Yeah, MA has to be the most spiritually dead place in the entire world; I haven't lived anywhere else (yet!), because my family is extraordinarily lazy, and there aren't any good jobs around here for me that I'd actually enjoy, so I have extremely limited income if any. I'm going to commit to buy (extremely little by little) div etf's though which *should* help me financially in the long run, don't see how they wouldn't as dividends are an easy income source.
We're also home to the most indoctrinated slaves of the college system here in MA, in particular the "madical" system. I was victim to 'crisis intervention' and the like throughout my life, even in my 20's, so I know everything about things like authoritative psychiatry (and psychiatry in general; has to be *the* world's greatest junk science). I remember being pleased it doesn't have the good reputation it once had, and it all happened so fast which is nice, but I'd still love to see it fail on the whole since it's literally just there to poison people, dumb them down, blind them, destroy their autonomy and take away their sense of value with gaslighting, labels/diagnoses (identities), therapy, etc.
MA is loaded with cheap labor from colleges and universities. Many people commute to NH, VT, and CT, but to add insult to injury, everything is expensive (supermarket prices are about 50 percent higher than KY, and real estate taxes are a joke, while the housing market is overpriced).
Worse, government workers, mostly female, have established a solid base for the Democrat-type nonsense (here, in KY, we have the Republican type :) ). When I lived there, people's jobs were in imminent danger, if they chose to exercise freedom of speech. Reverse discrimination is rampant, which widens the gap between races and sets them up against each other... My old university is an ardent follower of CRT now...
Psychiatry excels at manipulating and destroying people... Oncologists come close, but they are less powerful, when it comes to destroying lives (although I remember a young girl's parents losing custody after refusing chemo for the child). Most MDs operate through their chemical paraphernalia, and most people don't even realize that OTC "meds" and supplements are also toxic, including many of those that are marketed as lifesavers...
The objective is seemingly that eventually everything fails to work so that the people who caused the collapse can come to the rescue.
I realize I'm not mentioning anything you didn't already know (long before I did), just wanted to point out that a lot of government workers here are conservative (though, that very well could be by Massachusetts standards, LOL!).
You ARE mentioning things I didn't know. It's been several decades since I left MA. Moreover, the info in comments belongs to all readers. For one, I didn't realize govt workers were conservative, but when I lived there, I was immersed in the college cultures.
MA is certainly one of the most expensive states. As far as I know, it has always been an asylum state, which turned Boston into a crime-ridden area (Springfield has always been up on the national list, and Worcester was in between). ICE has been doing some raiding there, but illegals are transferred to private facilities, where they kept as long as possible at the taxpayer's expense:
Teaching in higher ed requires a compromise: I cannot fail too many students, because there won't be enough to pay for my salary. Instead, I developed a system in which students developed assignments for themselves, while I demonstrated critical tools for analyzing problems that they chose to tackle. Even this way, about 40 percent of my students failed, because they never completed their own work (I usually issued Incompletes, but those turned into Fs after a semester).
Needless to say, I was not always a good teacher. In fact, I was absolutely terrible, when I started, and the worst part of it was that I knew it. It took me about six months to accommodate the pragmatic necessities. In every new environment, I needed 3-6 weeks to complete my understanding of the situation and act accordingly. Also, I vastly improved over time (it wasn't hard, considering I started from rock bottom), and I was good before leaving my last teaching job.
To answer your question, I usually did lose the jobs (usually in two, three, four, or seven years) or, to put it bluntly, was asked to leave. :)
It bothered the heck out of the "educators'" clubs (I never joined one) that I was usually among the top 5 percent in students' evaluations in spite of the 40 percent failing rates. Also, my method was inimitable, because I usually worked with around a hundred modules and used the ones that mostly helped my students, and used only 20-30 in a semester, only when applicable or as needed. Most teachers prepare for their classes with a script. My worst classes were the ones, when I tried, but gave up after 3-4 attempts.
Only few people know that teachers have some of the poorest college grades... I had to keep good GPAs in order to be tuition-free, but that's another story.
Oh it's definitely exceedingly liberal college culture here in MA, you're not wrong at all. I probably shouldn't have suggested anything to the contrary, my fault. I just meant that any system is going to gravitate to either side over enough time - remember it was Republicans that used to trust the medical system, and lefties were the 'smart' ones? I certainly remember that, now it's kind of getting mixed up again (neither side of the political spectrum is particularly distrustful of the government, so I hate both sides).
