People seem to forget that all individuals were once children. To most scholars, childhood seems to belong to the field of social work rather than to that of social science, to the solicitudes of do-gooders rather than to those of thinkers. Yet, among all creatures, man is characterized by a long biological childhood, and civilization tends to make psychological childhood ever longer, because man must have time to learn how to learn: all his high specialization and all his intricate capabilities of co-ordination and reflection are, in fact, contingent upon his prolonged dependence. And only as a dependent does man develop conscience, that dependence on himself which makes him, in turn, dependable; and only when thoroughly dependable with regard to several fundamental values can he become independent and teach and develop tradition. However, this dependability carries within it the ambiguity of its roots in a slow developmental process which leads from extreme helplessness to a high sense of freedom and mastery, and this within social systems, all of which restrict freedom drastically and permit some men to exploit others ruthlessly. Instead of seeing God, man sees himself. “Their eyes were opened,” reports Genesis 3.7. Man perceives himself in his disunion with God and with men, He perceives that he is naked. Lacking the protection and the covering, which God and his fellow man afforded him, he finds himself laid bare. Hence, there arises shame. Shame is man’s ineffaceable recollection of his estrangement from the origin; it is grief for this estrangement, and the powerless longing to return to unity with the origin. #RandolphHarris 1 of 33
Man is ashamed because he has lost something which is essential to his original character, to himself as a whole; he is ashamed of his nakedness. Just as in the fairy story, the tree is ashamed of its lack of adornment, so, too, man is ashamed of the loss of his unity with God and with other men. Modern anthropology, often following suggestions derived from psychiatry, is studying the ways in which societies “intuitively” develop child-training systems designed not only to keep the small individual alive and well but also to ensure, through him and in him, a continuation of tradition and a preservation of his society’s uniqueness. The contribution of man’s extended childhood to the development of his technical capabilities and to his capacity for sympathy and faith is well known, but often too exclusively known. For it is becoming equally clear that the polarity adult-child is the first in the inventory of existential oppositions (male-female being the second) which makes man exploitable and induces him to exploit. The child’s inborn proclivity for feeling powerless, deserted, ashamed, and guilty in relation to those on whom he depends is systematically utilized for his training, often to the point of exploitation. The result is that even rational man remains irrationally preoccupied with anxieties and suspicions which center in such questions as who is bigger or better and who can do what to whom. It is therefore necessary to acquire deeper insight into the earliest consequences of the psychological exploitation of childhood. In childhood, we see often see the misuse of a divided function in such a way that one of the partners is impaired in the development of his potentialities, with the result that impotent rage is stored up where energy should be free for productive development. #RandolphHarris 2 of 33
To those who accept all this, it must seem reasonable enough that childhood should be represented in a study of totalitarianism so that we may begin to do away with the “oversight” concerning the fateful importance of childhood. Yet, it must be said that this oversight does not seem to be an accidental one, and therefore cannot be so easily corrected. Shame and remorse are generally mistaken for one another. Man feels remorse when he has been at fault; and he feels shame because he lacks something. Shame is more original than remorse. The peculiar fact that we lower our eyes when a stranger’s eye meets our gaze is not a sign of remorse for a fault, but a sign of that shame which, when it knows that it is seen, is reminded of something that it lacks, namely, the lost wholeness of life, its own nakedness. To meet a stranger’s gaze directly, as is required, for example, in making a declaration of personal loyalty, is a kind of act of violence, and in love, when the gaze of the other is sought, it is a kind of yearning. In both cases, it is the painful endeavour to recover the lost unity by either a conscious and resolute or else a passionate and devoted inward overcoming of shame as the sign of disunion. Psychoanalysis has amply demonstrated that fact that all men develop an amnesia concerning crucial childhood experiences. There is good reason to suspect that this individual amnesia is paralleled by a universal blind spot in the interpretation of man’s condition, a tendency to overlook the fateful function of childhood in the fabric of society. #RandolphHarris 3 of 33
Maybe moral man and rational man, having fought so hard to make man’s civilized image absolute and irreversible, refuse to see how each man must begin with the beginning and thus, ever again, acquire the potential for undoing human accomplishments with infantile compulsions and irrational impulsions. If he ever turned back to meet the Medusa of childhood anxiety face to face again, it is as if this refusal reflected a deep-seated superstition that rational and practical man would lose his single-minded stamina. Here, a formidable “equation” imposes itself on all attempts to put the fact of childhood in its proper perspective. Yet if man would understand this fact, maybe he could manage to become less destructively childish in some respects and remain more creatively childlike in others. “They made themselves aprons.” Shame seeks a covering as a means of overcoming the disunion. However, the covering implies the confirmation of the disunion that has occurred, and it cannot therefore make good the damage. Man covers himself, conceals himself from men and from God. Covering is necessary because it keeps awake shame, and with it the memory of the disunion with the origin, and also because man, disunited as he is, must now withdraw himself and must live in concealment. Otherwise, he would betray himself, “Every profound mind requires a mask,” said Nietzsche. Yet this mask is not a disguise; it is not intended to deceive the other man, but it is a necessary sign of the actual situation of disunion. For that reason, it is to be respected. #RandolphHarris 4 of 33
Man occupies a peculiar position in the animal kingdom. Unlike the other higher mammals, he has no species-specific environment, no environment firmly structured by his own instinctual organization. There is no man-world in the sense that one may speak of a dog-world or horse-world. Despite an area of individual learning and accumulation, the individual dog or the individual horse has a largely fixed relationship to its environment, which it shares with all other members of its respective species. One obvious implication of that is that dogs and horses, as compared with man, are much more restricted to a specific geographical distribution. The specificity of these animals’ environment, however, is much more than a geographical delimitation. Even if geographical variation is introduced, it refers to the biologically fixed character of their relationship to the environment. In this sense, all non-human animals, as species and as individuals, live in closed worlds whose structures are predetermined by the biological equipment of the several animal species. By contrast, man’s relationship to his environment is characterized by world-openness. Not only has man succeeded in establishing himself over the greater part of the earth’s surface, his relationship to the surrounding environment is everywhere very imperfectly structured by his own biological constitution. The latter, to be sure, permits man to engage in different activities. However, the fact that he continued to live a nomadic existence in one place and turned to agriculture in another cannot be explained in terms of biological processes. #RandolphHarris 5 of 33
