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In 1960, Dr. Burke's educational TV program was entitled A Way of Thinking, though the name changed thoughout various years of production from 1951-1964. His "way of thinking" relied on factual information, reason, analysis of cause and effect, juxtaposition, anecdote and analogy — not [[Propaganda]] or mere opinion. As such, his way of thinking is still sorely needed in the 2020s where stubborn, mindless opinionatedness and [[Propaganda]] are rampant, having reached greater and greater heights over more than half a century since the 1960s. | In 1960, Dr. Burke's educational TV program was entitled A Way of Thinking, though the name changed thoughout various years of production from 1951-1964. His "way of thinking" relied on factual information, reason, analysis of cause and effect, juxtaposition, anecdote and analogy — not [[Propaganda]] or mere opinion. As such, his way of thinking is still sorely needed in the 2020s where stubborn, mindless opinionatedness and [[Propaganda]] are rampant, having reached greater and greater heights over more than half a century since the 1960s. | ||
Dr. Burke spoke out against the [[Propaganda]] of his day, what he termed the name-calling, new dangerous parlor game of "creeping socialism" that appeared in the late 50s-60s under influence of delusions created by Robert W. Welch for his "[[Conservatism|John Birch Society]]" (e.g. Dwight Eisenhower was a "communist"), and rooted in abuses of [[Conservatism#McCarthyism|McCarthyism]]. That game, a baiting tactic that works through inflamation of human emotion, has only escalated since then, leading to the current polarized political situation in which "evidence-free" conspiracies predominate — from communism to sexism and racism. After having begun in earnest in political [[Conservatism]] of the 1950s, the "game" proceeded to reach a flashpoint around the JFK assassination in 1963, after which it went underground and undercover through the Reagan era, but then went viral into the 3rd Millenium where political [[Liberalism]] eventually became infected as well, with its own mutated strain of "woke" parlor game. | Dr. Burke spoke out against the [[Propaganda]] of his day, what he termed the name-calling, new dangerous parlor game of "creeping socialism" that appeared in the late 50s-60s under influence of delusions created by Robert W. Welch for his "[[Conservatism|John Birch Society]]" (e.g. Dwight Eisenhower was a "communist"), and rooted in abuses of [[Conservatism#McCarthyism|McCarthyism]]. That game, a baiting tactic that works through inflamation of human emotion, has only escalated since then, leading to the current polarized political situation in which "evidence-free" conspiracies predominate — from communism to sexism and racism. After having begun in earnest in political [[Conservatism]] of the 1950s, the "game" proceeded to reach a flashpoint around the [[Conservatism#JFK_Assassination|JFK assassination]] in 1963, after which it went underground and undercover through the Reagan era, but then went viral into the 3rd Millenium where political [[Liberalism]] eventually became infected as well, with its own mutated strain of "woke" parlor game. | ||
Certainly such things as communism, sexism and racism have been and still are problems within the US, so the issue is not whether communism, sexism or racism are problems. The issue is how these problems are addressed. Dr. Burke always addressed such issues with well researched factual information and well reasoned response to such information. He did not traffic in [[Propaganda]], or any form of manipulation. He did not try to "defeat communism by thinking like a Communist" (use communist tactics against communists as Welch dictated his Birchers to demand). He didn't think the US should fight fire with fire, should use dirty, underhanded totalitarian tactics against totalitarianism as means to justify ends, which would only make the US totalitarian too. Instead of fighting fire with fire, he responded to those who differed from his way of thinking with educational persuasion, not with name-calling end to discussion, lying, evasion, or outbursts of heated emotion or violence — which is what makes Dr. Burke the True [https://sites.google.com/site/dralberteburke/patriot Patriot] over and against those calling themselves "patriots" when they're not, who do nothing but make "empty barrel loud noise" about "creeping socialism". Such "empty barrels" are forever accusing others of treason, when they are the real traitors who have spurned Dr. Burke's way of thinking in order instead to play games of mindless accusations that lead to violence.<br> | Certainly such things as communism, sexism and racism have been and still are problems within the US, so the issue is not whether communism, sexism or racism are problems. The issue is how these problems are analyzed and then addressed. Dr. Burke always addressed such issues with well researched factual information and well reasoned response to such information. He did not traffic in [[Propaganda]], or any form of manipulation. He did not try to "defeat communism by thinking like a Communist" (use communist tactics against communists as Welch dictated his Birchers to demand). He didn't think the US should fight fire with fire, should use dirty, underhanded totalitarian tactics against totalitarianism as means to justify ends, which would only make the US totalitarian too. Instead of fighting fire with fire, he responded to those who differed from his way of thinking with educational persuasion, not with name-calling end to discussion, lying, evasion, or outbursts of heated emotion or violence — which is what makes Dr. Burke the True [https://sites.google.com/site/dralberteburke/patriot Patriot] over and against those calling themselves "patriots" when they're not, who do nothing but make "empty barrel loud noise" about "creeping socialism". Such "empty barrels" are forever accusing others of treason, when they are the real traitors who have spurned Dr. Burke's way of thinking in order instead to play games of mindless accusations that lead to violence.<br> | ||
<html><div class="right vid2 three margin-l"><div class="vid_wrap margin-b"><video width="100%" height="100%" controls><source src="https://ia800207.us.archive.org/34/items/gov.archives.arc.647298/gov.archives.arc.647298_512kb.mp4" type="video/mp4">Your browser does not support the video tag.</video></div><a href="https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.647298">Cuba: The Battle of America | Internet Archieve</a></div></html>Dr. Burke's way of thinking is evident in his program [https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.647298 Cuba: The Battle of America]. In that program (like most all his programs, ''See'' — [[Albert_E._Burke#TV_Productions|TV Productions]]), he shows clearly how the cause of "creeping socialism" in foreign countries post World War II was (and still is) due to Corporate America's failure to practice concern for others, to "love thy neighbor as thyself" and to "do unto others as you would have others do unto you", thereby revealing that Corporate America cares only about a pocket full of gold, not [[wikipedia:Golden_Rule|The Golden Rule]]. Corporate America's exploitation of natural resources in other countries comes at the expense of the poor who live there, for whom assistance is the Christian responsibility of the individual owners of Corporate America, who are blessed by God with great wealth, well above their own need for survival, abundance not simply for selfish indulgence, but for the sole purpose of being a blessing to others as God has blessed them. | <html><div class="right vid2 three margin-l"><div class="vid_wrap margin-b"><video width="100%" height="100%" controls><source src="https://ia800207.us.archive.org/34/items/gov.archives.arc.647298/gov.archives.arc.647298_512kb.mp4" type="video/mp4">Your browser does not support the video tag.</video></div><a href="https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.647298">Cuba: The Battle of America | Internet Archieve</a></div></html>Dr. Burke's way of thinking is evident in his program [https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.647298 Cuba: The Battle of America]. In that program (like most all his programs, ''See'' — [[Albert_E._Burke#TV_Productions|TV Productions]]), he shows clearly how the cause of "creeping socialism" in foreign countries post World War II was (and still is) due to Corporate America's failure to practice concern for others, to "love thy neighbor as thyself" and to "do unto others as you would have others do unto you", thereby revealing that Corporate America cares only about a pocket full of gold, not [[wikipedia:Golden_Rule|The Golden Rule]]. Corporate America's exploitation of natural resources in other countries comes at the expense of the poor who live there, for whom assistance is the Christian responsibility of the individual owners of Corporate America, who are blessed by God with great wealth, well above their own need for survival, abundance not simply for selfish indulgence, but for the sole purpose of being a blessing to others as God has blessed them. | ||