SOCIAL MEDIA DIVIDES US INTO TRIBES

 SOCIAL MEDIA DIVIDES US INTO TRIBES

By Domenick J. Maglio PhD. Traditional Realist

 

The United States has been a proud country with an amazing history. It has brought our citizens together as one. The story of the colonists fighting against the most powerful imperial force in the world is inspiring. Against all odds and ill equipped, untrained woodsmen, farmers, city dwellers and dedicated brave believers in freedom never gave up. They struggled until the best supplied and trained military surrendered to this blessed ragtag crew.

 

This was followed by an expansion of foreigners from all over the world cutting their paths westward.  They overcame hardship to finally prosper. The Civil War, the great waves of immigrants in the 19^th and 20^th Century, the Great depression, WWI and WWII and the Moon Landing are just a few historical events that united our citizens to be proud, brave and freedom loving people.

 

The progressive anti-American assault that was evident beginning in the 1960 Cultural Revolution continued to pick up speed dominating our nation today. Students were indoctrinated into viewing our nation as evil, unjust and exploitative of its citizens and the world. This propaganda campaign impacted most of our institutions especially education and media. The democrat media arm has become a major weapon of attack on the accomplishments and even the soul of the nation. 

 

The most insidious means of turning many young Americans negative towards everything that makes our nation great, is the current omnipresent social media. People who are originally unknown to each other become an intimate group. Many of these individuals never met in person but some become influential “friends” to each other. Speculative opinions, false facts and negative narratives are circulated by the social media and repeated enough to become facts to many. The fact-checkers only correct one side of the story. Those denigrating America are free to say what they please, for example look at the falsehoods that are the basis of the 1619 project. These spread like wildfire, separating people into micro groups. These groups find other people who think similarly to them and soon it is a subcultural tribe.

 

This is where truth and fiction become indistinguishable. These tribal media groups are like-minded people who do not tolerate dissent. Anyone who has a different perspective is considered a “troll” who is immediately “cancelled” from the tribe. The tribe is bound together by viewing themselves as victims of either social justice, racism, political repression or any other imagined grievance. 

 

Social Justice, Tolerance, Don’t Judge Me, Political Correctness, BLM slogans are used as weapons by these anti-American groups to validate their indignation and victimization. Anyone solving their own anger issues would be dismissed from the group. A group member would attribute their anger to other’s micro aggression intolerance rather than their own inappropriate behavior and thinking. Instead, of other methods of decreasing their psychological disturbances, the group feeds into the “poor me” narrative through their own similar experiences they have suffered. The self-pity process reinforces their belief that main-stream Americans are prejudiced, self-righteous and mean-spirited. These tribal victims feel that the traditional Americans should be punished, reeducated or eliminated for their unjust prejudice towards these “innocent  tribal victims.”  

 

The exclusion of different perspectives by these tribal groups is to maintain their anger against others to remain united in group think. The tribal members’ objective is to change the prejudice of the deplorables, not resolve their personal issues. 

 

The dilemma for the members is, if they are integrated into the culture, they lose their identity and group cohesiveness as suffering victims. Once they lose their victimhood status, they would need to find another victimology with a different profile which will again give the person a cause celeb. 

 

These people want to blame everyone else for their angst. If and when the culture accepts suicide, for example as a viable means of ending one’s life, these tribal suicide activists will have to find another cause to devote their energies. These joiners want instant recognition and acknowledgement that they are noble. They do not want to improve the culture for everyone.

 

The social media victimization groups are about changing the popular culture, not about being mentally healthy, productive Americans. Rather its objective is having power to get others to do what they want. Social media is where the camaraderie and special social purpose is derived. It gives a person a unique powerful identity that allows them star-status with their comrades. 

 

Social media divides us into angry tribes that drown out our national accomplishments. The wonderful accomplishments of correcting our wrongs of the past and celebrating our freedom, prosperity and stability are censored. They are replaced by warped tolerance, social justice, political correctness concepts that allow these unfulfilled individuals to bask in their virtue signaling and horrible victimization experiences. 