This does not mean, of course, that there are no biologically determined limitations to man’s relations with his environment; his species-specific sensory and motor equipment imposes obvious limitations on his range of possibilities. The peculiarity of man’s biological constitution lies rather in its instinctual component. Man’s instinctual organization may be described as underdeveloped, compared with that of the other higher mammals. Man does have drivers, of course. However, these drives are highly unspecialized and undirected. This means that the human organism is capable of applying its constitutionally given equipment to a very wide and, in addition, constantly variable and varying range of activities. This peculiarity of the human organism is grounded in its ontogenetic development. Indeed, if one looks at the matter in terms of organismic development, it is possible to say that the fetal period in the human being extends through about the first year after birth. Important organismic developments, which in the animal are completed in the mother’s body, take place in the human infant after its separation from the womb. At this time, however, the human infant is not only in the outside world, but interrelating with it in a number of complex ways. The human organism is thus still developing biologically whole, already standing in a relationship to its environment. In other words, the process of becoming man takes place in an interrelationship with the environment. If one reflects that this environment is both a natural and a human one, this statement gains significance. #RandolphHarris 6 of 33
That is, the developing human being not only interrelates with a particular natural environment, but with a specific cultural and social order, which is mediated to him by the significant others who have charge of him. Not only is the survival of the human infant dependent upon certain social arrangements, the direction of his organismic development is socially determined. From the moment of birth, man’s organismic development, and indeed a large part of his biological being as such, are subjected to continuing socially determined interference. Despite the obvious physiological limits to the range of possible and different ways of becoming man in this double environmental interrelationship, the human organism manifests an immense plasticity in its response to the environmental forces at work on it. This is particularly clear when one observes the flexibility of man’s biological constitution as it is subjected to a variety of sociocultural determinations. It is an ethnological commonplace that the ways of becoming and being human are as numerous as man’s cultures. Humanness is socioculturally variable. In other words, there is no human nature in the sense of a biologically fixed substratum determining the variability of sociocultural formations. There is only human nature in the sense of anthropological constants (for example, world-openness and plasticity of instinctual structure) that delimit and permit man’s sociocultural formations. However, the specific shape into which this humanness is molded is determined by those sociocultural formations and is relative to their numerous variations. While it is possible to say that man has a nature, it is more significant to say that man constructs his own nature, or more simply, that man produces himself. #RandolphHarris 7 of 33
All the processes described so far bring about an inner situation that is replete with disruptive conflicts, unbearable tensions, and potential terrors. Nobody can function, or even live, under such conditions. The individual must make, and does make automatic attempts at solving these problems, attempts at removing conflicts, allaying tensions, and preventing terrors. The same integrating forces start working as in the process of self-idealization, which is itself the boldest and most radical neurotic attempt at solution: to do away with all conflicts and resulting difficulties by putting oneself above them. However, there is a difference between that endeavour and the ones to described presently. We cannot define this distinction accurately, for it is not a difference of quality but of “more of” or “less of.” The search for glory, while likewise born from compelling inner necessities, is more of a creative process. Although destructive in its consequences, it nevertheless stems from man’s best desires—to expand beyond his narrow confines. It is, in the last analysis, its colossal egocentricity that distinguishes it from healthy strivings. As for the difference between this solution and the others to follow, it is not caused by the exhaustion of the power of imagination. That keeps working—but to the impairment of the inner condition. This condition was already precarious when the individual took his original flight toward the sun: by now (under the rending impact of the conflicts and tensions mentioned) the danger of psychic destruction is imminent. #RandolphHarris 8 of 33
Alienation from self, seen from this aspect, is one of these measures and probably ranks first in importance. It is a mere consequence of the neurotic’s being driven by compulsive forces; in part, it results from active moves away from the real self and against it. One also has a definite interest in disavowing it in order to avoid an inner battle and to keep the inner tension at a minimum. The principle involved is the same as that operating in all attempts to solve inner conflicts. If one aspect of it is suppressed and the other made predominant, any conflict within or without can vanish from sight and actually be (artificially). Speaking in terms of two people or two groups with conflicting needs and interests, the open conflict disappears when one individual or group is subdued. Between a bullying father and subdued child, there is no visible conflict. The same holds true for inner conflicts. We may have a sharp conflict between our hostility toward people and our need to be liked. However, if we suppress the hostility—or the need to be liked—our relations tend to become streamlined. Similarly, if we exile our real self, the conflict between it and the psuedoself not only disappears from awareness but the distribution of forces is so changed that it actually abates. Naturally, this release of tension can be achieved only at the cost of an increased autonomy of the pride system. #RandolphHarris 9 of 33
The fact that the disavowing of the real self is dictated by self-protective interest becomes particularly clear in the last phase of analysis. We can actually observe the raging of an inner battle when the real self becomes stronger. Anybody who has experienced the fierceness of this battle, in self or others, can understand that the earlier withdrawing of the real self from the field of action has been dictated by the need for survival, by the desire not to be torn apart. This self-protective process manifests itself mainly in the patient’s interest in beclouding issues. No matter how co-ordinated he seems on the surface, he is at bottom a confused person. He has not only an astounding capacity to befog issues but is not easily dissuaded from doing so. This interest must operate, and in fact does operate, the same way as it functions on the conscious level in any fraudulent person: the spy who must hide his identity, the hypocrite who must present a front of honesty, the criminal who must create false alibis. The neurotic who, without knowing it, does lead a double life must similarly, unconsciously, blur the truth of what he is, wants, feels, and believes. And all his self-deception follows from this basic one. To bring the dynamics into clear focus: he is not merely intellectually confused about the meaning of freedom, independence, love, goodness, strength; as long as he is not ready to come to grips with himself, he has a stringent subjective interest in maintaining a confusion—which, in turn, he may cover up by false pride in his all-penetrating intellect. #RandolphHarris 10 of 33
