Author Archives: Wendell Krossa

Hurting heads with cognitive dissonance from the “Mother of all oxymorons” (i.e. combining entirely contradictory things)

Topics below “Anarcho-unconditional” or more realistic “min-unconditional” as my takeaway from Javier Milei’s “Anarcho-capitalism” and “min-archism” compromise in Argentina. Also newly added at the bottom of this opening section: A little Christmas gift to readers- My paraphrased translation of the … Continue reading

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“Historical Jesus-mas”? I dunno.

See new stuff below on Kevin O’Leary’s good rant about getting Trudeau out so we can begin to clean up the mess that he has made of Canada. Also Greg Gutfeld on “Get out of your own head” and focus … Continue reading

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The greatest-ever potential liberation movement aborted. Who did it? You guessed it- Pablo!

A wee ‘quibble’ before a strong affirmation: Wendell Krossa I am not with Shellenberger and Jordan Peterson in their arguments (in other forums) for the general restoration of religion/Christianity in society. They appear unfamiliar with Historical Jesus research and the … Continue reading

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Probing the root contributing factors behind the elite impulse to domination

This site author identifies as “independent commoner”. Fiercely so. I also identify as a “mutable self” in open process (open to new information, change, growth, and development), not as an “immutable self”, focusing identity on fixed objects as in dogmatic … Continue reading

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The deluding power of our narratives and the test of outcomes (Thomas Sowell’s “Test of facts”)

Some new stuff coming soon that takes off from Michael Shellenberger’s good probing of the psychology behind totalitarian Woke Progressivism that has tried to infect and take over Western liberal democracies, to the ruin of these democracies. Personal Obsessions, Wendell … Continue reading

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“Snowflake, buttercup” apoplexy

Coming soon- My take on the real “clear and present danger” to our liberal democracies. Apoplexy- My definition: Internal rupture and hemorrhaging with irrational fury. Countering Snowflake or Buttercup syndrome, Wendell Krossa (we used to call this “spoilt brat syndrome”, … Continue reading

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“Feelings, nothing but feelings”, Morris Albert

“Feelings, nothing more than feelings” was the Baby Boomer mantra. This will make sense later, below. Apparently, according to commentators like Christian Parenti, us Baby Boomers started this “feelings first” pathology in the modern era. These articles from Ruy Teixeira … Continue reading

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They walk among us

See new material below- “Next level hatred”, Elon Musk A neighbor’s NDE, Wendell Krossa I was just out for my daily walk in the early dark of approaching winter mornings, expelling my usual fake coughs and throat clearings to give … Continue reading

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“It’s coming on Christmas…. singing songs of joy and peace… Oh, I wish I had a river to skate away on…”

See new material just below– i.e. summary of site topics for new visitors A bit of auto-biography, Wendell Krossa It’s a Philippine tradition to start celebrating Christmas early in the Fall, around Septemberish. https://www.quora.com/Why-do-people-in-the-Philippines-start-celebrating-Christmas-in-September-It-is-beyond-all-reason-and-the-exact-opposite-of-tradition-in-the-rest-of-the-world-What-is-wrong-with-Filipinos-Almost-everything-there-is I picked that up from my … Continue reading

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Bad ideas deform human personality and then entire societies

The “behavior based on similar belief” relationship: “If your God uses force, then so may you, to get your way against your ‘enemies’”. Preface: Probing further the ideas that validate the impulse to dominate others, to re-establish the destructive “elite/commoner” … Continue reading

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Why we believe what we believe, especially as it relates to validating domination of others

Pre-notes: More on the still puzzling abandonment/rejection of Classic Liberalism by many Western liberals… Trying to understand what happened. People like to believe that they are well-intentioned, and they often are, but being well-intentioned does not prevent us from causing … Continue reading

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Classic Liberalism is the best that we have come up with to protect our societies from the destructive elite impulse to dominate

See below “An inside job: Western liberal rejection of liberal values and policies”, and much more on elite domination of commoners… The comments below probe the endless struggle against the elite/commoner divide in human societies. Classic Liberalism was created to … Continue reading

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