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@Blackhawk Yep, duble down on demonization, this will definitely make you more audible to "most people".

What Putin believes in is reason enough for him to start a war in Ukraine.

@PurpleTree Love that in this penis size graph, the longer the penis, the blacker the country lmao

Do not forget that "defense" NATO claims is an act within the domain of war. When you are in a conflict with your neighbor and you pile up on dynamite on your property just outside of his house, you don't get to use "it's just defense bro!" excuse forever. Your neighbor is not an idiot and it does not matter to him that it is not against the law to pile up on it - especially if you set the law yourself.

@Scholar There is a lot of democratic morality mixed into your arguments. High spiral stages require more sophisticated environments to exist, so they are not an objective answer to evolution and survival. When the nukes land, only bacteria and fungi will survive. Maybe some stage red cavemen too.

That was indicated by the dialogue brought up in the material Leo has posted.

@Scholar Threats are wide and varied. NATO will never start a war with Russia, but it can sanction it to death, or mess with it's neighboring countries, exert political pressure, etc. Even though Russia has nuclear weapons, if it has no diplomatic leverage, it is good as dead. And it has been ignored and sanctioned for the better part of the last decade. You can destroy Russia just by fucking with it's economy enough. And that's a threat nuclear weapons won't help with.

@Scholar Nuclear weapons don't have much diplomatic leverage. Once you put them on the table, you've ceased all communications and if you back down from using them, you will never be taken seriously.

I wonder why Biden is so hell-bent on humiliating Putin. Is it a reaction against Trump?

@Preety_India Your posts indicate that you are biased towards upholding peace and forging alliances. This is not how power works. When situation changes, alliances are reevaluated and all peace agreements fly out of the window if it benefits either side. Nobody except historians or citizens think in terms of rules and rights at this scale. It's might makes right.

And here's why Putin calls Ukrainian government neo-nazis.

Not anymore, apparently. Have you watched the video Leo posted? China is in an "agreement exceeding alliance" with Russia, which made Putin feel like he can't be pushed around anymore.

@Leo Gura And accelerated the today's crisis caused by Ukraine becoming heavily pro-west. It's like this invasion was Putin's goal all along to consolidate the alliance with China.

@Preety_India The actions Russia is taking are self defeating to a large degree. Like taking the Crimea, which was mostly populated by pro-russian citizens, thus tipping the scales against themselves in the remaining population.

I was thinking along the same lines. There się virtually no serious consideration of what the Russians are saying. Like they were just stupid. This is a huge red flag in communication. If this is an existential threat to Russia, imagine if they failed and we had a second Russia breakdown. That would be nasty. Imagine what would happen to their nuclear arsenal.

Masculinity is about purpose, finding how you can __express__ your unique gifts in this world for the benefit of everybody, yourself included. This pursuit requires you to look inwards, to discover yourself on deeper and deeper levels, as well as to learn the truth about the world and to find an environment where your uniqueness is needed. Truth is central to masculinity both in social and individual sphere because thruthful action is efficacy, and truthful judgement is justice. Both are needed for successful fulfillment of your potential into purpose. Being a man is to be a tool for the betterment of the world and to dedicate yourself to service. The societal promise is that you will be respected (listened with attention) and treated with gratefullness.

@LastThursday Yes, I noticed that too about female characters. I remember Megan Fox attracting a lot of criticism for embodying this archetype: an emotionally detached, sexualized prize for the hero. Margot Robbie's characters also revolve around this stereotype, but she is also a producer so she has some more creative freedom around them. It's been a while since I saw an interesting female character in a movie. Maybe I should broaden my consumption? Eternals had a shot at portraying diversity in a heroic movie, but I found it quite boring to be honest. In Once upon a time in Hollywood, there was a female character that lived a bohemian lifestyle that stuck with me. Into the wild also had some characters like that, but it was commenting on the tragedy of a hero in an inner journey. Anyways, what's up with the tragedy in heroic movies? Why can't men be happy and engaged in life, finding meaning in everyday tasks and pleasure in the company of grateful family? Why do we have to be misunderstood, detached, lonely and emotionally unavailable? Thinking about stuff nobody else gets? Or is it just me? ?

Fifa is a Western, biased, organization. Their purpose is to make money and play football. Not self-reflection and justice.

@LastThursday I wonder whether there is a similar deconstruction of the feminine myth? Is there such a thing?

Very interesting talk. I have a problem with one of the rules though. If someone consistently caused harm to themselves and to others, how would s/he be otherwise successful in life? Wouldn't there be a vacuum in the space where they act stupidly? Like socially stupid people would be lonely, or financially stupid people would be poor, etc? I get that we're multidimensional and that a stupid aspect of our life does not dictate overall quality of it, but to say that there are no signs of stupidity is an overstatement. It also seems to fly in the face of the idea that we learn because we suffer. Isn't it painful to be unsuccessful in an area that we have needs in? Maybe, stupidity comes from indifference to some aspect of ourself? Or maybe it is a form of lack of development that results in limited needs in some area?

@LastThursday I don't think that the purpose of this video was to oppose the masculine myth. I think that it was more of a reflection of a man that was entangled in it for his whole life. Don't you think that opposition strengthens the masculine myth? Any purpose higher than life is susceptible to this narrative, freedom included.

Imagine what kind of damage that would cause to the country.

@Scholar That was a good material. Thank you for sharing. I'll ponder it some more and maybe post my thoughts later.

Understanding something requires investigating reasons for it. Stating those reasons is not the same as making excuses. The fact is that everybody makes rational decisions within their frame of reference. Weak minds are incapable of stepping into the shoes of people who act against their interest.

I disagree with him, obviously. Ukraine is probably not a direct military threat, but an avenue for NATO to exert pressure on Russia. Still a threat though.