Next in importance is the externalization of inner experiences. This means that the intrapsychic processes are not experienced as such but are perceived or felt as occurring between the self and the outside world. It is a rather radical means of relieving the inner system from tension and is always made at the expense of inward impoverishment and at that of increased disturbances in human relations. When it comes to externalization, a neurotic may, for instance, feel compassion for others when it would be utterly impossible to feel it for himself. His longing for his own inner salvation may be vigorously denied, but it expresses itself in an astute spotting of others being stuck in their growth, and in a sometimes astounding capacity to help them. His rebellion against the coercion of inner dictates may appear as defiance of conventions, laws, influences. Unaware of his own overbearing pride, he may hate it—or be fascinated by it—in others. He may despise in others his own cowering before the dictatorship of his pride system. Not knowing that he is smoothing over the ruthless cruelty of his self-hate, he may develop a Pollannalike attitude toward life in general, removing from it all harshness, cruelty, or even death. As if we were the sum total of disconnected parts, another general measure is the neurotic’s tendency to experience himself in a piecemeal way. This is known in psychiatric literature as compartmentalization, or psychic fragmentation, and seems to be merely a reiteration of the fact that he has no feelings for himself as a whole organism, one in which every part is related to the whole and interacts with every other part. #RandolphHarris 11 of 33
Certainly, only an individual who is alienated and divided can lack such a feeling of wholeness. The neurotic’s active interest in disconnecting is of primary focus. When it is presented to him, He can grasp a connection intellectually. However, it comes to him as a surprise; penetration is only skin deep and lost soon after. He has an unconscious interest, for example, in not seeing cause and effect: that one psychic factor follows from another, or reinforces another; that one attitude must by necessity be maintained because it protects some important illusions; that any compulsive trend has an effect on his human relations or on his life in general. He may not see even the simplest cause-and-effect connections. It may remain strange to him that his discontent has anything to do with his claims, or that his too great need of people—for whatever neurotic reasons—makes him dependent upon others. It may come to him as a startling discovery that his sleeping late has anything to do with his going to be late. He may have an equally strong interest in not perceiving contradictory values coexisting in him. Quite literally, he may utterly fail to see that he tolerates and even cherishes in himself two sets of values, both conscious, which are mutually contradictory. He may not, for instance, be disturbed by the fact that his honesty does not jibe with his passion to “get by.” Even when he tries to examine himself, he merely arrives at a static picture, as if he saw disconnected parts of a jigsaw puzzle: of timidity, contempt for others, ambition, masochistic fantasies, the need to be liked, and so on. The individual pieces may be seen correctly, but nothing can change because they are seen out of context without any feeling for interconnection, for process, or for dynamics. #RandolphHarris 12 of 33
Although psychic fragmentation is essentially a disintegrating process, its function is to preserve that status quo, to protect the neurotic equilibrium from collapsing. By his refusal to be puzzled by inner contradictions, the neurotic keeps himself from facing the underlying conflicts, and thereby keeps the inner tensions at a low ebb. He does not have even a rudimentary interest in them, and so they remain remote from his awareness. The same result is attained, of course, by disconnecting cause and effect. Clipping the link between the two prevents him from becoming aware of the intensity and the relevance of certain inner forces. An important and common illustrative example is that of a person who may experience at times the full impact of a spell of vindictiveness. However, he may have the greatest difficulties in grasping, even intellectually, the fact that his hurt pride and the need to restore it are the motivating forces; and, even when clearly seen, the connection remains meaningless. Again, he may have gained a fairly clear impression of his practice of scathing self-berating. He may have seen in dozens of detailed instances that such expressions of crushing self-contempt follow his failure to measure up to the fantastic dictates of his pride. However, again, his mind imperceptibly disrupts the connection. Hence, both the intensity of his pride and its bearing on self-contempt remain, at best, vague theoretical considerations—which relieve him of the necessity to tackle his pride. It remains in power, and tensions are kept in a low key because no conflict emerges, and he can maintain a deceptive feeling of unity. The three attempts at preserving a semblance of inner peace described so far have in common the character of doing away with elements which carry the potential to disrupt the neurotic structure: eliminating the real self, removing all kinds of inner experiences, and doing away with connections which (if realized) would disrupt the equilibrium. #RandolphHarris 13 of 33
Another measure, automatic control, follows in part the same trend. Its main function is to put a check on feelings. In a structure that is on the verge of disintegration, feelings are a source of danger because they are, as it were, the untamed elementary forces within us. I am not speaking here of conscious self-control by dint of which we can check, if we choose, impulsive actions or an outburst of anger or enthusiasm. The automatic control system checks not only the acting on impulses or the expression of feelings, but the impulses and feelings themselves. It operates like an automatic burglar or fire alarm, giving an alarm signal (of fear) when unwanted feelings arise. However, in contrast to other attempts, this one is also, as the name implies, a control system. If, through alienation from self and psychic fragmentation, a feeling of organizational unity is lacking, some artificial control system is necessary to hold together the discrepant parts of ourselves. Such automatic control can encompass all impulses and feelings of fear, hurt, anger, joy, affection, and enthusiasm. The corresponding physical expression of a widespread control system are muscular tightness, showing in constipation, gait, posture, facial rigidity, difficulties in breathing, et cetera. The conscious attitude toward the control itself varies. Some people are still sufficiently alive to chafe under it and, at least at times, wish desperately they could let go, could laugh heartily, could fall in love, or could be carried away by some enthusiasm. Others have cemented the control by a more or less open pride which they may express in various ways. They may call it dignity, poise, stoicism, wearing a mask, showing a poker face, being “realistic,” “unsentimental,” “undemonstrative.” #RandolphHarris 14 of 33