MA is exceedingly blue (the bluest, actually, lol) but with that said, there are more Republicans here in MA than most people think, but unions and colleges here in the the bluest state will stay blue. I guess what I'm getting at is MA's issue isn't just that it's so blue, there's just a "spiritual deadness" to it on the whole.
I look at everything in the macro, and pay extremely close attention to the proverbial pendulum. Women in general are easily brainwashed and indoctrinated (for instance, even "Republican" women are still often feminist in many ways), so regardless of their politics, they still gravitate to these accessible government jobs, and a lot less men go to college because on average, men are more aware of brainwashing apparatus.
As you know, the two sides of the Uniparty are playing the good-cop-bad-cop game. It's astonishing that people fail to notice.
Perhaps I'll write about the topic in the future, but for the time being, I prefer to avoid comparing sexes in terms of gullibility or impressionability, but those who think logically are easier to convince and they can change their minds more easily than those whose decisions are based on emotions (I consider the following one of my most important ideas):
To a certain extent, everyone is brainwashed (especially during their primary socialization), but communication is often limited to known and/or accepted "standards." Those who know what they want AND possess the means to pursue their objective are the hardest to manipulate. Those who are simply aware they are brainwashed can be easily gaslighted and have no idea what to think...
I read that, most of it (really had to go to the bathroom prior, so skimmed through, but got the gist of it) and I agree with the guy in the comments who mentioned intuition was most important. As you know, everything is designed to *destroy* intuition, particularly the education system but really, just everything else that programs people in any way. Or as I say and no one believes me, "everything is a psyop." Even seemingly harmless advertisements serve as matrix builders.
As a man of faith I have firmly found that discernment, specifically--which *is* linked to intuition, after all--is spiritual in nature. One has to *care* about truth (i.e. love truths), and genuinely hate being lied to - and the Bible warns about people being haters of truth (i.e. lovers of lies). Yes, the average person deploys extreme cognitive dissonance, but I'm starting to find based on my Biblical worldview (e.g. spiritual warfare being real) that cognitive dissonance is a result of issues that are spiritual in nature. Contrary to what secular psychologists have argued against, this does not shift blame from the average mind's stupidity - it's unnatural how stupid the masses have become, that's obvious just looking at older writings (in general, not just ancient texts) and seeing how much smarter everyone was on average, in the absence of technological resources.
As for education, we pretty much have *more* educational resources available than ever, but *less* people than ever that care to find or use these resources. Rabbit holes are for the curious, which nearly all children have - but you'll notice they quickly lose it as they age. That's *not* normal, that isn't supposed to happen. Children had the potential to be geniuses at one point, but between their sleeping parents and the education system, that curiousity is killed off. My belief is that curiousity is a great gift from God, and we let go of it at our own cost.
As for what you said in the comments section there about COVID being part of natural selection, I used to think that but my belief now is that it's mostly a compliance test (among other agendas of course), a worldwide experiment but serving as a trial, for whatever the next plandemic is.
(Sorry for putting my "books'' in your comments section by the way; I'll shut up now, lol!)
As cynical as I am about human nature and man's capacity for cruelty, I always expect the worst from humanity but this article has left even me in shock. My brother was handicapped (thanks to a new "safe" oxygen treament for preemies in 1961, that was later stopped due to the unexpected side effects of blindness and/or Cerebral Palsy). I cannot imagine my Father tolerating such insanity. There was no confrontation he was afraid to get into. What is wrong with today's parents? I am shaking in anger.
yup, an' near all've us parents of kids (teens, young adults) with ASD/Autism EVEN if they're high functionin' FEAR this kinda treat-mint as our worst nightmare....
It's not just this "conditionin' by cattle prod"...a lotta medium ta low functionin' an' 'specially non-verbal kids are hit, slapped, abused... an' it's "normalized"...
EVERY parent've an ASD kid fears "the short bus"... bus matrons & drivers are known fer abusin' autistic kids.... (hence we homeskooled but even activities were risky....)
