Maciolekism

politics

  • An Evolving Process

    The very nature of social media pressures and encourages people to react without structure or reasoned thought. Strong, sustainable communities cannot be built without structure or reasoned thought. (Some have argued, that back in the 60’s Ken Kesey was part… Continue reading

  • We Owe You Nothing

    Consensus is often used as just another word for orthodoxy. Orthodoxy is good when there is no vision of something better. Trouble appears on the horizon when orthodoxy becomes the excuse for assertiveness and abuse, regardless of facts or reason.… Continue reading

  • We Are All Hard-Wired

    Most people are hard-wired to put the individual first. Some people are hard-wired to put the community first. A few people are hard-wired to put the entire ecosystem first. Continue reading

  • Community Building With Language

    When teenagers bond, they create their own language from a lexicon of shared emotional experiences. Because of their inexperience, these are mostly from modern pop culture; song lyrics and movie quotes. When young parents bond with other young parents, they… Continue reading

  • What Tangled Webs We Weave…

    A time comes when the veil drops and it becomes clear that a person who was pretending to be a psychologist, being so smart, knowing everyone better than they knew themselves, was only using jargon to justify their abusiveness and… Continue reading

  • We All Can’t Play The Game

    After getting halfway through a stack of dirty dishes, a man sits down at the end of the dinner table where most of the extended family are playing a heated game of Uno. Ugh!! Someone reverse it! Uncle Craig!! are… Continue reading