Only the Eternal is always appropriate and always present, is always true. Only the Eternal applies to each human being, whatever his age may be. The changeable exists, and when its time has passed, it is changed. Therefore, any statement about it is subject to change. That which may be wisdom when spoken by an old man about past events may be folly in the mouth of a youth or of a grown man when spoken of the present. The youth would not be able to understand it, and the grown man would not want to understand it. As if it were all on the same level, a man is changed in the course of years, and each time some portion of life lies behind him, he tends to talk of its varied content. However, it does not follow from this that he has become any wiser. For by this, one has only said that he has changed. Perhaps, even now, there is something that makes him restless in the same way that the dance disturbs the youth, something that absorbs his attention in the same way that a toy absorbs a child. It is in this manner that a man changes over the years. Old age is the final change. The old man speaks in the same vein of it all, of the changeable that is not past. Although a healthy personality characteristically is free of frequent use of the defense mechanisms, they are, in actuality, a normal occurrence. Defense mechanisms have survived as concepts from the earliest days of Freudian psychoanalysis and still are useful as illuminators of some forms of behaviour. There seems to be some evidence concerning the relative value of various defense mechanisms. #RandolphHarris 15 of 33
To further highlight the illustration, all dramatic action can be summarized as switches between three main roles: Victim, Persecutor, and Rescuer. Those switches occur at varying speeds and may go in either direction. In the drama Rush and Stumble—and Quick Recovery, we have a very rapid set of switches. For many, the Father is seen as Persecutor, the mother as Rescuer, and oneself as Victim. That is the way the triangle stands in some people’s heads, the skull script. In a study by Barenbaum of people who had lost young sons or husbands in the Yom Kippur War in Israel, denial was one of the most often used defense mechanisms by the bereaved parents or wives. In another study by Jacobowitz, the brighter preadolescent children, facing problems in moral transgressions, would most likely use protection and displacement, where as less academically talented peers would use denial. And the value of some of the mechanisms may be seen in a third study by Viney and Manton, who found that university students who used some of the defense mechanisms had reduced anxiety, indicating the therapeutic purpose of the mechanisms. The “neurotic,” many clinicians have said, does not come for treatment in order to get better, but to learn how to be a better neurotic. The game analyst says something similar: the patient comes not to learn how to be straight, but to learn how to play his games better. Hence, he will quit if the therapist declines to play entirely, and also if the therapist is a pigeon and can be too easily conned. #RandolphHarris 16 of 33
In this respect, transactional games are like chess: an enthusiastic chess player is not interested in people who do not want to play at all, nor in people who do not offer any real opposition. In a treatment group, a confirmed “Alcoholic” player will get angry if no one offers to rescue or persecute him, or play the patsy or the connection, and will soon leave. He will also leave if the rescuers are too sentimental, or the persecutors are too vehement, because there is no fun if he hooks them too easily. Like other game players, he prefers a little finesse and some reticence on the part of his partners or opponents. If they come on very strong, like the Salvation Army, he may not stay long. He may also resign from Alcoholics Anonymous if he feels it does not offer any real challenge with its claims of “It is Not You, It is a Disease,” and its threats of “Wooden Liver.” Only if he stays on past that stage will he begin to appreciate its real value. Synanon does better by playing it tough and saying: “It is not a disease, it is your own responsibility that you are a dope fiend.” Hence, the “Alcoholic” player may move out of AA and try the family doctor, who is not so sure it is a disease. If he is a real sport, he will take on a psychotherapist, even one who says it is not a disease at all. If he is ready to get well, he may look for a script analyst, or stumble on one accidentally, and then, if things go right, he may find himself quitting the game. “If It Were Not For Them,” players, particularly the Arsisiety Type, behave similarly. A therapist who will not play at all and demands individual responsibility rather than Arsisiety will soon lose them. #RandolphHarris 18 of 33
If the therapist believes too strongly in Artistry, the treatment degenerates into a pastime of “Ain’t It Awful” between him and the patient. Most such patients become bored with this after a while and transfer to someone else who will put up at least a token argument for psychodynamics or self-appraisal. This often happened in the 1930s when young “Communists” went to “Communist” therapists, but soon broke off in favor of more conventional ones. If the therapist feels guilty about Arsisiety, he will form an alliance with the patient instead of treating him, which may be all to the good, but it should not be called treatment. The Board, The Establishment, and The Man really do exist, but Mr. Arsisiety, upon whom so much is blamed, is a myth. Each person has his own society, with friends as well as enemies. Psychiatry cannot fight The Board, The Establishment, or The Man, it can only fight what is in the patient’s head. The patient and the therapist both must face that sooner or later. Psychiatric treatment, like all medical treatment, can only be effective under reasonably decent conditions. In cases where “If It Were Not For Them” is an empty stomach, the chair or couch has no place, but where it is a game, it must be stopped sooner or later, and the skill of the therapist lies in doing that without driving the patient away. Dusay gives an excellent summary of the ways games can be handled in treatment. Thus, game dosage, properly chosen and timed for each patient, will decide whether or not he continues treatment. #RandolphHarris 19 of 33
When it comes to firefighting, no matter how large or small the fire is or how routine the call seems to be, there is always the potential for injury. Every fire teems with danger that every firefighter must face. How long has the fire been burning? How old is this building? Are there victims inside? Is the fire spreading to other structures? These are just a few of the questions that run through a firefighter’s mind as they enter a burning building. Floors could collapse, ceilings could collapse, walls could collapse, and they could lose their way in the building smoke. Any of these situations could mean serious injury or even sudden death. Oftentimes, these things occur without warning, leaving firefighters trapped under walls or dropped into flaming basements. One November, around 11 a.m., a tenant noticed a wisp of smoke coming from the floor near the front of the apartment building. Unknown to the tenant and other residents, the entire basement beneath their feet was a mass of flames. The award-winning Sacramento Fire Department arrived quickly and the firemen tried to make their way into the basement from the front of the building. They eventually made entrance through the back and attacked the fire. The conditions in the basement were hellish at best as blinding smoke and intense heat took its toll on the men. One firefighter collapsed and was carried out, but the other men made progress and pushed back the fire toward the front of the building. Then around 2 p.m., a second fireman collapsed and was taken out and revived. Shortly before 3 p.m., the gas pipes at the front of the basement melted and blew fire out over the men’s heads. Faced with an impossible situation, the firemen retreated to the rear and left the basement. #RandolphHarris 20 of 33
