Leo Gura

Libertarianism is good against a severe authoritarian state, perhaps like that in China. But libertarians always act as though the government is oppressing them -- no matter what size government is -- so they cry wolf even about sensible regulations which are not really oppressive. Stuff like Medicare For All and Green New Deal and Civil Rights is not oppressive or authoritarian. It benefits the vast majority of people. Yet libertarians will oppose it. So they become useful idiots for corporations and plutocrats who want as little regulation and public services as possible.

Give it time. Time heals.

That's the point

Watch your self-biases! Before posting your opinions on a thing, pause and notice that you hold those opinions simply because they serve your survival.

Paradox only arises when you try to grasp Oneness using a dualistic mind. The problem is, you keep trying to put reality into relative boxes when it is absolutely unboxed. It is the same problem as when you try to map the Earth onto a flat square. The result is always distorted and full of seams which don't exist on the Earth itself.

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Here's an example of the common libertarian mistake of thinking that local government is better and less oppressive/corrupt than centralized government. The caller fundamentally misunderstands issues of scale and the fact that local gov is MORE corrupt due to its self-biased nature.

Thou doth protest too much.

@Tetcher LOL

Yeah, well... I'm not about to support people who support Trump. Of course on my own. I would deliberately listen to right-wing media when I was a teen (even though I was liberal) in order to understand their perspective. I studied them like apes flinging shit at the zoo.

Yes, such folks are ethnocentric and nationalist. FoxNews is that entire worldview on display 24/7/365. I've spent 100s of hours listening to right wing talk radio with an open mind. Conclusion: it's pure trash.

Trump gives comfort to fascists. Bernie does not.

This videos nicely shows the crude attempts some of the best scientists are making at understanding consciousness: It's like watching a retarded child trying to solve a Rubik's Cube. I found it entertaining and sad at the same time.

You might as well buy a book about unicorns Death is a lie.

No

@Extreme Z7 Easy. Let's not start questioning the intelligence of members here.

Lol Have you even seen Brietbart's comment section? https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/10/exclusive-pence-only-thing-standing-between-america-and-agenda-of-far-left-is-4-more-years-of-president-donald-trump/

@Zak I'll add a featured tag to it if it actually becomes good.

I rarely have time for that. Handwashing is junk. I'm talking about scrubbing with soap.

Microdosing LSD or mushrooms or modafinil is certainly far superior to drinking alcohol.

A newborn is so selfish it doesn't even have a concept of selfishness yet. The most selfish people are the ones who don't even know that selfishness is a thing.

Good. A cult mega-thread is a great idea.

Yes. On your deathbed all your sins will be redeemed.