🗳️ Democracy is on the line, and this election is too critical to leave to manufactured consensus.

When political discourse degrades into personal assaults, fearmongering, and partisan theater, citizens are treated like emotional Children rather than informed Adults (ala Dr. Eric Burnes' Games People Play).

NEVER FORGET 9/11 and the constitutional principles that protect our free nation: the right to free speech, free assembly, and the right to bear arms. When corrupt actors and extremist elements infiltrate elected offices, our defense is logical evaluation, civic duty, and unyielding scrutiny.

In this clip from GenXed, we explore a double-blind experimental research approach to voting where candidate platforms, policy designs, and economic budgets are stripped of party labels and media spin. In our imperfect world, we must ignore horse-race polling and mainstream narratives and evaluate candidates on their real-world track records, whether in business, education, public service, or what have ...

🗳️ We examine the psychological mechanisms behind political polling, including the Bandwagon Effect, the Spiral of Silence, and Horse-Race Priming. When institutions and media outlets treat citizens like emotional Children rather than informed Adults (a reference to Dr. Eric Berne's Games People Play framework covered in THIS podcast), manufactured consensus replaces objective evaluation. This is a very dangerous precedent for a free society and true democracy.

In this episode of GenXed, we explore a practical framework for restoring election integrity: the Double-Blind model, where voters evaluate standardized, anonymized policy platforms, public service and/or business track records, and constitutional adherence free from media spin.

Watch the full episode of GenXed on Transactional Analysis, Games People Play, Election Integrity & Education Games - Part 3 in the saga of education and literacy in New Mexico - to explore the complete breakdown of Dr. Eric Berne's framework, ...

On this GenXed, we peel back the layers on institutional manipulation, psychological and educational games, election engineering, and local New Mexico political hypocrisy. We trace Dr. Eric Berne’s Transactional Analysis and Games People Play from interpersonal psychodynamics directly to media and voter polling weaponization, public school walkouts over an AI data center called Project Jupiter, and state-sponsored corporate surveillance.

We explain:

Transactional Analysis & Eric Berne’s Ego States

Deconstructing the Parent (Critical or Nurturing), Adult (Objective Data Processor), and Child (Natural, Adapted, or Rebellious) ego states. We contrast healthy, complementary Adult-to-Adult communication with crossed and ulterior transactions that break down public discourse.

The Psychological Mechanics of Games People Play

Analyzing Dr. Berne’s classification of psychological games from real life games ("See What You Made Me Do" ) and Social Games ("Ain't It Awful" ) to Underworld & Political Games ("NIGYSOAB" and "Look How Hard I've ...