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earl's avatar

I love John's writing style. I'm haunted by this sentence "...Leake illuminates how America moved from 1990s optimism — post-Berlin Wall confidence and relative social cohesion — to today’s house divided." I've often wondered what the hell happened? Did we self-destruct or were we destroyed Unrestricted Warfare style?

Barbara Charis's avatar

Thanks for the review...Mind Viruses sounds quite enlightening. John Leake is so right "Those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana

Ben Fen's avatar

Combine Mind Virus with Nehls’ Indoctrinated Brain and we’re on to something. Nehls’ insight is that covid shots differentially inflamed the brains of Liberals leading to irrational fears and reversion to authority. How else can one explain the constant “Trump is a threat to Democracy” as Democrats censor, oppress and cheat in elections. There is a large segment of the electorate that is unable to see the hypocracy that those unaffected can readily note, and one explanation is organic brain damage. Ironically, yet another Skyhorse book, The Sunlight Solution - my book - details the role of chronic vitamin D deficiency in devastating neurological conditions like Alzheimers Disease but also suggests a link to higher order cognitive impairments that affect contemporary behaviors that have yet to be formalized like Trump Derangement Syndrome, Suicidal Empathy, the hyperemotionality of the Left etc.

Vet nor's avatar

Trump Derangement Syndrome is the natural progression from Karl is Bush's brain insults to Ryan pushing Grandma off the cliff to Trump is a threat to democracy. Each time they are up for re-election they ratchet up the hysterics. They have gone so far that the dsa is the logical next step in their heads. Destroy all for their power. Don't know how to break the fever but there are a few people I could gift this book, hoping they see the light as they have no idea they are infected.