 

The cancel culture of the democrat media and social media need to stop censoring and bring back freedom of speech with competing ideas to reach the truth. This will ignite a greater appreciation of the United States’ incredible virtues and freedom uniting citizens rather than dividing them into demented anti-American tribes of discontent.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WHEN WILL THE PATRIOTS STAND UP TO SAVE THE ALL NATIONS FROM GLOBAL TOTALITARIANISM?

 WHEN WILL THE PATRIOTS STAND UP TO SAVE THE ALL NATIONS FROM GLOBAL TOTALITARIANISM?

By Domenick J. Maglio PhD. 

 

Never in my life would I believe that our country could sink to this shocking level of corruption and evil. It has stunned many millions of citizens who were proud to be American. Many of these Americans are bewildered and despondent about what the future holds. 

 

This emotional and behavioral confusion can only be resolved when people decide what course should be taken concerning the in-your-face 2020 fraudulent presidential election. Once again, democrat operatives are manipulating the polls to influence patriotic voters to accept the questionable election and that Joe Biden is the president elect of the United States. These media influencers’ drumbeat is repeating that there is “insufficient evidence” to change the election.  It was “the most secure election ever,” although over 1000 witnesses have signed affidavits under the penalty of jail time providing evidence of fraud. 

 

The Dominion voting machines have been tested and shown to be able to be programmed to alter the votes. Some of the machines were connected to the Internet, which is illegal, and could be manipulated from anywhere. Other states in previous elections have rejected Dominion machines for this reason and high error rate. Added to these vulnerabilities were paper ballots that were accepted with no name of voter, many ballots that were obviously just copies and all had the same signature. There was no chain of custody, sequentially numbered ballots with check sum digits to ensure the of the ballots.There were questions about the eligibiliity of the voters as well as determining the number of times the ballot was accepted and counted as legitimate. 

 

A stunning election irregularity in several states was the counting of the ballots being stopped for 4 hours when President Trump was leading by hundreds of thousands of votes. The “water-line breakage” that never existed allowing time for ballots to be taken out of hidden suitcases and counted should have screamed for a total audit of Georgia’s election process. This phony recount is invalid when the fraudulent ballots are counted each time without determining their actual status. 

 

The Justice Department and the FBI and the media withheld the information that Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s son, was under investigation for tax fraud. Hunter Biden’s partner, Tony Bobulinski gave an interview stating that Hunter’s sleazy dealing with foreign powers was known to Joe Biden. This information was blatantly hidden during the election, which was a serious subversive action skewing the election results. 

 

Even though it has come before the courts 50+ times, no court including the Supreme Court has evaluated the evidence of the charges of voter tampering. Instead, the Supreme Court ruled that 18 states and the President of the United States did not have standing to be heard in one of the most significant elections in American history. This is not only suspicious but lends credibility that the “Deep State corruption” is strongly imbedded in all levels of government. The numerous evidence exposed is too blatant to be ignored. 

 

This was a bungled, stolen election that has to be reversed to preserve the honor and credibility of the United States Constitutional Republic. If we let this election stand as a victory 

that used Banana Republic tactics, we will become one. We the People will lose our historical standing of being a beacon of freedom and opportunity for the world. We will instantly be seen as another region in the global communist world, not as the freest nation in world history.

 

This 2020 Presidential Election can only be reversed by the people’s voice being heard. The people must fight against overt and systematic oppression of the Deep State. Americans have united to show the world our ability to defeat totalitarian monsters in the past.  The right of freedom of the people’s voice to rule our great nation has to continue or we will be ruled by a totalitarian world government. 

 

Patriotic Americans should honor our soldiers who fought for our national sovereignty with courage and suffering. No excuse or inconvenience can justify remaining silent during the present revolution for reestablishing our rights as citizens to rule our nation and be the leader of the free world.

