are more vulnerable to other’s lies. They create a world of lies and have no solid foundation in reality. Being a habitual liar is a disease that spreads like wildfire on social media. Today’s youngsters are more susceptible to being liars to their self and others. There are no negative consequences for lying as they are not being trained to tell the truth by their parents who are also habitual lying role models. 

 

Not only does social media create a platform for their audience to be dishonest, it also cancels any truth others may utter. Censorship by social media conglomerates impacts the news, information, knowledge and even the 2020 election. It has shut the door on intelligent debate spreading ignorance of the truth that leads directly to mind control and totalitarianism.

 

Social media along with television news, newspaper censorship, corporate diversity training and revisionist history in government schools and universities is a powerful formula to repress opposition and smother any dissent. Anyone who speaks up with a contradictory analysis becomes a liar who is crucified as a “racist, xenophobe or mentally ill.” There is almost no opportunity or tolerance for differing opinions. 

 

The presidential debates were a prime example of this. They were controlled by a Presidential Debate Commission that allowed the moderator to control the so-called debate format. The candidates were not allowed to follow up when one of them did not tell the truth or contradicted himself in the debate. It was not an open debate; it was weighted against the incumbent. The unelected, arrogant political elites reflected in the debate commission and throughout the government bureaucracy must be replaced by individuals who defer to our constitutional republic not to their own political viewpoints. 

 

Even in our corporate world “re-education camps” are being enacted. All employees have to comply by attending these seminars. The coerced individual who openly disagrees with the radical political agenda is apt to be demoted, cancelled from the area of expertise or be terminated. In essence, everyone quickly learns that if they do not play along with the game, they will step into an unknown world of much lower levels of power and standard of living.

 

This totalitarian transformation is happening with few executions and at this time with no mass lockups. However, there is subtle but forceful undermining of our traditional institutions of belief in God, family, nation and biblical history. This sophisticated indoctrination is coupled with economic incentive.

 

The implementation of rewards in rampant consumerism and casual hedonism has replaced the fear of a police state in every aspect of our lives. Although, with digital technology, almost every aspect of our lives can be deciphered by the availability of data that could be used to convict many of us for unsanctioned behavior and thinking.  

 

We are at a crucial moment in U.S. history. We have been the freest nation on earth that man has ever experienced. We can only lose it if we cower in the corner as sheeple. We must lead by example exposing the lies and misinformation. We should be strong, positive role models for our children showing them there is a higher power than man.

 

The future of our children and nation is in the hands of free citizens. If we do not use our free speech, we will lose it. If we use our free speech, this cancel culture will fade. By doing our duty as good parents and citizens, we will save our nation from a coup that will leave us all enslaved.

 

We need to band together to prevent this disaster from taking place in front of the freest and most blessed people to ever walk the earth. Our biblical and national history should inspire us to resist this insidious elite totalitarianism from taking over the United States of America.

 

 

Domenick Maglio, PhD. is a columnist carried by various newspapers, an author of several books and owner/director of Wider Horizons School, a college prep program. Dr. Maglio is an author of weekly newspaper articles, INVASION WITHIN  and a recent book entitled, IN CHARGE PARENTING In a PC World. You can see many of Dr. Maglio’s articles at www.drmaglioblogspot.com.

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

THE U.S. APPEARS TO BE ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL RELIGION: ATHEISM

 THE U.S. APPEARS TO BE ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL RELIGION: ATHEISM

By Domenick J. Maglio Ph.D., Traditional Realist

 

The establishment of the United States was strongly based on biblical teachings and moral values. The leaders of the revolution were God-fearing men. Many of the signers of the constitution studied in religious colleges and often were ordained ministers. Congress opened with a prayer at each session. 

 

When congress first moved into the capital building, it authorized the building to be used for church services. By 1867 2000 people a week met for religious services. From the inception of our nation there was no separation of church and state, rather there was a direct connection between God’s teaching and our Constitutional Republic, even our currency says in God we trust.

