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== [[Paradox]] ==
 
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:* Value.
 
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== [[Paradox of tolerance]] ==
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''A [[philosophical concept]] suggesting that if a [[society]] extends [[tolerance]] to those who are [[intolerant]], it risks enabling the eventual [[dominance]] of [[intolerance]], thereby undermining the very principle of tolerance.  This paradox was articulated by the [[Austrian]]–[[British]] [[philosopher]] [[Karl Popper]] in ''[[The Open Society and Its Enemies]]'' (1945), where he argued that a truly tolerant society must retain the right to deny tolerance to those who promote intolerance.  Popper posited that if intolerant [[ideologies]] are allowed unchecked expression, they could [[exploit]] open society [[values]] to erode or destroy tolerance itself through [[authoritarian]] or [[oppressive]] practices.''
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== [[Pareto principle]] ==  
 
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[[AKA]]: '''[[the 80/20 rule]]''', or '''[[the law of the vital few]]''' and, '''[[the principle of factor sparsity]]'''
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: ''[[AKA]]:'' '''[[the 80/20 rule]]''', or '''[[the law of the vital few]]''' and, '''[[the principle of factor sparsity]]'''
  
 
''For many outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes (the "vital few").''
 
''For many outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes (the "vital few").''
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* [https://InfoGalactic.com/info/Pareto_principle Pareto principle]{{IG}}
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: ~ [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle Pareto principle]{{WP}}
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* [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle Pareto principle]{{WP}}
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* [https://WikiSpooks.com/wiki/20/80_society 20/80 society]{{WS}}
 
* [https://WikiSpooks.com/wiki/20/80_society 20/80 society]{{WS}}
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* <strike>[https://InfoGalactic.com/info/Pareto_principle Pareto principle]{{IG}}</strike>
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== [[Parody]] ==
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: ''Also:'' [[Parodies]]
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== [[Parrhesia]] ==
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Bold courage and freedom in/of speech.  Openly expressing the truth despite potential dangers, including social repercussions, political scandal, or even matters of life and death.
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''In rhetoric, parrhesia (Greek: παρρησία) is candid speech, speaking freely.  It implies not only freedom of speech, but the obligation to speak the truth for the common good, even at personal risk.''
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: ~ [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrhesia Parrhesia]{{WP}}
  
  
 
== [[PayPal mafia]] ==
 
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== [[Pedophocracy]] ==
 
== [[Pedophocracy]] ==
  
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(Commonly known as '''political pedophilia''' or '''pedogate'''.)
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: ''[[AKA]]:'' [[Political pedophilia]] or [[Pedogate]].
  
 
A term to describe accusations of secretive [[pedophilia]], [[child sexual abuse]], and [[occult |occultic]] practices among "[[elite]]s" (including regional authorities, religious leaders, high-ranking public officials and wealthy businesspeople - the [[ruling class]]), which are usually dismissed as [[conspiracy theories]] by the [[mainstream]].  Pedophilia is not only used for profit, but to own, control, and destroy the powerful.  Awareness grows beyond [[conspirophile]] culture and [[truther]] movements despite endless [[thought-police]] efforts as critics allege the mainstream [[mainstream media |corporate-controlled media]] downplay, ignore, or censor discussion with [[dynamic silence]] tactics to keep attention off this topic and their sinister control matrix.
 
A term to describe accusations of secretive [[pedophilia]], [[child sexual abuse]], and [[occult |occultic]] practices among "[[elite]]s" (including regional authorities, religious leaders, high-ranking public officials and wealthy businesspeople - the [[ruling class]]), which are usually dismissed as [[conspiracy theories]] by the [[mainstream]].  Pedophilia is not only used for profit, but to own, control, and destroy the powerful.  Awareness grows beyond [[conspirophile]] culture and [[truther]] movements despite endless [[thought-police]] efforts as critics allege the mainstream [[mainstream media |corporate-controlled media]] downplay, ignore, or censor discussion with [[dynamic silence]] tactics to keep attention off this topic and their sinister control matrix.
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* ''Mirrored article: [https://WikiSpooks.com/wiki/The_Pedophocracy The Pedophocracy]{{WS}}
 
* ''Mirrored article: [https://WikiSpooks.com/wiki/The_Pedophocracy The Pedophocracy]{{WS}}
 
* [https://en.Wiktionary.org/wiki/pedophocracy pedophocracy]{{WT}}
 
* [https://en.Wiktionary.org/wiki/pedophocracy pedophocracy]{{WT}}
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== [[Perception]] ==
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== [[Pejorative]] ==
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== [[Persuasion]] ==
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* [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle Peter principle]{{WP}}
 
