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Occupational psychosis:   Occurs when one's occupation or career makes one so biased that one could be described as psychotic, Especially common in tight occupational circles, individuals can normalize ideas or behaviors that seem absurd or irrational to the external public. I spent some time in the military and this particular concept jumped out at me.“ Occupational    psychosis ”, Less than one half of 1 percent of the U.S. Population will ever enlist into military service. This is a fact that was made very clear to me throughout my military career by military leadership, in a way to sort of create an elitist mentality. This helps create an us against them mentality especially during training. Access to information and tactics and constant drilling and practice to perform at a high level with accuracy and confidence    is not a small feat. It is admirable to be trained and tasked with the obligation to run towards danger instead of away. To attempt to bring or...

  Arguably “The social contract” has always been broken” Philosopher Thomas Hobbs and Social contract: Social contract is a theory or model that originated during the Age of Enlightenment and usually concerns the legitamicy of the authority of the state over the individual. Social contract argues typically that individuals have consented either explicitly or tacitly, to surrender some of their freedoms and submit to the authority (of the ruler, or to the decision of a majority) in exchange for protection of their remaining rights or maintenance of the social order.  When what is considered to be the highest office of the land is occupied by someone who has no respect for public office the inevitable consequence is the erosion of public trust. And if we are honest, for many public trust has been eroding long before recent times, Yet this compounded by life altering global disruptions in the way humanity as a whole Function’s. We are in a time we’re people are leaving home to ge...