The decision was then made to drown the fire from the outside. The front windows of the building were now bulging from the smoke and pressure inside. Firemen broken them as some of the others shattered from the heat and began to pour water from six hoses into the building. Just minutes afterward, the first floor collapsed into the basement where the men had just left. The fire flared up for a moment, but the water from the hoses eventually took its toll and the flames were extinguished in a short time. The building had just been remodeled $1 million, but the price would have been much higher had the floor collapsed just minutes earlier, on top of the men battling the flames. Reporting to the firefighter near-miss database is achieved by completing a handwritten or online form. There are five specific components to submitting a close call: the reporter information, the incident information, the event description, the lessons learned, and contact information. The first section requires specific information about the reporter and the department where the incident occurred. These fields include department information, such as career or volunteer, what hours of staffing they provide, and in which Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) region it is located. Personal information includes the submitter’s job or rank, age, and experience. The next section identifies the contributing and environmental factors involved in the event. The weather, time of day, and how far into the shift the participants were at the time are all parts of this section. Also included is the reporter’s involvement in the incident and a broad classification of where it occurred (exempli gratia, on an emergency call, during training). Up to five contributing factors can be picked from a lost, along with the potential for loss. The submitter can also decide whether he or she thinks this incident will happen again. Event description is an open narrative section that allows the reporter to put the event into his or her own words. Suggestions for a complete report include human factors, such as the decision-making involved, how sleep played a factor in the incident, and the communication process utilized. #RandolphHarris 21 of 33
The report also questions how the system played a role through equipment, incident command, and the policies in place. During the review process, identifying names or other department indicators are removed in an effort to keep the event confidential. Immediately following the event description, the person reporting it is encouraged to make suggestions to ensure that it will not happen again. It explores whether human factors, organizational factors, or just “bad luck” led to the event. One benefit of the lessons learned section is to force the submitter to look at contributing factors and consider ways to improve the system in his or her department. As explained earlier, confidentiality is vital to the system. However, the final component is an option for the reporting party to enter his or her name, telephone number, and email address. This section is voluntary, but it allows an avenue for staff to follow up if there are further questions. For example, a report may have stated, “My partner and I were removing the victim when she suddenly became entangled in debris from a collapsed drop ceiling.” In reading the story, it might be unclear whether the firefighter or the victim became stuck. At face value, it might not make a difference to the story, but when trying to establish contributing factors involved in a victim rescue and firefighter safety, it is vital. If research were being conducted on the number of near-misses reported that involved firefighter entanglement, more information would be needed. In order to improve the applicability of training materials, the project might include narrowing down specifically what was causing entanglement issues and what part of the body was entangled. Therefore, an obvious benefit of providing contact information exists. There are certain dangers that every fireman dreads. #RandolphHarris 22 of 33
If you see a fire truck stopped in the street without the lights on, be very careful. Sometimes there is an emergency, and you should not pass the fire truck. It might be a good idea to safely turn around and go another way because if you hit someone and they happen to die, you could be charged with manslaughter. Sometimes fire firefighters are getting back into their vehicle, and if you pass the apparatus, you may collide with a firefighter who is on foot. Also, be sure to look at their signals; sometimes emergency vehicles are in motion, albeit slowly, and drivers try to pass them, and this could lead to a dangerous situation. Also, if you are in an intersection when you see an emergency vehicle, continue through the intersection. Drive to the right as soon as it is safe and stop. Obey any direction, order, or signal given by a law enforcement officer or a firefighter. Even if they conflict with existing signs, signals, or laws, follow their orders. When their siren or flashing lights are on, it is against the law to follow within 300 feet of any fire engine, law enforcement vehicle, ambulance, or other emergency vehicle. If you drive to the scene of a fire, collision, or other disaster, you can be arrested. When you do this, you are getting in the way of firefighters, ambulance crews, or other rescue and emergency personnel. The concept of professional courage does not always mean being as tough as nails, either. It also suggests a willingness to listen to other people’s problems, to go to bat for them in a tough situation, and it means knowing just how far they can go. It also means being willing to tell the boss when he or she is wrong. #RandolphHarris 23 of 33
California is the third most expensive state in the nation. In 37 percent of counties, a family of four living on a six-figure income is now considered low-income. The average home price in California is nearly $1,000,000.00 USD, while the average salary is $96,036.00, meaning that most Californians cannot even afford to buy a home. California is having an affordability crisis. A single person making an income above $100,000 is now considered low-income in five counties in California. This distinction now applies to individuals living in Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, and Marin counties. The maximum percentage of your gross income that you should earmark for a monthly mortgage payment is calculated at 28 percent, and no more than 36 percent of your gross income to all debts, including mortgage. If you take 28 percent of the median household income per home in Sacramento County, homeowners can only afford a mortgage of $2,070.23 per month. And if you take 36 percent of their gross income to all debts, including mortgage, they should be devoting no more than $2,661.72 a month to these debts. The mortgage lenders must be using some kind of sorcery to get buyers into these expensive homes. To afford one of these homes using traditional guidelines, a household would need to gross $11,280.24 per month or $135,362.88 per year, but the median household in Sacramento County is grossing $7,393.67 a month or $88,724.00 annually, and that typically means two to four people in the home are working and contributing to the mortgage. Home prices in Sacramento County are rivaling the Bay Area, and in some cases, homes in the Bay Area are more affordable. Historically, homes in the Bay Area have been more expensive because they have higher-paying jobs, a larger population, and the Bay Area is a tourist destination. Contributing to the housing affordability crisis is Gavin Newsom, who has been lavishing illegal immigrants with taxpayer-funded resources and cash aid, when state workers should be receiving a 25 percent wage increase instead. #RandolphHarris 24 of 33