 

The founders were paranoid about the establishment of a national religion similar to what happened in England. The individual’s freedom of choice is supposed to be encouraged not only in our free market economy but practiced in our religious choices according to the citizen’s conscience. There was no indication of these wise men excluding or being intolerant of any religion in the public square. 

 

The mistreatment of Amy Coney Barrett by Senator Diane Feinstein during the 2017 Appeals Court nomination was disgraceful.  After questioning Judge Barrett, the senator made the appraisal that, “the dogma speaks loudly within you, and that’s the concern.” This was an insinuation that Barrett’s Catholic moral religious attitudes would corrupt her legal judgments and decisions. If this became a litmus test for perspective judges, it would mean anyone with a strong belief in God would call into question their suitability as an impartial judge. The more intense the faith in God of the candidate, the less likely the individual would be able to be approved.

In other words, an individual’s strong belief in God would disqualify them from being a judge. In the long run this would result in judges chosen for their lack of faith in God. People who do not believe in God, atheists, would become the chosen people becoming the backbone of our judicial system. 

 

Our jurisprudence affects all our other institutions, which would tilt us toward establishing a national religion: atheism. Our forefathers were clear they did not want a national religion. Rather they wanted freedom of choice for citizens to practice their faith in any way they would like. Separation of church and state is not stated in the constitution. The intent of these wise men was to protect religion from government domination while not excluding and separating religion from citizen’s but including it in everyone’s life.

 

Over the past three decades the free expression of our religious choices have been stolen from us. 

Daily prayer and Bible reading, were eliminated in the 1960s in public schools, removed from graduation ceremonies in 1992 and prayer before football games in 2000. During the Coronavirus churches were claimed to be non-essential, forced to close while car dealer ships and casinos were open. Students in public schools and higher education have been indoctrinated that believing in God is an antiquated concept that is used to oppress and enslave people. Faith in God and religious conscience inhibits people from being free to do what they want at any particular moment. Living for the moment leads us from the supreme being’s teaching towards hedonism and atheism. 

 

In most if not all nations that transformed into a communist one went through a period of over secularization. Religious beliefs of the people who believed in God were ridiculed, demeaned and cancelled in modern time. The belief in god was weakened and eventually disappeared from public acceptability or went underground. Overwhelming secularization ends in a communist or authoritarian takeover.

 

The United States has seen a drastic movement away from God in lower church attendance. We have become a self-absorbed nation concerned about materialistic upgrading and less and less about spiritual growth. We are mostly a secular nation with little time to devote to our relationship with God.

 

America is ready for a great religious awakening or we will continue to go down the path of a utopian pipe dream. This path ends in centrally controlled all powerful government in all aspects of the people’s lives. There will be no opportunity to practice one’s beliefs only following the directives of the all-powerful government. There will be no freedom of choice to practice your own religious conscience. 

 

The choice is ours. We should turn towards God for our salvation or we will surrender all our freedoms and the world’s hope for freedom to an atheistic world of evil and hopelessness. The political signs are staring us in the eye. Either we return to God or we will be slaves to an evil, atheistic government.

 

 

Domenick Maglio, PhD. is a columnist carried by various newspapers, an author of several books and owner/director of Wider Horizons School, a college prep program. Dr. Maglio is an author of weekly newspaper articles, INVASION WITHIN  and a recent book entitled, IN CHARGE PARENTING In a PC World. You can see many of Dr. Maglio’s articles at www.drmaglioblogspot.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

IGNORANCE IS WHERE TYRANNY BEGINS- Ben Franklin

  IGNORANCE IS WHERE TYRANNY BEGINS- Ben Franklin

By Domenick J. Maglio Ph.D. Traditional Realist

 

 

The founding fathers were for the most part self-educated wise men. They studied ancient civilizations to better understand the best form of government that man was able to produce. At the time of our nation’s birth these political leaders were experiencing “enlightenment.” This period was a time of great scientific discoveries. Adam’s Smith’s, The Wealth of Nations and insightful political thinking that shaped our constitutional republic. 