 

Our vote went overwhelmingly for President Trump’s reelection. It must not be permitted to be robbed by obvious cheating and corruption. The method of being a positive force in this crucial domestic and international revolution is up to the individual. U.S. citizens need to inspire the entire world to unite with us. 

 

It is now or never. It is all the nations of the world that are at stake. We cannot be fearful remaining silent and allowing our glorious nation to be snatched from the freest people in the history of Earth. If we do not fight for our liberty, we will see the death of our freedom and that of the rest of the globe.

 

 

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 WITHINand a recent book entitled, IN CHARGE PARENTING in a PC World. You can see many of Dr. Maglio’s articles at www.drmaglioblogspot.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE CHOICE OF FAITH OR FEAR DETERMINES OUR FREEDOM

 THE CHOICE OF FAITH OR FEAR DETERMINES OUR FREEDOM

BY Domenick J. Maglio PhD. Traditional Realist

 

We are living in a “Coronavirus period” where every ailment, odd behavior and disease has potentially debilitating effects or death if not immediately treated. Many of the diagnosed illnesses do not have any definitive cure, instead a person has to take a regiment of drugs that may temporarily alleviate previous symptoms but may end in addiction or chronic illness. 

 

Driving, flying, biking and many sports are dangerous and injurious to a person’s health. Some people avoid dangerous activities for the sake of their physical safety and others are exhilarated by them. If a person chooses to live in a bubble even that can cause depression and/or physical incapacitation. 

 

Life is uncertain and full of minefields that might erupt anytime. Playing it safe appears to be a way to minimize accidents. Many people dig deeper within themselves to muster their forces to overcome unfortunate events. No one wants these negative occurrences but there is no way to predict or avoid all of them. 

 

In the Corona epidemic era we are witnessing the eminent power of fear. People are being indoctrinated with “facts” that are constantly shifting depending on the “scientific experts” and the particular moment in time. Many of these experts are attempting to demonstrate their authority and new-found power. These scientific experts are similar to the politicians who all relish their time in the spotlight.

 

Fear mongering promotes uncertainty and people need to combat it. According to the World Health Organization statement, three feet is sufficient for social distancing while the U.S. Center of Disease Control, CDC, insists six feet is the necessary distance between people. Face masks, according to some experts should be worn to stop the spread of the virus while others believe it serves little preventive purpose. Exercise, sunlight, vitamin D and fresh air are known to be good for decreasing the possibility of being inflicted with Covid-19. Yet beaches and gyms are deemed nonessential and forbidden to participate in according to our government edicts. 

 

On the other side is the faith factor. Others believe their future is in the hands of God. Their faith in a higher being allows them to allay their fears although even churches are considered non-essential. Dying is a stage of life. Everyone will face judgement day and if they have lived a good, God-fearing life they will be one with Him. Faith is a powerful force. Faith in a merciful being gives them courage to live a free life. Most people of faith are not intimidated by threats of government officials, their scientific accomplices or the lying media. 

 

Self-important elites are elevated by forcing and denying individuals the power to make their own decisions. Control of others elevates their status among peers and superiors. Their tactics have historically been the method for totalitarian governments to gain power and rule. This is the exact reason our founding fathers stressed the importance of religious moral values. These wise men understood the belief in God strengthened the will of citizens to conquer fears in order to live free and have a prosperous existence. 

 

Faith in righteousness gives people direction and certitude in life. Fear emotes weakness that leads unscrupulous people to use deceit and outright lies that manipulates people to follow them. These individuals take advantage of weak, fearful people at every turn. They could be salespersons, pimps, drug pushers, politicians, or any person willing to take advantage of others. In this process the weak often surrender their money, independence, ability to reason, at times even their freedom for false promises. 

 

The antidote to fear is facing it and conquering it. The more these victories occur, the more faith in God is strengthened for the individual. This power assists us in protecting ourselves until it is time to join Him. Faith in oneself and God’s power is a better way to live than living in fear of the potentially harmful things that surround us.

