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The Shadow Archetype
The shadow is the censored unacceptable disowned portion of ourselves that emerges under stress or provocation. When we are triggered or "lose it", we succumb to the shadow's misbehaving, inappropriateness, misdeeds. In moments of petty criticisms and condemnations we are the shadow.
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Fascism's Beginnings in Italy
Fascism was the offspring of conflict between opposing factions of socialists. World War I was the stimulus whereby "national socialists" in Italy became fascists and were opposed to internationalist communists.
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The Introvert's Clumsy Improv Persona
The persona, or social mask, by its very nature is the essence of extraversion. Introverts live an in extraverted world and are often clumsy in their efforts to make a persona. The extravert lives and breathes as their persona. I explore the differences in personas between extraverts and introverts.
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Old Fart Gym Clique
My experiences with guys near my age at the gym
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Sports as Religion
The Super Bowl is Exhibit A, the ostentatious proof that sports is an American religion
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The Origins of Social Democracy
Socialism split off into two movements: revolutionary and reformist. Social democracy evolved from the reformist movement.
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The Strange 'Morphing' of Marxism Into Fascism
Fascism resulted from Marxists who reacted to World War I contrary to international proletariat loyalty in conformity with nationalist loyalty. As World War I progressed and hardships followed, fascism developed into a political movement.
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Time: The Endless Enigma
Time is a real component of physical reality, non-spatial and immaterial. It's a core dimension of the universe that has to do with underlying change and causation. Time is unique and indispensable, embedded in everyday experience and science's conceptualization of the universe.