 

The colonists were citizens of the most powerful nation in the world, Great Britain. The colonies were settled and developed with little assistance from England. These colonists were brave and independent people who built their homesteads and fortunes through their own initiative, sweat and courage. The British government practically provided no services of government support. These colonists were rugged individualists who built the foundation of our great country.

 

When King George III started to view the American colonies as his assets to drain to support his misguided military policies in Europe. American colonists began to slowly rebel. Initially most colonists were proud to be Englishmen and felt they should be respected as such. When King George III increased his oppressive edicts, the colonists fought back against them. As it became clearer to the colonists that they were going to be treated as second class citizens, they banned together to fight for their rights and freedom. They did this against all odds.

 

Amazingly, the colonists won the American Revolution. Immigrants from all over the world struggled and suffered to make a new life in our free nation. These immigrants knew there was freedom and opportunity in America but little government assistance. They came anyway. 

There was no concept of a welfare state for the history of America emphasized freedom of opportunity not handouts. These new arrivals worked incessantly to better their status in their new country and gain the respect of other Americans. The melting pot is still the equalizer in the USA. All ethnic groups who entered the country had the freedom to keep their cherished traditions while adapting the heritage of America. 

 

The U.S. was and is the land of opportunity. It has had its ups and downs like any other country. Wars, depressions, epidemics, personal tragedies have happened, but we came together to endure and conquer these difficult periods. Most of us understood it was with God’s help and blessing that we would be victorious in these situations. 

 

The establishment of our constitutional republic by our pragmatic and learned founders was inspired by Godly individuals who understood freedom was more valuable that any government’s false promises and gifts. Government handouts taken from responsible citizens and giving to complaining slackers is un-American. Our free market economy provides every citizen the opportunity and means to increase their fortune through earnings, savings and freedom to  make decisions. 

 

America has never been a utopian nation. Rather it is the freest on earth that is in the midst of losing it, not to a conquering power but through an “Invasion Within.” A powerful elite group of bureaucratic officials, the media (social and news) and corporate heads have joined together to create false, ignorant narratives. These Godless (atheist) narratives replace our Godly history, undermining our constitutional republic. 

 

The elites are fanning the flames of fear through the Coronavirus and violent, destructive riots that kill businesses and citizens to intimidate us to accept the loss of freedom and opportunity for safety. Too many of us are becoming weak, self-loving, soulless, evil frauds who will surrender our freedom in exchange for prosperity and security. 

 

As a nation, if we decide to vote to continue murdering another 60 million babies, for the destruction of our Bill of Rights, our checks and balances and allowing government elites to take our hard-earned assets to line their pockets we will lose our freedom. We deserve the horrible outcome: totalitarianism in America! It will open the door for evil running wild.

 

Most righteous citizens want to preserve the “shining beacon on the hill” for all freedom loving people worldwide. We should vote for an imperfect blunt, honestly critical, sarcastic, making good on his promises president. Rejecting him for not following the standards and rules of modern political elites schooled in the art of deception to gain power over the ignorant masses would be insanity. These smuggers may appear reasonable but are stone cold sociopathic crazies seeking power. Vote against tyranny. 

 

The Biblical moral values that are the basis for the establishment of our nation should not be tossed aside for phony self-gratification, the illusion of prosperity and total security deception. These lies are tactics of evil groups that have always roamed the earth. 

 

Vote for freedom and opportunity to level the playing field for all Americans and freedom lovers worldwide.

 

Domenick Maglio, PhD. is a columnist carried by various newspapers, an author of several books and owner/director of Wider Horizons School, a college prep program. Dr. Maglio is an author of weekly newspaper articles, INVASION WITHIN  and a recent book entitled, IN CHARGE PARENTING In a PC World. You can see many of Dr. Maglio’s articles at www.drmaglioblogspot.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, October 06, 2020

OUR CONSTITUTION PROTECTS FREE DEBATE NOT MOB RULE

 OUR CONSTITUTION PROTECTS FREE DEBATE NOT MOB RULE

By Domenick J. Maglio PhD. Traditional Realist

 

Americans are facing a cultural revolution with traditionalists who want to keep our institutions and laws intact and progressives who want to create an equitable, utopian, communist society. The clashes between these two diametrically opposed groups has left progressives energized and strident. Traditionalists are confused, silent and intimidated in the public square, fearful of being called racist. 