In 2025, many people in California saw their bills increase by an estimated $500 a month. This includes items such as food, automobile insurance, homeowners’ insurance, and electricity. In fact, more than 3 million people in California are facing household hardship, and more than 300,000 of them are facing eviction soon. This comes at a time when California is having a shortage of affordable housing. The crisis is caused by nearly half a century-old laws that discourage home sales and encourage higher rents. The incompetence in California is very easy to see. From 2018 to 2023, California received $24 billion, which they used to fund 30 homeless and housing programs. These programs created 100,000 units. That is an average cost of $240,000 per unit. In comparison, Roger Lucas, owner of Grand Castle, LLC, spent $50 million to build The Grand Castle, which is a 522-unit residential apartment community in Grandville, Michigan. The community includes studios, 1 bedroom, 2 bedrooms, 3 bedrooms, and even a multi-level penthouse. Rents generally range from $1,000 to $2,500. The community is a 23.6-acre site. It features 750 covered parking spaces, a clubhouse, a resort-style swimming pool, and was built over a period of 12 to 18 months. The average cost was about $95,785.45 per unit, which is $144,214.55 less per unit than California spent. California also has the highest unemployment rate in the country at 5.4 percent, while the national average is 4.5 percent. As people are seeing their bills skyrocket, and minimum wage has increased to $20 an hour, people on Social Security retirement are really bearing the burden with the checks the typically equate to $5-$7 an hour. Furthermore, while Americans are struggling to find and afford housing, Gavin Newsom, Democrat governor of California, signed two bills into law on February 7, 2025, to protect illegal immigrants. Bills SBX 1 1: Budget Act of 2024, and SBX 1 2: Budget Act of 2024, allocates $50 million to protect illegal immigrants from deportation. Governor Gavin Newsom also granted 700,000 illegal immigrants free health care, which costs taxpayers $3 billion annually. At the same time, Newsom cut vital programs for veterans, school children, the disabled, and the homeless. The California crisis created by Democrats is driving up home prices and mortgages, and rents all over the nation and the world, making living unaffordable for all, and advocates say the crisis is far from over. #RandolphHarris 25 of 33
Meanwhile, China, where we are sending all our jobs and money, has more than 50 ghost cities, with 65 million vacant homes. Ghost cities are regions where housing has been overdeveloped to the point that these places are uninhabited. If they are all officially counted, California has approximately 4 million homeless people. The highest home prices in the nation, the highest taxes, and the most unfriendly business regulations known to man. Because California is so hostile towards people and businesses, more than 360 companies have fled the state since 2020. Businesses like Chevron, SpaceX, Oracle, and Hewlett-Packard are among the names on that list. Also, more than 500,000 people a year are abandoning California because it is too expensive to live in, Gavin Newsom has criminalized homelessness and actually started arresting people without homes, crime is out of control, and they are losing their jobs due to companies relocating. More than 100 companies have announced layoffs in California for 2025. Intel is cutting 15,000 jobs, PayPal is cutting 2,500, and Meta has terminated 4,000 employees. California also has the highest unemployment rate in the country at 5.4 percent, while the national average is 4.1 percent. The California crisis created by Democrats is driving up home prices and mortgages, and rents all over the nation and the world, making living unaffordable for all, and advocates say the crisis is far from over. Accordingly, California has more than 3.5 million illegal immigrants. Having the Southern American border open and not having American farmland protected, not producing beef, poultry, fish, fruit, produce, and dairy in America, and without American goods and services being our number one manufactured and selling items, America has created a dangerous and significantly elevated risk to national security, national economic security, and national public health. Some people may believe that these claims are overstated, but by not routinely monitoring Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CEVs) or other security-relevant alerts, such as the end-of-life of machinery is how the Oroville Dam Crisis occurred in 2017. #RandolphHarris 26 of 33
Additionally, Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom seems to be uneducated about economics. Newsom has spent $1.2 billion taxpayer dollars renovating the State Capitol building and $300 million to try to stop proposition 50. Proposition 50 would replace the maps drawn by the state’s independent commission with districts drawn by legislators solely to gain or protect Democratic seats. Newsom only cares about the environment when his policies allow him to raise taxes and restrict freedoms. To further highlight this illustration of incompetence by Governor Gavin Newsom, Mexico has been causing one of America’s worst environmental disasters. Fifty million gallons a day of industrial chemicals, untreated sewage, and trash flow from Tijuana, Mexico, into southern San Diego County daily. This toxic waste has been turning up on Imperial Beach and is causing the miles of white sands to become polluted and the ocean breeze to smell of feces, which has been sickening residents and wildlife and costing San Diego millions in the form of lost tourism and health problems. The problem has been going on for more than a century, and by 2030, Mexico plans to dump one hundred and twenty million gallons of sewage a day into Imperial Beach. Other crises that have occurred due to neglect of critical infrastructure such as the 2025 Palisades fire. Southern California ran out of water because Newsom is totally neglecting the state and the American people. And while the fire departments in California are critically understaffed and underfunded, Governor Newsom vetoed firefighter pay raise. The Palisades fire cost $275 billion, which is money that could have been used to insure the State of California had the resources it needed. Furthermore, when Southern California is located next to an ocean, Newsom should have invested in desalination plants to help with the water shortage in California. The water in the ocean is so plentiful that it is currently eroding land and causing homes to fall into the sea. Desalination has been identified as one technology that will help solve California’s water scarcity problem. Desalination is a cost-effective technology that can transform an abundance of salt water into a reliable supply of potable, fresh water, which is a great way to fight climate change and have enough water for our region’s water requirements. Ras Al Khair, Saudi Arabia, is producing 1,036,000 meters (273,682,192) per day of desalinated water. #RandolphHarris 27 of 33