 

Fearful people relinquish their freedom for security. Surrendering our freedom and zest for living in order to possess a false sense of safety destroys our freedom to think and accomplish what we are born to create for the good of everyone. Fearful minded individuals will be immobilized in a constant series of false alarms causing anxiety, distress and illness.

 

Faith in God often requires courage and suffering to give the person greater comprehension of good and evil. This eventually produces moral values that will pay positive dividends. This is better than lying and cheating others to gain temporary fame. 

 

Courage given to us by our faith in God is essential to remain a free society while fear leads to ignorance, servitude and totalitarianism. 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ELECTRONICALLY CONNECTED RESULTS IN SPIRITUAL AND INTELLECTUAL ATROPHY

 ELECTRONICALLY CONNECTED RESULTS IN SPIRITUAL AND INTELLECTUAL ATROPHY

By Domenick J. Maglio PhD Traditional Realist

 

 

Modern adults and children are plugged into their electronic devices throughout the day. Children are on their smart phones socializing, playing games, listening to music, exploring their favorite social media sites and sending messages, photos and memes to their friends. Their parents are just as electronically immersed and addicted to searching the internet, socializing, working from home, networking and getting their dose of news from social media. Even when they are supposedly interacting with their child at some event, instead of focusing on the child’s activity many parents take out their cell phones forgetting the purpose of the event.

 

The process of being connected to electronic devices has grown exponentially in the past decade. With most mothers now in the workforce, ‘latchkey’ children have become the norm. Children are no longer able, trained, or trusted to play in the neighborhood with their peers. Children are isolated in their homes with their devices that have become their means of entertainment and way of socializing with others. Youngsters at home can play video games alone or with their online acquaintances. Cyber space has become young people’s keyhole to view and interact with the world outside their home. 

 

Parents are in a similar fix as their employment requires hours at the job or on the computer at home. Most professional positions require work being done after normal business hours. Husbands and wives often juggle their schedules to cover each other’s job obligations while the other monitors the home. This usually means little time to spend with their children, relatives, friends and even spouse. 

 

The unity and closeness among family has diminished. Most people are in their own virtual world without support and ability to share with significant others. Being isolated from others prevents individuals from gaining insight and wisdom from them.

 

Without having trusted individuals and the time to share feelings and thoughts, people are isolated in a fast paced and confusing world. There is little opportunity to learn the pros and cons of one’s own ideas from others. A life excluding close and caring human interactions results in a self-indulgent, narrow, robotic person or a total phony. 

 

Youngsters have to be taught to be aware of unusual situations and how to overcome obstacles and challenges. The absence of this training leaves children unable to think for themselves. These individuals usually remain limited to their own beliefs without exploring other possibilities. It takes time and opportunity to review one’s thoughts on an issue to logically and critically develop thinking skills. We all need reflective time to integrate life lessons. 

 

In this modern electronic age information is bombarding us at a furious pace. We often do not take the time to research information to find out what is fake or true. We should verify it so we can learn from reality. The more correct knowledge we have the better we can put together life’s puzzle to see the whole picture. 

 

Integrating information, observing, developing intuition and common sense are becoming lost abilities of the electronic overload of citizens. What a person says verbally, through their facial expressions and body language are important nuances that help us obtain a clearer picture of what they mean rather than what they say. This rarely happens even in electronic video conferencing. 

 

Online “friends” project what they want others to think they are rather than who they really are. Cyber contacts are mostly superficial acquaintances. who most people would be cautious about sharing their deepest feelings and experiences. The person sharing the most conflicting thoughts and feelings is dangerous. Healthy people should share personal information carefully online before revealing anything that could come back to haunt or harm them and should shy away from putting themselves in this jeopardy.

 

An exclusively electronic lifestyle leaves a person in a sterile social environment. This interpersonal vacuum leaves little opportunity to develop knowledge and skills to become more aware of the world of reality. It does not allow the electronically addicted persons to develop their full intellectual and spiritual capacities.

