CRITICAL THINKING IS BECOMING UNCOMMON

 CRITICAL THINKING IS BECOMING UNCOMMON

By Domenick J. Maglio PhD. Traditional Realist

 

We citizens of the United States are living a frantic lifestyle. If the Coronavirus had any up-side, it was slowing down the merry-go-round most of us were on. People were prevented from incessantly shopping, eating out, attending social events and even going to their jobs. It changed our lifestyle forcing individuals to slow down and realize that our world is more complex and uncertain than we imagined. 

 

Most individuals were self-absorbed in their own world and dreams, not realizing that life has many twists and turns. We self-centeredly believe life will continue as we wish. Many events alter our direction and ability to fulfill what we want. War, accidents, economic changes, death, personal decisions and unexpected epidemics appear demonstrating the unpredictability of life. 

 

Family gatherings with close relatives of different generations where past and present events were discussed gave children and others context to the changes that are happening in our culture. For many people these gatherings are rare with families moving to other places in our nation. Even when families get together many of the members are on cell phones reviewing text messages or talking with others. The connection between family members such as cousins, uncles, grandparents and even parents with their children has become weaker and more superficial. With the family dissolving as an institution, young people are becoming more vulnerable.  To gain popularity they are involved in partying, drugging and other destructive behaviors. Few adults provide advice based on life lessons. 

 

In the absence of close family ties too many of us have gravitated to an affluent/superficial world and have become attached to our youth and possessions. These things become our primary focus. Computers, cellphones, cars, selfies, Botox, social groups and other material things become our life’s identity. Our parents, teachers, friends and other loved ones fade away. Gone is what really provides wise feedback, strength and support to help us arrive at what we could and should become. 

 

Our educational institutions have exploited this moral value vacuum. Removing the history of our nation and the world has handicapped our students even more. They lose the knowledge of what happened in the past, which would help them understand that certain actions result in predictable outcomes. Instead, we use Google and Siri to give us instant answers to any questions we ask without understanding the big picture. Knowledge empowers students to think.

Comprehending historical events allows people a clearer knowledge of all the factors that are contributing to this significant period. It teaches students to better evaluate information increasing the acuity of the mind.

 

Public school transition from an institution of education to social change agent has removed many of the skills and thought provoking activities that stimulate students’ minds. Gone are the 3Rs, “reading, riting and rithmatic”, cursive writing, composition and grammar, and debating controversial topics. These academic non-political learning experiences have been replaced by indoctrination of social change, CRT, identity politics, feminism, LGBTQ, BLM/Antifa, and other Marxist theories. Anyone who criticizes these concepts that divide us, is ridiculed and re-educated. The students who become advocates of these woke messages are applauded gaining honor, esteem and even acceptance into more prestigious universities and job opportunities. 

 

These propaganda mills never mention any advances in racial relationships, prosperity and undeniable truth that we have the richest poor people in the entire world. The Marxists avoid mentioning the great progress the United States has made in technology, race relations, business while turning any progress into a negative. According to Marxism the USA is an evil nation.

 

All this negativity directed towards our great traditional institutions has tainted our appreciation, gratitude and empathy for the heroes of the past. Our children and even adults have lost the ability to discriminate the truth from falsehood since most of us have never had the opportunity to hear our relatives, peers in school, or media pundits argue different points of view. Censorship and cancelling of different opinions in the media have devastated our ability to critically think.

 

Instead, we have been programmed (re-educated) to listen to constantly repeated lies until they have become the “truth.” Critical thinking is evaporating in front of our eyes. Most citizens are so frustrated and confused that they have just shut down their thinking.

 

Let us bring back sanity, Judeo-Christian values, logic, order into our lives and that of our children by voicing our knowledge of true information which refutes the flood of convoluted lies that we are being fed. Teaching others about our Constitutional Republic is essential to keep them aware of the outrageous propaganda that the Marxists are employing to institute a communist takeover. 

 

It is up to the aging generation to bring back our institution that will counter this omnipresent brainwashing. 

 

Domenick Maglio, PhD. is a columnist carried by various newspapers and blogs, 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.