 

When traditionalists peacefully assembled for political rallies during the coronavirus lock-down they were chastised for not wearing masks, social distancing and disobeying the local government’s arbitrary edicts. However, the supposedly “peaceful” protests for the BLM movement were reported by the media as 99% peaceful. Yet in the background burning businesses could be seen. Radical anarchists intimidate with lethal weapons that have been previously ignored. Although anyone wearing a Trump MAGA hat, a judge ruled was legitimately provoking radical democrats to attack that person. 

 

This cultural revolution has been simmering since the 1960 sexual revolution. There has been a giant shift in our cultural mores., law and order and respect for our constitution in the last half century. In the 1960s there were riots in the street and assassinations of many prominent leaders. Our constitution survived but our national tolerance of acts once considered evil has slowly changed our cherished traditions. Americans have become lazy in protecting our honored beliefs and values.

 

The double standard shown by the democrat media and progressive politicians was evident in the case of Rayshard Brooks. It was an illegal act to resist arrest, another illegal act to wrestle the taser away from the officer and shoot it at him. Yet, the media attempted to dismiss his actions as acceptable and legal while focusing on the policeman’s behavior as wrong even in self-defense. This media strategy has been repeated with each new episode and there has been little pushback from traditional Americans.

 

Obviously, the progressive politicians and the media are in a frenzy to undermine” law enforcement. Most of the “peaceful protestors” are calling for “reallocating” law enforcement money which is really defunding.  Hundreds of people will be identified and arrested for serious crimes including murder but will be released with no punishment or financial restitution. This opens the door for criminal mob rule that overwhelms law and order. These actions are eroding our cultural institutions creating conditions that could overthrow our Constitutional Republic.

 

After the smoke of chaos of a cultural revolution clears, an oppressive central government could be established to protect the progressive elite’s property and power. The new law and order will not protect the liberty and rights of all citizens, only the ruling classes. The average unconnected, “forgotten citizens” will be required to follow the dictates of the all-powerful government or will be persecuted or executed. Freedom of choice of citizens will end. 

 

The first thing in any revolution is to turn everything upside down to create disorder. Society’s truth has been redefined where holy is now called evil, sinfulness has become chic and godly acts are seen as contrived and phony. This weakens appreciation of godliness and strengthens acceptance of abortion, criminal acts, personal deception and oppression. 

 

The undermining of traditional American values and virtues opens up the door for evil to run wild. Instability will be evident all around and within us. Our institutions will be altered to control and then deny previous liberties of the average people except the elites. The average deplorable residents will become sheeple, be institutionalized for re-education then returned to the community or be eliminated. 

 

Traditional Americans need to be smart by not over or under reacting to illogical thinking, lying and violent progressive tactics. They must be courageous and voice their observations and viewpoints without self-censorship to others in a forceful but rational manner. Any transgressions against our freedom and rights should be lawfully identified and resisted. 

 

Debate should be our major tool to reach and convert the ignorance and anger of propagandized, misled progressives. The cancel culture should not intimidate us into silence. The bizarre rulings of a progressive judge who releases Antifa members the next day after they commit crimes and members of the mob who call for the killing of police should motivate all of us to rise up against these injustices. The freedom of our children, grandchildren and our nation should inspire us like all previous patriotic Americans to speak up. 

 

Liberty has always had a price of facing down selfish, ignorant, ungrateful individuals and mobs. The cancel culture is a tactic of totalitarian control and can only be defeated with the courage of individuals speaking up to reveal the lies of evil and truth of God’s goodness and love. 

 

 

Domenick Maglio, PhD. is a columnist carried by various newspapers, an author of several books and owner/director of Wider Horizons School, a college prep program. Dr. Maglio is an author of weekly newspaper articles, INVASION WITHIN  and a recent book entitled, IN CHARGE PARENTING In a PC World. You can see many of Dr. Maglio’s articles at www.drmaglioblogspot.com.