* [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle Peter principle]{{WP}}
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== [[Philosophy]] ==
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: ''Also:'' [[Philosophies]], [[Philosopher]], [[Philosophers]].
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== [[Philosophical razor]] ==
 
== [[Philosophical razor]] ==
  
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In philosophy and epistemology, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb that allows one to eliminate (shave off) unlikely explanations for a phenomenon, or avoid unnecessary actions.
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In philosophy and epistemology, a [[razor]] is a principle or rule of thumb that allows one to eliminate (shave off) unlikely explanations for a phenomenon, or avoid unnecessary actions.
  
 
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* [[Alder's razor]] (also known as [[Newton's flaming laser sword]]): If something cannot be settled by experiment or observation, then it is not worthy of debate.
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* [[Alder's razor]] ([[AKA]]: [[Newton's flaming laser sword]]): If something cannot be settled by experiment or observation, then it is not worthy of debate.
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* [[Grice's razor]] (also known as [[Guillaume's razor]]): As a principle of parsimony, conversational implicatures are to be preferred over semantic context for linguistic explanations.
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* [[Grice's razor]] ([[AKA]]: [[Guillaume's razor]]): As a principle of parsimony, conversational implicatures are to be preferred over semantic context for linguistic explanations.
 
* [[Gro's razor]]: Assume malice when incompetence can adequately explain a situation.
 
* [[Gro's razor]]: Assume malice when incompetence can adequately explain a situation.
 
* [[Hanlon's razor]]: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
 
* [[Hanlon's razor]]: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
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: ~ [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_razor Philosophical razor]{{WP}}
 
: ~ [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_razor Philosophical razor]{{WP}}
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''Related:''
 
''Related:''
 
* [[Epistemology]]
 
* [[Epistemology]]
 
* [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology Epistemology]{{WP}}
 
* [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology Epistemology]{{WP}}
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* [[Fallacy]]
  
  
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* [https://en.Wiktionary.org/wiki/phylaxis Phylaxis]{{WT}}
 
* [https://en.Wiktionary.org/wiki/phylaxis Phylaxis]{{WT}}
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== [[Polarization]] ==
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== [[Political correctness]] ==
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: ''Also:'' [[Political correcting]],  [[Political correction]], [[Politically correct]],  [[Politically corrected]],  [[Politically correcting]],  [[Politically corrects]]
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* [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness Political correctness]{{WP}}
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* [https://DuckDuckGo.com/?q=political+pendulum political pendulum]{{DDG}}
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* [https://DuckDuckGo.com/?q=political+ratchet political ratchet]{{DDG}}
 
* [https://DuckDuckGo.com/?q=political+ratchet political ratchet]{{DDG}}
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== [[Political spectrum]] ==
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* [https://DuckDuckGo.com/?q=political+spectrum political spectrum]{{DDG}}
  
  
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== [[Polycrises]] ==
 
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: ''The term '''polycrisis''', also referred to as a '''metacrisis''' or '''permacrisis''', describes a complex situation where multiple, interconnected crises converge and amplify each other, resulting in a predicament which is difficult to manage or resolve. Unlike single crises which may have clear causes and solutions, a polycrisis involves overlapping and interdependent issues, making it a more pervasive and enduring state of instability. This concept reflects growing concerns about the sustainability and viability of contemporary socio-economic, political, and ecological systems.  Coined in the 1990s, the concept became popular in the 2020s to refer to the effects of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], [[war]], [[surging debt levels]], [[inflation]], [[climate change]], [[resource depletion]], [[growing inequality]], [[artificial intelligence]] and [[synthetic biology]], and [[democratic backsliding]].  Critics of the term have characterized it as a buzzword or a distraction from more concrete causes of the crises.''
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The term '''polycrisis''', also referred to as a '''metacrisis''' or '''permacrisis''', describes a complex situation where multiple, interconnected crises converge and amplify each other, resulting in a predicament which is difficult to manage or resolve. Unlike single crises which may have clear causes and solutions, a polycrisis involves overlapping and interdependent issues, making it a more pervasive and enduring state of instability. This concept reflects growing concerns about the sustainability and viability of contemporary socio-economic, political, and ecological systems.  Coined in the 1990s, the concept became popular in the 2020s to refer to the effects of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], [[war]], [[surging debt levels]], [[inflation]], [[climate change]], [[resource depletion]], [[growing inequality]], [[artificial intelligence]] and [[synthetic biology]], and [[democratic backsliding]].  Critics of the term have characterized it as a buzzword or a distraction from more concrete causes of the crises.
 