America needs an approach to eliminate safety vulnerabilities in American cities. There needs to be a road map by the end of 2025, outlining a prioritized approach to eliminate crisis situations in America. There is enough money to send aid to foreign nations, but the American government does not have enough money to care for its infrastructure, provide adequate resources, or end the affordable housing crisis. Nor is there enough money to fund other national critical functions (NCFs). These bad practices of putting America and Americans last are considered exceptionally risky, particularly to national security, national economic security, and national public health and safety. In 2024, Americans spent $100 billion on Japanese cars. As a result, the American automobile trade deficit with Japan was $39 billion. Additionally, Japan exported 1.4 million cars to the United States of America, but only imported 16,000 American-built automobiles. However, Japan imported approximately 143 thousand motor vehicles from the European Union. This is why President Trump created tariffs. We need to balance the trade deficit that America faces with other nations so we are not taken advantage of and so America can go bank to being a creditor nation, instead of borrowing money for other countries. Each year, President Trump is bringing $400 Billion in Tariff revenue into America and hundreds of thousands of new jobs. With this money, America is paying down debt, and with a portion of it, President Trump plans to send Americans a stimulus check anywhere in the range of $1,000 to $2,000. However, if President Trump’s Tariffs are deemed illegal by the Supreme Court, taxpayers will have to pay back trillions and trillions of dollars. As we literally and /or figuratively see gangs, federal judges, and Governor Gavin Newsom fighting with federal law enforcement and President Trump– states and cities refusing to honor federal laws. Politicians are also showing an utter disregard for the Constitution of the United States of America, and anarchy is becoming increasingly common. #RandolphHarris 28 of 33
Anarchism is a cluster of doctrines and attitudes centered on the belief that government is both harmful and unnecessary. Derived from the Greek root anarchos, meaning “without authority,” anarchism, anarchist, and anarchy are used to express both approval and disapproval. The anarchist denies man-made laws, regards property as a means of tyranny, and believes that crimes are merely the product of property and authority. However, the anarchist would argue that their denial of constitutions and governments leads not to “no justice” but to the real justice inherent in the free development of human sociality—the natural inclination, when unfettered by laws, to live according to the principles and practice of mutual aid. Anarchism is also a form of treason. Treason, the crime of betraying a nation or a sovereign by acts considered dangerous to security. In English law, treason includes the levying of war against the government and the giving of aid and comfort to the monarch’s enemies. In the United States of America, treason was defined restrictively by the framers of the Constitution. Treason against the United States of America “shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them aid and comfort,” which is something that many politicians are currently guilty of. The American government should know all exploitable vulnerabilities and fix them before the situation becomes a crisis. Failure to take such mitigating actions is dangerous and significantly elevates risk to national security, national economic security, and national public health and safety. The American government must understand that significant time and resources must be invested in America. They must also encourage corporations to plan for both mitigating safety vulnerabilities in the short term and eliminating them in the long term. For instance, a company might begin by reaching out to the federal, state, or local government and requesting tax incentives to provide security to dangerous communities, to help the government repair bridges and potholes. #RandolphHarris 29 of 33
Drug cartels have been threatening the health and safety of Native American communities. The trafficking of dangerous and illegal drugs into their territories is leading to a second genocide. The overdose rate for Indigenous people is 42 percent higher than the national average. A recent bust on Montana’s Blackfeet Nation’s Tribal Reservation resulted in the seizure of more than 700,000 fentanyl pills, which was the largest bust in Montana history. Recently, the Blackfeet Nation had to declare a state of emergency after facing 17 overdoses in just one week. There are only 6.8 million Native Americans left in the world, which is 2 percent of the American population. We should be doing more to protect these proud and honorable people; they should not want for anything. People rush and give away resources to illegal immigrants, but totally disregard the Indigenous people of this land, as their race silently fades away into extinction. We must secure our borders and increase federal funding to Native American tribes so we can save this precious population. Meanwhile, Gavin Newsom has given billions of taxpayer dollars away to illegal immigrants and protected them from law enforcement, while arresting law-abiding Americans because they cannot afford to pay rent or mortgage, and the homeless shelters are unsafe, overcrowded, and have restrictions on who is allowed inside. He has also totally ignored the cartel problems on American lands. Clean air, water, land, and preserving our heritage are extremely important. We cannot just allow criminals to kill off the people who are native to this land and do nothing about it. Wars have been started over governments that tax citizens without representation. Taxation without representation is what led to the American Revolution. #RandolphHarris 30 of 33
Much like the land crisis in Las Vegas, we could also run out of land to farm and will not be able to grow or cultivate our own food. We can protect American farmland and support American farmers by buying American made beef, poultry, dairy, and produce. Also, country of origin labeling is very important so Americans can know where their food is coming from and can support American farmers and ranchers. As money flows, it influences further investment. Save the land that sustains us by protecting American farmland. Once the land is built on, we lose it forever. And in the future, there may be food wars. Also, to ensure that we have farmland and buildable land for future use, we need to start limiting the number of people allowed to immigrate to America. Perhaps with the immigrants we do allow into America, there needs to be a diversity program to make sure we have a population that equally represents all races of people. If Americans continue to spend money on American products, then more need to be made to keep up the inventory. When investors notice these goods are selling, it gives them the confidence to pour more money into that local business. It shows that people want these goods made in America and pressures investors to keep these goods and services in America. The jobs stay here, the business stays in America, wages naturally increase, and more money is invested to keep up with demand. This reduces the burden on the taxpayer. When you support American businesses, that money stays in our economy and can help to reduce the national debt. The government creates debt by borrowing from businesses in the private sector or from foreign countries. It also increases the national debt by spending more than it gains in tax revenue in a fiscal year. #RandolphHarris 31 of 33