This is, frankly, BEDLAM! (Bethlehem hoss-spit-all....Victorian England i.e. HELL on Earth) Rarely did it make "the press" but we parents knew...nearly all've us have a "story" 'bout abuse from instructors, therapists, dok-turds & others that we dared trust... This is so even if the abuse wuz small 'er short lived we all have this "cross ta bear".... bottom line is it duzn't say much 'bout "modern America" knowin' how we treat those with challenges.... sad/troo.... Affects the rich an' us shallower-of-pocket.... autism's a great equalizer....
An' of COURSE it's conditionin'--Pavlovian torture if ye ast me.
Massachusetts itself is a stain (upon a larger stain, of course) on this fake country. I still live in MA. They are always the first to do something bad (like gay marriage) and the last to do anything actually good. So naturally, authoritative psychiatry, of course being a bad thing, it somewhat thrives here.
I remember hearing about this particular facility/disablity school years ago, I always hated how it still exists. The inside looks like something from Wizard of Oz, it deceptively looks all kid-friendly, and the staff puts on a class act during the day when there's any visitors. The torture device they use is reportedly stronger than a police taser. Even the mainstream news covered the place at one point, Fox News, and even they couldn't believe what they were doing to the disabled was still legal... This must have been 10 years ago.
They zapped a disabled kid repeatedly over a half hour just because he wasn't putting his jacket on. The parents who send their kids here are every bit as spiritually doomed as the scumbags working at the facility.
Yeah somewhat, by the time you find out if you're approved, you've already paid $200 between the LTC application (4473 or whatever it's called) and the training class.
Other states, you can walk into the shop and purchase a firearm without an LTC; not in MA, lol. You also can't by syringes with needles here outside of prescription. When I injected a medication from a male clinic, I couldn't just buy the needles on Amazon which would've been cheaper and convenient. We also aren't allowed to buy spears... yes, that's right - SPEARS! Including fishing spears, if it's big I guess it could theoretically be used to impale our precious "men and women in blue," so we can't buy it legally here in MA.
On paper though, if you don't have any convictions, and were never adjudicated as mentally ill i.e. *in* the context of the actual court of law/a judge's ruling rather than a temporary hospital hold, you shouldn't have too many issues getting a license - even in MA. The only other thing is social security, some people on that could get the LTC rejected but it doesn't say why nor how. This information is right on the 4473, so I wouldn't call it extremely difficult to get the license, just not for everyone, and not worth the investment unless you're an avid hunter.
There's ultimately no power in weapons. The real power is knowing that Jesus is real, Heaven is real, and the only battle is spiritual. Not having a gun doesn't bother me at all anymore (even though I probably could get one, just not worth that process or money), but it used to when I believed this life was the only thing I had to protect; it's the soul that I needed to really be concerned with. This isn't some mere coping mechanism, that is a Freudian idea - I never employ coping mechanisms, I prefer to go about life the hard way.
MA is amazing. I remember having similar problems to yours. CCL permits must be more difficult, but finding classes didn't look easy, either, during times before the Internet. About half of the states are now constitutional-carry, and it looks like CCL acceptance might become reciprocal between all states.
Shotguns are easy to get, once someone is licensed, but a decent handgun is another story. Either way, both can turn one deaf, if used during a home intrusion, and LE is unlikely to be "understanding" after such an encounter. Guns can protect those who otherwise cannot protect themselves.
Yes, it's a spiritual battle more than anything. Only the person can fight it; joining a "club" doesn't cut it, but you know that. With all the absolutely convincing experiences I have, I am still wondering if everybody gets the chance to find the hotline to ... (you and I know who). You are agree that the greatest value is not life, although a life lived well (or the potential of it) is valuable. I have also looked down the throat of the Beast most of the time, and realizing it only after several years, found it a bit strange that faith also works as a copying mechanism without my ever having thought of the idea. SOS, still, used to mean "Save Our Souls," not "our lives. Confusing the soul and the mind is extremely common (you and I don't mix them up); it comes from Cartesian thought, and it's a most unfortunate debacle...
Dear Ray,
Thank you for this report. This is horrifying.
https://www.activistpost.com/node-without-consent/
Yeah, MA has to be the most spiritually dead place in the entire world; I haven't lived anywhere else (yet!), because my family is extraordinarily lazy, and there aren't any good jobs around here for me that I'd actually enjoy, so I have extremely limited income if any. I'm going to commit to buy (extremely little by little) div etf's though which *should* help me financially in the long run, don't see how they wouldn't as dividends are an easy income source.
