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No. He is the most serious candidate in terms of specific policy reforms which America badly needs. He has the longest, most proven track record of being a visionary leader in terms of the progressive agenda (over 40 years). He has the passion, the vision, the right leadership style, the balls to take on the status quo, the insider experience in Washington necessary to understand how the system works, he has the largest grassroots donor base of anyone in the country, he has tangible policies, and he doesn't play games with identity politics. He has a lot of experience with how to deal with Republicans, Washington insiders, and media. He know exactly what to do and he can be trusted to do it (as long as his healthy holds up). He also has the best understanding of foreign policy of the Dem candidates. This is not about ideology. And it helps that he actually has a decent chance of winning. Yang's chances are very long. I don't want to give my support and money to someone who probably will not win. Yang might be a good choice in 2024 or 2028 when he has some more experience and name-recognition. This kind of thing needs to be built over time. Hehe, give me some credit.

Those questions cannot be answered in words because words are dualistic and the answers are nondual. Awakening is required.

@TheAvatarState I've heard all your arguments for Yang before. Standard YangGang points. Nothing new you're telling me. I've watched his interviews. He says the same stuff every time. May the best (wo)man win. I don't doubt that Yang or Bernie would beat Trump. Their biggest hurdle is beating the other Dems. I think Yang will over-perform in the end but not beat the other Dems. Let's see how it goes. Should be fun to watch. I'm guessing Yang will do well because he feels so authentic.

@infinitelove Have I told you to care about them? Care about whatever you want.

I was joking.

Fun social pics certainly help. But those can be hard to get if you're a loner. If you're gonna do online dating invest $500-$1000 in a professional photographer. It makes such a big difference.

Not in practice. I've split tested it. Doesn't matter what you write as long as you got the right profile pics. And if you don't, no amount of writing will help you. Try it yourself. Create a profile using some random handsome white tall masculine dude's pictures. Write nothing at all. Just say "Hi". Girls will come a flocking. Then try that with your crappy selfies. Crickets... Some guys have it SO easy online. You just need that classic look. Or very low standards. Of course if you're willing to sleep with absolutely anyone, you can get lucky.

How about your add more substance to your posts? Lazy posts don't inspire quality replies.

Yes, he is. Which is why I prefer Bernie. Compromising with ideologues doesn't work so well. That's the beauty of Sanders, he will lead a populist revolution to publicly shame them and shift our entire culture. That's what's really needed. No progressive laws are gonna pass a Republican controlled Senate anyway. Republicans are not going to let Yang do anything and they will demonize him as a socialist. Meeting them half-way is what we've been doing for the last 40 years. Something new is needed. Also, your analogy between Malcolm X:Bernie, MLK:Yang is not right. MLK was a radical progressive socialist. So if anything Bernie is like MLK. Malcolm X was a militant ideologue which is not analogous to Bernie. Bernie is leading a progressive social movement just like MLK. https://mlkglobal.org/2017/11/23/martin-luther-king-on-capitalism-in-his-own-words/ YangGang is Diet MLK

To argue against nonsense is to give it too much credit. Trump will lose in a landslide. That's my prediction. See you Nov 2020 for my "I told ya so" The only reason Trump won was because people didn't research his past and they didn't know what a monster he was. But now it's all out in the open, with more to come before 2020. Or maybe I'm wrong

Sounds like a communist

I have. It's actually possible to zoom in with consciousness to the atomic level. But it's not a visual zoom. It's a consciousness zoom. Since atoms are imaginary anyhow, you don't need to zoom into them visually. As always, psychedelics help. A lot.

How else could "reality" come to be but through deception and illusion? God had to pull himself out of his own ass. Quite the magic trick

If you want to start something like a Spiritual Art Mega-Thread, we could do that. But an art sub-forum doesn't make sense for this forum.

Being successful and a leader in your field opens a lot of doors and opportunities. Once you get really good in your field and people start to know about you, women will naturally come your way. This is mostly because you have become more visible, not because they want your money. But still, I wouldn't rely on this strategy exclusively. If you're a computer nerd working in your basement 12 hours a day, no women will ever find you no matter how good you are. You gotta start being visible publicly. The key is being more social. And getting good in your field can help you to increase your socialness. Why do rockstars get laid every night? Because they are visible to 10,000 people every night. Not because there's anything special about playing music. Although girls love music because it boosts their emotional state, so that does help. Music is like a drug. Or, you could just increase your socialness by going out every night and being social. Waiting for women to come to you is indirect.

@TheAvatarState I have known about Yang's long policy list for a long time. But I feel he's way too stuck on UBI as his signature policy to the point to being a one-note candidate. Like I said, a candidate has to be evaluated holistically, taking into account every thing, including their experience with politics and government. Yang's biggest upside, in my mind, is his authenticity. But I don't consider his policies progressive enough. UBI could easily be dismantled by conservatives in the future and hurt the welfare state. Of course you're welcome to vote for whoever you like best. I got nothing against Yang. He's a cool guy and if he wins I will vote for him.

Alien reads this and be like: "Hold my beer."

@dimitri It's even trickier than you imagine. Non-existence isn't real, it is imaginary! There is only existence. Existence is an Absolute and has no opposite. A non-existent object is actually an existent object in your imagination. But you are misunderstanding that object's true nature. You take it as really non-existent when it is actually existent as a thought. Your mind confuses thoughts and objects. For example, you confuse thoughts of your mother for your mother. The kicker is, if you didn't create this confusion you couldn't have a mother. Since a mother is a thought, not an object. So how are you gonna escape this confusion? Escaping it would mean the collapse of your entire reality. Can you stomach that?

Maybe it's cause men are behaving like juvenile Red Pill assholes?

We have had decades of inaction. Sanders is just the kick in the ass we need. Of course he won't be able to pass everything he wants. But he will lead a movement that will shift the overtone window seriously left, which is what we have been lacking for 50 years. Sanders could be the next FDR. If only he was younger. Working class people, even Republicans will like Bernie as he pushes against elites. The ones who hate Bernie are mostly elites. A working class person is not going to hate Bernie. FDR was the most popular president of all time. But the elites hated him. I predict a similar sitation if Bernie wins. Of course hardcore conservatives will demonize him. But they demonized Obama, so there is no pleasing them. Fox News will demonize no matter who the Democratic president is.

@Joker_Theory Do you really understand? Doesn't sound like it. Sounds like you are parroting words you heard.

It's very simple: is your birth happening right now? No? Then you are imagining it. If you object, "Yeah, but at one time it really was happening", just notice that you are imagining that too. You cannot ever escape imagination. If a thing is not being imagined right now, it doesn't exist. It's very simple. You just don't want to accept it because you want things to be "real".

Everything is imaginary, including brains, atoms, planets, science, logic, and your life. Brains seem to exist from your POV because that is what you're stuck imagining without being aware that you are imagining it. Consciousness imagines a brain. Your entire paradigm is backwards.

You don't need to zoom into it. It is already nothing as it is. Form is nothing. Don't go hunting for nothing. Nothing is everywhere. You are like a fish hunting for water. BTW, space is not nothing, it is something. But since something is ultimately nothing, space is also nothing.

How anything?