: ~ [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycrises Polycrises]{{WP}}
 
: ~ [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycrises Polycrises]{{WP}}
  
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:* [[Fifth generation warfare]]
 
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:* [[Omniwar]]
 
:* [[Omniwar]]
  
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== [[Ponerology]] ==
 
== [[Ponerology]] ==
  
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: (from Greek poneros, "evil") A study of evil, in theology. Major subdivisions of the study are: nature of evil; origin of evil; and evil relating to the Divine Government. Agathology = the Doctrine of the Good; Ponerology = Doctrine of the Bad; Soteriology = Doctrine of Salvation.
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(from Greek poneros, "evil") A study of evil, in theology. Major subdivisions of the study are: nature of evil; origin of evil; and evil relating to the Divine Government. Agathology = the Doctrine of the Good; Ponerology = Doctrine of the Bad; Soteriology = Doctrine of Salvation.
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~ [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponerology Ponerology]{{WP}}
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: ~ [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponerology Ponerology]{{WP}}
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: noun | (''countable'' and ''uncountable'', ''plural'' '''praxes''' ''or'' '''praxises''') ; '''Etymology''' : Partly from Latin ''prāxis'' and partly from its etymon Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (''prâxis'', “'''action, activity, practice'''”).
 
: noun | (''countable'' and ''uncountable'', ''plural'' '''praxes''' ''or'' '''praxises''') ; '''Etymology''' : Partly from Latin ''prāxis'' and partly from its etymon Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (''prâxis'', “'''action, activity, practice'''”).
  
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* [[propaganda]]
 
* [[propaganda]]
 
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* [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Presupposition Presupposition]{{WP}}
  
  
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== [[Program]] ==
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: ''Also:'' [[Counter-Programming]], [[Programed]], [[Programmable]], [[Programming]], [[Programs]]
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* [[stable coins]]
 
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[[File: Project Agora - NOZcln2MwbU maxresdefault.jpg |thumb |right |200px |'''''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOZcln2MwbU The Super-Secret Project Agora Is Coming To Control Our Lives! w/ Paul Stone]'''''{{YT}} (21:04) ~ [[The Jimmy Dore Show]], [[2024]]-10-26.]]
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[[Project Agorá]] is an initiative led by the [[Bank for International Settlements]] ([[BIS]]) and the [[Institute of International Finance]] ([[IIF]]) that aims to improve wholesale cross-border payments through the use of [[tokenization]].  It involves [[collaboration]] among multiple [[central bank]]s and [[financial institution]]s to create a [[programmable]] platform for faster and more secure [[transaction]]s.
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* '''[https://DuckDuckGo.com/?q=Project+Agora Project Agora]'''{{DDG}}
  
  
 
== [[Propaganda]] ==
 
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* [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda Propaganda]{{WP}}
 
* [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda Propaganda]{{WP}}
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: ''[[AKA]]:'' [[Psychological operations]], [[Psy op]], [[Psy ops]], [[Psy-op]], [[Psy-ops]], [[Psyop]], [[Psyops]].
  
 
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== [[Psychological warfare]] ==
 
== [[Psychological warfare]] ==
  
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== [[Public relations]] ==
 
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== [[Pushing the hypothesis]] ==
 
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: ''[[AKA]]:'' [[Pushing your hypothesis]]
  
 
: ''Main article: [[Terminology/P/Pushing the hypothesis]]'', started by [[User:LarrySwinger]]
 
: ''Main article: [[Terminology/P/Pushing the hypothesis]]'', started by [[User:LarrySwinger]]
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A [[tactical]] [[debate]] phrase revealing the [[fallacious]] use of unlikely [[speculation]]s in order to cling to what was originally posited, and may be a powerfully misleading form of [[persuasion]]; a strategy many [[quackademic]]s are guilty of.  [[Jordan Peterson]] popularizes this term.
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** book by [[Derrick Broze]]
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**:: [https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0GD8LFW1B The Pyramid of Power]{{AMZ}}
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** documentary series by [[Derrick Broze]]
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**: ''This 17 part documentary series takes a hard look at what many call “[[conspiracy theories]]”, and with thorough investigation backed by empirical evidence sheds light on the organizations, institutions, and individuals that seek to exude power over society. An absolute must watch for anyone who considers themselves a proponent of truth and liberty.''
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**:: ~ https://TheConsciousResistance.com/pyramid-of-power-must-see/
  
  
 
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Terminology:

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sayings, taxonomy, terms, vernacular, words.