When people shop locally, more tax money stays in the economy and goes to the government. This way, it keeps more money in our national economy and keeps more jobs located in America which also sends more taxes to the government, which can again help to reduce the national debt. When you buy foreign goods, these companies usually have lighter tax loads or exemptions, meaning less money for the national debt, plus you are helping to strengthen these foreign nations by sending more money overseas. Buying American-made products is also better for the environment and helps to reduce the carbon footprint because these products do not have to travel nearly as far. Furthermore, American companies and manufacturers are held to much higher standards on pollution. American companies must be more careful about air, land, and water pollution and have proper ways to dispose of waste. Under President Trump’s administration, he has make America a priority. President Trump has closed the southern border, illegal crossings have fallen to an all time low, and are 90 percent lower than under the previous administration. Since President Trump’s crack down on crime, violent crimes in Washington D.C. have dropped by approximately 80 percent. He has stopped thousands of pounds of drugs from entering America and killing citizens. And since President Trump took office, investments in America have increased by trillions of dollars in U.S.A. manufacturing, production, and innovation. As you can see, President Donald Trump and his pledge to “Make America Great Again” is exactly what America needs to save the country and the American people. And yes, diversity is important, so you can see why it is also important to preserve blonde hair and blue eyes, as the people with these characteristics are becoming a minority in America. #RandolphHarris 32 of 33
We must think before we can understand the soul’s existence; we must understand before we can realize it. The earliest beginnings of thought, as apart from instinct, when it was itself still but a lurking tendency, belong far back in primeval time. The human intellect as we find it today, so rich and developed an instrument for the consciousness of the ego, did not arrive at this fullness without a series of graduated stages. We have had plenty of scientific thinking, business thinking, and political thinking long enough, but we have had very little inspired thinking. That is the world’s need. The intellect is cradled in selfishness but runs the evolutionary track into reason, where it will one day finish at the winning-post of selflessness. As a reminder, parents, please teach your children to love America and be patriotic citizens, and to buy goods and services made in America. It is also important to respect law and order and treat your elders with respect. It is inborn in the human mind to wish to know. If this begins with the endless surface questions of a child’s curiosity, if it continues into deeper questions of a scientist’s probing investigation, it cannot and does not stop there. For the higher part of the mind will eventually come into unfoldment, that union of abstract reflective thought with mystical intuition, which is true intelligence, which needs and sees a view of the whole of things. And so, the knowing faculty enters the realm of philosophy. A lot of children are having problems in school and cannot even write a paragraph because they are not reading their books. When you actually read books, you get an example of how to write and will become a better student. Therefore, remember to take your education seriously so that you will be successful in life and make your family proud. Also, to make sure they have all the resources required, please donate to the Sacramento Fire Department to help improve our national security. “Oh, thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand between their loved home and the war’s desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heav’n-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation! Then conquer we must, when our cause is just, and this be our motto: ‘In God is our trust.’ And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.” #RandolphHarris 33 of 33
According to locals, over a century ago, the land that houses The Winchester Mansion had been vacant forever. Then, sometime in the early afternoon of Saturday, March 13, 1886, Sheriff Angel Camilio began getting reports that a massive castle made of wood had suddenly appeared. Gables rose, towers peaked into the sky as the mansion mushroomed into a labyrinth overnight. The house’s sudden manifestation had been both disconcerting and fascinating to the community. Some felt dark curses flowing from the estate, and things moving around in the darkness. Others saw a fairytale castle glimmering in the spring sunlight. Perhaps this is why there are no records of construction, no blueprints, and no permits filed with the county. And then one day, a hearse came tearing through the gates, and in that hearse was a coffin, some believed it contained Mrs. Winchester.
Legend also says, when Sarah Lockwood Pardee (Winchester) married William Wirt Winchester in 1862, she enjoyed a life of extravagant luxury. William Winchester, President of the Winchester repeating rifle, became a very wealthy man through the sale of his guns, and the couple were among the elite New England society. She also told Mrs. Winchester they would kill her too, unless she moved out West and built a great house for the spirits. In addition, Mrs. Winchester was told construction on the house must never end in order to appease the spirits and keep her alive, perhaps even give her eternal life. Mrs. Winchester followed the medium’s suggestions, and in 1886, she moved to the Santa Clara valley just outside San Jose, where she bought an 18-room farmhouse and property to build her mansion. At its peak, the Mansion once stood 9-stories tall and had as many as 600-rooms. Today, the stately mansion is 4-storys, and over 100,000 square feet.
Experience an unforgettable journey back to the time of kings and queens with this entry ticket for The Winchester Mansion in Santa Clara, California, which was the residence of Heiress Sarah L. Winchester. Come and see what secrets this so-called, “Winchester Mystery House” may hold. Take advantage of this fascinating experience. After the tour, there will be time to enjoy the mansion’s splendor at your own pace. You might even discover secret passages that lead to hidden chambers within the mansion. These chambers served as safe places for valuables, precious documents, and as private sanctuaries for Mrs. Winchester, and allowed her to move stealthily throughout her home. At one time, there were even secret tunnels that extended beyond the mansion, leading to nearby Victorian houses that were also on the property, and other structures, creating a network of escape routes or hidden pathways.
Please come and enjoy a delicious meal at Sarah’s Café, stroll along the paths of the beautiful Victorian gardens, which once spanned 740 acres, all the way down to Stevens Creek Boulevard; wander through the miles of hallways in the world’s most mysterious mansion.
For further information about tours, including group tours, weddings, school events, birthday party packages, facility rentals, and special events please visit the website: https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/
Please visit the online giftshop, and purchase a gift for friends and relatives as well as a special memento of The Winchester Mystery House. A variety of souvenirs and gifts are available for purchase. https://shopwinchestermysteryhouse.com/
Special Events: Ready to rock the holidays like never before? 🎄
Join the incredible Renegade Orchestra on December 6th in the gardens as they combine rock and roll with all your favorite holiday classics 🎶🎸 https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/holidays/
Your ticket also grants you access to the Yuletide Oddities Market and Holiday Open House! Do not miss this evening of music and merriment, get tickets now! https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/holidays/
Santa is squeezing his way through one of our 17 chimneys to make a special stop at the mansion 🎅✨
On December 20, guests with tickets to any tour or the Yuletide Oddities Market can enjoy complimentary photos with Santa! He’ll be here from 12-4pm and 5-8pm.
Hopefully the reindeer can navigate the confusing roofline 🦌https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/holidays/
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