 

Humans need significant intimate relationships to assist them to gain wisdom and to learn how to comprehend the often-confusing life events. These intimate human interactions would help them better perceive and interpret the earthly and spiritual world. We need to be grounded in reality with personal, loving relationships with others to develop into a fulfilled and stable person, not spend our time online trying to impress people we do not even know.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THANKSGIVING SHOULD BE A DAILY RITUAL

 THANKSGIVING SHOULD BE A DAILY RITUAL

By Domenick J. Maglio PhD. Traditional Realist

 

In 1789 our first president and national hero, George Washington, proclaimed the last Thursday in November to be designated Thanksgiving, a national holiday. This great American stated it is a day that we should take notice of and celebrate all the blessings we have received. It helps us highlight the many things we have received from Almighty God and it is up to us to protect it.

Thanksgiving a wonderful event each year where families get together to have a celebration in gratitude for what has been provided to us. When the family is seated around the dinner table, members are thankful for being together, and how fortunate they are to have God in their lives.  It is a day we acknowledge the importance of our faith in God and the significant role He plays in our daily life. It helps us be more aware that the hand of God has watched over and protected us from personal and other possible forces of devastation.

 

Traditional families also realize how fortunate they are to be living in America with all the freedoms we enjoy. Most Americans celebrate our Constitutional Republic of the United States with God’s protection granted to us regardless of our religion, race, or social status. The stability and opportunity inherent in our nation has been envied all over the world. They are stunned to see Americans speak openly about politics with no fear of reprisal. Foreigners respect our freedom to speak our mind and our freedom to move up the socio-economic ladder that is rare in the rest of the world. Many US citizen take for granted the freedoms outlined in our Bill of Rights, but foreigners are jealous because they have never experienced these rights. Americans should appreciate these incredible freedoms that are currently under attack and could be swiped from under our noses if we are not careful. 

 

We have witnessed in this Coronavirus era that liberties can readily be cancelled due to a “health epidemic” by creating fear in the population. When corrupt, self-serving politicians see they can create mass panic in the population, they exploit it. This is summed up by: “Never let a crisis go to waste.” These elite vultures use people’s fear to promise false solutions. In return the weak complying victims surrender their freedom while the political vultures devour their freedom leaving them helplessly enslaved. 

 

Instead of trading liberty for evil, individuals should return to prayer and have faith in a merciful God.  God provides courage, strength and calm to ward off the fear of personal tragedy. Our fears will be diminished making us strong enough to stand up against tyranny as the American people did in crisis after crisis. We will realize too much has been given to us to surrender our freedom for false security. 

 

Giving thanks everyday reinforces the knowledge that citizens have been able to overcome many past fearful events. Our faith in God increases our courage to fight off evil in our society. When people stand up to dictatorial leaders, the leaders are exposed as liars and they lose the power of fear. We experienced it in the American Revolution, the civil War, WWI and WWII, and during the Great Depression. We need to give back to our ancestors (and to the future of our children) by standing up and preserving the greatest nation on earth. Instead of dwelling on our fears we should focus all we have been given to defeat these spineless, phony, cruel elites. 

 

When we give thanks to God, our perceptions change from helplessness to hopefulness. The more the virtue of gratitude grows in our hearts the stronger we become. The more we have overcome tragedy, the lessons we have learned toughen us up to withstand immense pain. The power given us in our faith in God helps us inspire greater convictions in others to help them confront ruthless individuals and be victorious.  It gives us greater appreciation for what we have been given. As times improve, we will have additional courage and tolerance to handle the deviousness, distortions, lies and outrageous evil confronting us.

 

The gratitude shown during the Thanksgiving holiday is an effective way to ward off the evil elites that are a part of everyone’s life and should be practiced as a daily ritual. We all would find our days easier and our sleep more tranquil and uplifting if we continually count our blessings.

 

 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.