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The American Zeitgeist

The commonly held assumptions that shape American life — and the specific ones the party names as false.

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To say that the United States of America is unique in the world is an understatement. We are geographically located perfectly between North and South, in a region that enables us to produce much more food than we could possibly consume. We are safely located between two oceans, with friendly neighbors to the north and south. Christopher Columbus was the first European to introduce this land to the European peoples. It has been well established that there was not only a presence of the peoples we call Native Americans, but there was also a significant population of people of African descent here before the arrival of Columbus.

A country unlike any other

It has been said that there were Black people on the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria, as well as on the Mayflower. But, regardless if these ‘facts’ are true, it is understood by all that America isn’t America without Black people. Irrespective of the history of slavery, Black Americans were a part of America since its beginning, and even before then.

We already understand the history of the United States, and the struggles that we have gone through as Black people in America. The original race conflict in America was our struggle against slavery, oppression, and white supremacy. It was a simple, black and white issue.

The American Zeitgeist is a set of paradigms that define American ethnocentricity. It is a set of commonly held beliefs, assumptions, slogans, and values that help define the American character. The American Zeitgeist is full of hypocrisy. It is a reflection of what America cannot face about herself, and the source of much ridicule by people outside of the United States. In my opinion, much of this ridicule is deserved. It contains all the unspoken horrors of our society. It’s racial hierarchy, and caste system. The hypocrisy of how our society fails at truly being a meritocracy. It’s most recent additions; tension and conflict between the sexes, me too, snowflakes and cancel culture, reveal the manufactured zeitgeist for what it is.

What a zeitgeist is

But the American Zeitgeist exists, and it is quite powerful. It is most influential upon people who have little to no exposure to cultures and societies outside of the United States. This is because, although every country and culture has its own zeitgeist, they are all slightly different, depending on the wishes of the oligarchs that dominate each society. But, by being exposed to the different cultures, watching local television, talking to people, and absorbing the zeitgeist, one can see how they differ from our own, and thus understand the invalidity of both.

But the American Zeitgeist exists, and it is quite powerful.

This is a philosophical exercise in distinguishing the metaphysically given from the man-made. This exercise will become important again in future chapters of this book. Americans accept a lot of man-made constructs into the American Zeitgeist, and accept them as real. Even as real as the metaphysically given. Since Americans are first-world people, who have access to the best the world has to offer of most things, they tend not to be too stupid.

The metaphysically given and the man-made

To control the American public’s Zeitgeist requires a thorough manipulation of mainstream news, television, radio, new and social media, print and all communications media. But, most importantly, it requires what I call consensus of authority. Consensus of authority occurs when all of the so-called experts or authorities in science, finance, medicine, ecology, security, resources, sociology, etc. just so happen to share the same opinion about a particular topic. At the time of this writing, consensus of authority is being used to stretch the American Zeitgeist into a global zeitgeist. Consensus of authority is also being used to oppress the global population with panics of global warming, pandemics, staged riots, and worse.

Consensus of authority

For me to list and describe all of the paradigms of unreality go into the American Zeitgeist would probably require another book entirely. The same is true for the Black American Zeitgeist, except the book would probably be much thicker than the book for the American Zeitgeist. But here, for the purposes of this book, I will list and explain some of the more common fallacious paradigms found within the American Zeitgeist:

False paradigms inside the American Zeitgeist

That the United States of America is a “white” country.

  • Black Americans are not real Americans.
  • White Americans are entitled to success in America, regardless of intelligence, talent, effort, or ability.
  • The presumption of white people and culture as the standard of “normal”.
  • Infantilization, fetishization, and objectification of Black people, as well as all people of color. I call this the “007 syndrome”.
  • Hollywood negative stereotyping, which is the most powerful contributor to the American Zeitgeist.
  • The presumption that Black children and adults are somehow “tougher”. This perceived toughness enables white people to presume that specifically Black children can be raised in single parent homes, with no negative consequences.
  • Construction and maintenance of an imaginary paradigm in the minds of white people. That of an America, either historically or in the present, without Black people. Television shows like Seinfeld and Friends play into this false fantasy narrative.
  • The recent attempts to criminalize every aspect of masculinity is a thinly-veiled coverup for the criminalization of being a Black man. Within the American Zeitgeist, black male masculinity is seen as dangerous and volatile. This gives rise to the “Karen” phenomenon.
  • A college education is intended for White people.
  • High-paying jobs in the technology sector are for immigrants.
  • These are only a few of the presumptions one makes when growing up in the United States. I have experienced many uncomfortable situations where I might meet White Americans while traveling abroad. If I happen to be talking to citizens of the host country, it is interesting to see how uncomfortable Americans are to encounter a black American who operates outside of the American Zeitgeist.

What travel reveals

As of this writing, I have lived and worked in over 30 countries. After so many trips abroad, the American Zeitgeist simply drops from your consciousness. No one returns from a trip as the same person who left. Your scope of understanding grows so wide that you can more easily distinguish between the metaphysically given, the man-made, and the product of continuous propaganda. You take the red pill, and are able to see the Matrix clearly. In other words, you are able to see American bullshit for what it is.

The American Zeitgeist breaks down into regions, as well. The Zeitgeist in the deep south has a much greater sense of abject hostility and distance between Black and White Americans.

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