We're also home to the most indoctrinated slaves of the college system here in MA, in particular the "madical" system. I was victim to 'crisis intervention' and the like throughout my life, even in my 20's, so I know everything about things like authoritative psychiatry (and psychiatry in general; has to be *the* world's greatest junk science). I remember being pleased it doesn't have the good reputation it once had, and it all happened so fast which is nice, but I'd still love to see it fail on the whole since it's literally just there to poison people, dumb them down, blind them, destroy their autonomy and take away their sense of value with gaslighting, labels/diagnoses (identities), therapy, etc.
MA is loaded with cheap labor from colleges and universities. Many people commute to NH, VT, and CT, but to add insult to injury, everything is expensive (supermarket prices are about 50 percent higher than KY, and real estate taxes are a joke, while the housing market is overpriced).
Worse, government workers, mostly female, have established a solid base for the Democrat-type nonsense (here, in KY, we have the Republican type :) ). When I lived there, people's jobs were in imminent danger, if they chose to exercise freedom of speech. Reverse discrimination is rampant, which widens the gap between races and sets them up against each other... My old university is an ardent follower of CRT now...
Psychiatry excels at manipulating and destroying people... Oncologists come close, but they are less powerful, when it comes to destroying lives (although I remember a young girl's parents losing custody after refusing chemo for the child). Most MDs operate through their chemical paraphernalia, and most people don't even realize that OTC "meds" and supplements are also toxic, including many of those that are marketed as lifesavers...
The objective is seemingly that eventually everything fails to work so that the people who caused the collapse can come to the rescue.
I realize I'm not mentioning anything you didn't already know (long before I did), just wanted to point out that a lot of government workers here are conservative (though, that very well could be by Massachusetts standards, LOL!).
You ARE mentioning things I didn't know. It's been several decades since I left MA. Moreover, the info in comments belongs to all readers. For one, I didn't realize govt workers were conservative, but when I lived there, I was immersed in the college cultures.
MA is certainly one of the most expensive states. As far as I know, it has always been an asylum state, which turned Boston into a crime-ridden area (Springfield has always been up on the national list, and Worcester was in between). ICE has been doing some raiding there, but illegals are transferred to private facilities, where they kept as long as possible at the taxpayer's expense:
https://rayhorvaththesource.substack.com/p/ice-ing-america
Teaching in higher ed requires a compromise: I cannot fail too many students, because there won't be enough to pay for my salary. Instead, I developed a system in which students developed assignments for themselves, while I demonstrated critical tools for analyzing problems that they chose to tackle. Even this way, about 40 percent of my students failed, because they never completed their own work (I usually issued Incompletes, but those turned into Fs after a semester).
That system you developed sounds both practical and logical to me. Almost *too* logical... Did you eventually get fired for doing your own thing, lol?
Needless to say, I was not always a good teacher. In fact, I was absolutely terrible, when I started, and the worst part of it was that I knew it. It took me about six months to accommodate the pragmatic necessities. In every new environment, I needed 3-6 weeks to complete my understanding of the situation and act accordingly. Also, I vastly improved over time (it wasn't hard, considering I started from rock bottom), and I was good before leaving my last teaching job.
To answer your question, I usually did lose the jobs (usually in two, three, four, or seven years) or, to put it bluntly, was asked to leave. :)
It bothered the heck out of the "educators'" clubs (I never joined one) that I was usually among the top 5 percent in students' evaluations in spite of the 40 percent failing rates. Also, my method was inimitable, because I usually worked with around a hundred modules and used the ones that mostly helped my students, and used only 20-30 in a semester, only when applicable or as needed. Most teachers prepare for their classes with a script. My worst classes were the ones, when I tried, but gave up after 3-4 attempts.
Only few people know that teachers have some of the poorest college grades... I had to keep good GPAs in order to be tuition-free, but that's another story.
Oh it's definitely exceedingly liberal college culture here in MA, you're not wrong at all. I probably shouldn't have suggested anything to the contrary, my fault. I just meant that any system is going to gravitate to either side over enough time - remember it was Republicans that used to trust the medical system, and lefties were the 'smart' ones? I certainly remember that, now it's kind of getting mixed up again (neither side of the political spectrum is particularly distrustful of the government, so I hate both sides).
