Starting out with clear definitions, at leasts clear as common usage allows, is always a useful method with which to talk about the same thing--even though conclusions may be different and often are.

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Before you answer think about what your answer will tell about you. He did get to be president didn't he? To do that he had to be free of many of the myths that conventional politics has made part of us.

Let me give an example. On July 4th someone "over there" pointed out the wording in our Declaration of Independence about things like "freedom" and "all men created equal", etc. and that it was written by slave owners and people who would commit genocide.

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I have just finished a long article in Truthdig by Chris Hedges that explains what has happened to our politics and nation. It is an older article so I include the link here:

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/sheldon-wolin-and-inverted-totalitaria...

The reality of perception is an important component in maintaining relations in our society.

This can range from individuals all the way up to government/corporate entities.

Any actions that these entities commit can have a negative or positive effect on their standing in the world. At times, those actions might be so deleterious that it can cause an organization to crumble and blow away in the wind.