Maciolekism

psychology

  • “It Just Doesn’t Matter!”

    I have been thinking about the transition from feast to famine again, and the experience of what was considered important washing away as real need makes itself increasingly apparent. And as I ruminate, a scene from the old movie”Meatballs” keeps… Continue reading

  • A Father’s Day Meditation

    Father’s Day is approaching here in the States, and there is the usual tidal wave of commercials. It is alright to buy a man a lawnmower as a gift, but buying a woman a vacuum cleaner ends with being drawn… Continue reading

  • Rebranding Fascism

    Since the Germans were such big fans of his first book, “Propaganda” (1928), Edward Bernays had to use his propaganda to rebrand his propaganda in his next book, basically the same book, “Public Relations” (1945). [And for the complete experience… Continue reading

  • The Direction of Intent

    It happened slowly, almost by mistake. In a growing economy new options were available to a new middle class; many more were able to go to college… regardless of their intent. Young men whose only intent was to party and… Continue reading

  • Getting Ahead of The Game

    There are those of us who believe that LSD was intentionally used to derail the antiwar movement back in the late 1960’s. In hindsight, it appears that there was a well coordinated marketing and distribution system that miraculously developed overnight.… Continue reading

  • Ad-Mission Creep

    A cornerstone of the Capitalism story is that profit is worth more than the moral decay and world destruction it causes. This is conveyed in Capitalism’s most important mantra, “If I don’t do it, someone else will.” It begins simple… Continue reading