MA is exceedingly blue (the bluest, actually, lol) but with that said, there are more Republicans here in MA than most people think, but unions and colleges here in the the bluest state will stay blue. I guess what I'm getting at is MA's issue isn't just that it's so blue, there's just a "spiritual deadness" to it on the whole.
I look at everything in the macro, and pay extremely close attention to the proverbial pendulum. Women in general are easily brainwashed and indoctrinated (for instance, even "Republican" women are still often feminist in many ways), so regardless of their politics, they still gravitate to these accessible government jobs, and a lot less men go to college because on average, men are more aware of brainwashing apparatus.
As you know, the two sides of the Uniparty are playing the good-cop-bad-cop game. It's astonishing that people fail to notice.
Perhaps I'll write about the topic in the future, but for the time being, I prefer to avoid comparing sexes in terms of gullibility or impressionability, but those who think logically are easier to convince and they can change their minds more easily than those whose decisions are based on emotions (I consider the following one of my most important ideas):
https://rayhorvaththesource.substack.com/p/what-makes-you-think-you-are-right
To a certain extent, everyone is brainwashed (especially during their primary socialization), but communication is often limited to known and/or accepted "standards." Those who know what they want AND possess the means to pursue their objective are the hardest to manipulate. Those who are simply aware they are brainwashed can be easily gaslighted and have no idea what to think...
I read that, most of it (really had to go to the bathroom prior, so skimmed through, but got the gist of it) and I agree with the guy in the comments who mentioned intuition was most important. As you know, everything is designed to *destroy* intuition, particularly the education system but really, just everything else that programs people in any way. Or as I say and no one believes me, "everything is a psyop." Even seemingly harmless advertisements serve as matrix builders.
As a man of faith I have firmly found that discernment, specifically--which *is* linked to intuition, after all--is spiritual in nature. One has to *care* about truth (i.e. love truths), and genuinely hate being lied to - and the Bible warns about people being haters of truth (i.e. lovers of lies). Yes, the average person deploys extreme cognitive dissonance, but I'm starting to find based on my Biblical worldview (e.g. spiritual warfare being real) that cognitive dissonance is a result of issues that are spiritual in nature. Contrary to what secular psychologists have argued against, this does not shift blame from the average mind's stupidity - it's unnatural how stupid the masses have become, that's obvious just looking at older writings (in general, not just ancient texts) and seeing how much smarter everyone was on average, in the absence of technological resources.
As for education, we pretty much have *more* educational resources available than ever, but *less* people than ever that care to find or use these resources. Rabbit holes are for the curious, which nearly all children have - but you'll notice they quickly lose it as they age. That's *not* normal, that isn't supposed to happen. Children had the potential to be geniuses at one point, but between their sleeping parents and the education system, that curiousity is killed off. My belief is that curiousity is a great gift from God, and we let go of it at our own cost.
As for what you said in the comments section there about COVID being part of natural selection, I used to think that but my belief now is that it's mostly a compliance test (among other agendas of course), a worldwide experiment but serving as a trial, for whatever the next plandemic is.
(Sorry for putting my "books'' in your comments section by the way; I'll shut up now, lol!)
ECT has been proven more effective than the 'Tide Pod Challenge' according to laundry experts...
As cynical as I am about human nature and man's capacity for cruelty, I always expect the worst from humanity but this article has left even me in shock. My brother was handicapped (thanks to a new "safe" oxygen treament for preemies in 1961, that was later stopped due to the unexpected side effects of blindness and/or Cerebral Palsy). I cannot imagine my Father tolerating such insanity. There was no confrontation he was afraid to get into. What is wrong with today's parents? I am shaking in anger.
yup, an' near all've us parents of kids (teens, young adults) with ASD/Autism EVEN if they're high functionin' FEAR this kinda treat-mint as our worst nightmare....
https://www.yahoo.com/news/25-investigates-uncovers-years-alleged-222846265.html?
It's not just this "conditionin' by cattle prod"...a lotta medium ta low functionin' an' 'specially non-verbal kids are hit, slapped, abused... an' it's "normalized"...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XldzlvhsbFM
EVERY parent've an ASD kid fears "the short bus"... bus matrons & drivers are known fer abusin' autistic kids.... (hence we homeskooled but even activities were risky....)