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Panopticon

The panopticon is a design of institutional building with an inbuilt system of control, originated by the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the 18th century. The concept is to allow all prisoners of an institution to be observed by a single corrections officer, without the inmates knowing whether or not they are being watched.

~ Panopticon[ Wikipedia ]


Paradox

Also: Paradoxes
More soon.
Examples:
  • Anarchism (no rulers) means anyone is free to start a gang, mafia, government, etc.
  • Body verses mind (can't have one without the other).
  • Ends verses means.
  • Equity verses equality.
  • Fairness in judgements of objectivity verses subjectivity.
  • Life.
  • My reliable sources verses your reliable sources.
  • Peaceful resistance to the monopoly on violence.
  • Safe dangerous.
  • Tolerance of the intolerant.
  • Wellbeing of the self verses the wellbeing of your communities verses the wellbeing of the world (of which we're all in).
  • Value.
  • Youth is wasted on the young.


Paradox of tolerance

A philosophical concept suggesting that if a society extends tolerance to those who are intolerant, it risks enabling the eventual dominance of intolerance, thereby undermining the very principle of tolerance. This paradox was articulated by the Austrian–British philosopher Karl Popper in The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945), where he argued that a truly tolerant society must retain the right to deny tolerance to those who promote intolerance. Popper posited that if intolerant ideologies are allowed unchecked expression, they could exploit open society values to erode or destroy tolerance itself through authoritarian or oppressive practices.

~ Paradox of tolerance[ Wikipedia ]


Pareidolia

A type of apophenia, the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus, usually visual, so that one detects an object, pattern, or meaning where there is none. Common examples include seeing faces in inanimate objects or perceived images of faces, animals, or objects in cloud formations. Pareidolia may extend to include hidden messages in recorded music and hearing voices (mainly indistinct) or music in random noise, such as that produced by running water or air conditioners.
~ Pareidolia[ Wikipedia ]

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Pareto principle

AKA: the 80/20 rule, or the law of the vital few and, the principle of factor sparsity

For many outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes (the "vital few").

~ Pareto principle[ Wikipedia ]


Parody

Also: Parodies
More soon.


Parrhesia

Bold courage and freedom in/of speech. Openly expressing the truth despite potential dangers, including social repercussions, political scandal, or even matters of life and death.

In rhetoric, parrhesia (Greek: παρρησία) is candid speech, speaking freely. It implies not only freedom of speech, but the obligation to speak the truth for the common good, even at personal risk.

~ Parrhesia[ Wikipedia ]


PayPal mafia

More soon.


Pedophilia

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Pedophocracy

AKA: Political pedophilia or Pedogate.

A term to describe accusations of secretive pedophilia, child sexual abuse, and occultic practices among "elites" (including regional authorities, religious leaders, high-ranking public officials and wealthy businesspeople - the ruling class), which are usually dismissed as conspiracy theories by the mainstream. Pedophilia is not only used for profit, but to own, control, and destroy the powerful. Awareness grows beyond conspirophile culture and truther movements despite endless thought-police efforts as critics allege the mainstream corporate-controlled media downplay, ignore, or censor discussion with dynamic silence tactics to keep attention off this topic and their sinister control matrix.


Perception

More soon.


Pejorative

Also: Pejoratives
More soon.


Persuasion

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The Peter Principle

A concept in management, by Laurence J. Peter in 1969, observing that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to their "level of incompetence": employees are promoted by success in previous jobs until no longer competent, since one job's skills does not always translate to another.


Philosophy

Also: Philosophies, Philosopher, Philosophers.
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Philosophical razor

AKA: Epistemological razor

In philosophy and epistemology, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb that allows one to eliminate (shave off) unlikely explanations for a phenomenon, or avoid unnecessary actions.

Examples:

  • Alder's razor (AKA: Newton's flaming laser sword): If something cannot be settled by experiment or observation, then it is not worthy of debate.
  • Grice's razor (AKA: Guillaume's razor): As a principle of parsimony, conversational implicatures are to be preferred over semantic context for linguistic explanations.
  • Gro's razor: Assume malice when incompetence can adequately explain a situation.
  • Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
  • Hitchens' razor: That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
  • Hume's guillotine: What ought to be cannot be deduced from what is; prescriptive claims cannot be derived solely from descriptive claims, and must depend on other prescriptions.
  • Hume's Proportionality of Cause: "If the cause, assigned for any effect, be not sufficient to produce it, we must either reject that cause, or add to it such qualities as will give it a just proportion to the effect."
  • Occam's razor: Explanations that require fewer assumptions are more likely to be correct; avoid unnecessary assumptions.
  • Popper's falsification criterion of demarcation: For a theory to be considered scientific, it must be falsifiable.
  • Sagan standard: Positive claims require positive evidence, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
~ Philosophical razor[ Wikipedia ]