This is, frankly, BEDLAM! (Bethlehem hoss-spit-all....Victorian England i.e. HELL on Earth) Rarely did it make "the press" but we parents knew...nearly all've us have a "story" 'bout abuse from instructors, therapists, dok-turds & others that we dared trust... This is so even if the abuse wuz small 'er short lived we all have this "cross ta bear".... bottom line is it duzn't say much 'bout "modern America" knowin' how we treat those with challenges.... sad/troo.... Affects the rich an' us shallower-of-pocket.... autism's a great equalizer....
An' of COURSE it's conditionin'--Pavlovian torture if ye ast me.
ps this one broke my heart....
https://nypost.com/2024/12/07/us-news/dad-furious-after-ny-staffer-drags-autistic-son-by-genitals/
Massachusetts itself is a stain (upon a larger stain, of course) on this fake country. I still live in MA. They are always the first to do something bad (like gay marriage) and the last to do anything actually good. So naturally, authoritative psychiatry, of course being a bad thing, it somewhat thrives here.
I remember hearing about this particular facility/disablity school years ago, I always hated how it still exists. The inside looks like something from Wizard of Oz, it deceptively looks all kid-friendly, and the staff puts on a class act during the day when there's any visitors. The torture device they use is reportedly stronger than a police taser. Even the mainstream news covered the place at one point, Fox News, and even they couldn't believe what they were doing to the disabled was still legal... This must have been 10 years ago.
They zapped a disabled kid repeatedly over a half hour just because he wasn't putting his jacket on. The parents who send their kids here are every bit as spiritually doomed as the scumbags working at the facility.
When I lived in MA, it was already too much, and it was only in the late 1980s:
https://rayhorvaththesource.substack.com/p/re-posting-old-articles-that-remain-92a
In MA, it's extremely difficult to get a gun license, too...
Yeah somewhat, by the time you find out if you're approved, you've already paid $200 between the LTC application (4473 or whatever it's called) and the training class.
Other states, you can walk into the shop and purchase a firearm without an LTC; not in MA, lol. You also can't by syringes with needles here outside of prescription. When I injected a medication from a male clinic, I couldn't just buy the needles on Amazon which would've been cheaper and convenient. We also aren't allowed to buy spears... yes, that's right - SPEARS! Including fishing spears, if it's big I guess it could theoretically be used to impale our precious "men and women in blue," so we can't buy it legally here in MA.
On paper though, if you don't have any convictions, and were never adjudicated as mentally ill i.e. *in* the context of the actual court of law/a judge's ruling rather than a temporary hospital hold, you shouldn't have too many issues getting a license - even in MA. The only other thing is social security, some people on that could get the LTC rejected but it doesn't say why nor how. This information is right on the 4473, so I wouldn't call it extremely difficult to get the license, just not for everyone, and not worth the investment unless you're an avid hunter.
There's ultimately no power in weapons. The real power is knowing that Jesus is real, Heaven is real, and the only battle is spiritual. Not having a gun doesn't bother me at all anymore (even though I probably could get one, just not worth that process or money), but it used to when I believed this life was the only thing I had to protect; it's the soul that I needed to really be concerned with. This isn't some mere coping mechanism, that is a Freudian idea - I never employ coping mechanisms, I prefer to go about life the hard way.
MA is amazing. I remember having similar problems to yours. CCL permits must be more difficult, but finding classes didn't look easy, either, during times before the Internet. About half of the states are now constitutional-carry, and it looks like CCL acceptance might become reciprocal between all states.
Shotguns are easy to get, once someone is licensed, but a decent handgun is another story. Either way, both can turn one deaf, if used during a home intrusion, and LE is unlikely to be "understanding" after such an encounter. Guns can protect those who otherwise cannot protect themselves.
Yes, it's a spiritual battle more than anything. Only the person can fight it; joining a "club" doesn't cut it, but you know that. With all the absolutely convincing experiences I have, I am still wondering if everybody gets the chance to find the hotline to ... (you and I know who). You are agree that the greatest value is not life, although a life lived well (or the potential of it) is valuable. I have also looked down the throat of the Beast most of the time, and realizing it only after several years, found it a bit strange that faith also works as a copying mechanism without my ever having thought of the idea. SOS, still, used to mean "Save Our Souls," not "our lives. Confusing the soul and the mind is extremely common (you and I don't mix them up); it comes from Cartesian thought, and it's a most unfortunate debacle...
Just when i think American society cannot sink any lower...