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Phrygian cap

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Phylaxis

(medical) The protection against infection or infectious disease.
(defensive) Guarding against cultural destruction, cyber warfare, ideological subversion, malicious infiltration, medical tyranny, political corruption, psychological operations, wealth theft, and weaponized migration. [This uniquely original definition is started here on Projex.Wiki in hopes of wider usage.]


Polarization

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Political correctness

Also: Political correcting, Political correction, Politically correct, Politically corrected, Politically correcting, Politically corrects
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Political pendulum

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Political ratchet

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Political spectrum

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Political system

Main article: Political systems.


Polycrises

The term polycrisis, also referred to as a metacrisis or permacrisis, describes a complex situation where multiple, interconnected crises converge and amplify each other, resulting in a predicament which is difficult to manage or resolve. Unlike single crises which may have clear causes and solutions, a polycrisis involves overlapping and interdependent issues, making it a more pervasive and enduring state of instability. This concept reflects growing concerns about the sustainability and viability of contemporary socio-economic, political, and ecological systems. Coined in the 1990s, the concept became popular in the 2020s to refer to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, war, surging debt levels, inflation, climate change, resource depletion, growing inequality, artificial intelligence and synthetic biology, and democratic backsliding. Critics of the term have characterized it as a buzzword or a distraction from more concrete causes of the crises.

~ Polycrises[ Wikipedia ]

See also:


Ponerology

(from Greek poneros, "evil") A study of evil, in theology. Major subdivisions of the study are: nature of evil; origin of evil; and evil relating to the Divine Government. Agathology = the Doctrine of the Good; Ponerology = Doctrine of the Bad; Soteriology = Doctrine of Salvation.

~ Ponerology[ Wikipedia ]


Portmanteau

Also: Portmanteaus
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Poverty

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Praxis

  1. The practical application of any branch of learning.
  2. (drama) The deliberate action of a rational being.
  3. (philosophy) The synthesis of theory and practice, without presuming the primacy of either.
  4. Custom or established practice.
  5. An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.
~ praxis[ Wiktionary ]
noun | (countable and uncountable, plural praxes or praxises) ; Etymology : Partly from Latin prāxis and partly from its etymon Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action, activity, practice”).

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Predictive programming

Many theorists allege that the contents of fictional media, in a process called "predictive programming", are manipulated to reference planned false flags, technological innovations, social changes, and other future events. These references are understood to be a conditioning and brainwashing tool, such that the public becomes more accepting of these events than they would be otherwise. Predictive programming theories have been used to explain events such as the September 11 attacks, COVID-19 pandemic, and the assassination of Charlie Kirk and connected with media such as Die Hard, The Simpsons, Contagion, and anime such as Blue Gender.

~ List of conspiracy theories #Predictive programming[ Wikipedia ]

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Prefix

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Presupposition

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Privacy

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Privatization

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Program

Also: Counter-Programming, Programed, Programmable, Programming, Programs
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Programmable money

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The Super-Secret Project Agora Is Coming To Control Our Lives! w/ Paul Stone[ YouTube ] (21:04) ~ The Jimmy Dore Show, 2024-10-26.

Project Agorá

NOT to be confused with Agora.
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Project Agorá is an initiative led by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Institute of International Finance (IIF) that aims to improve wholesale cross-border payments through the use of tokenization. It involves collaboration among multiple central banks and financial institutions to create a programmable platform for faster and more secure transactions.


Propaganda

AKA: Public relations
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Psychological operation

AKA: Psychological operations, Psy op, Psy ops, Psy-op, Psy-ops, Psyop, Psyops.
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Psychological warfare

AKA: Psy war, Psy-war, Psywar.
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Public relations

AKA: Propaganda
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Pushing the hypothesis

AKA: Pushing your hypothesis
Main article: Terminology/P/Pushing the hypothesis, started by User:LarrySwinger

A tactical debate phrase revealing the fallacious use of unlikely speculations in order to cling to what was originally posited, and may be a powerfully misleading form of persuasion; a strategy many quackademics are guilty of. Jordan Peterson popularizes this term.


Pyramid of power

Also: Pyramid of Power, Pyramid Of Power.
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