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@BlueOak What you just described is the definition of survival and suffering: unwillingness to adapt to circumstances that are changing. This is not about masculinity, which is the pursuit of truth. That is plain old ignorance, a false conviction that the world should be one way over the other.

I'm looking for people to ally with so that I can defend the sovereignity of this thread. We can sometimes raid other threads when they are too much fun, but we will first demonize them to convince ourselves (or the public) that our cause is right. This will be the funniest thread in this forum, even if we have to shit all over it. Who's with me?

@Ryan_047 If you haven't noticed, I created this thread and I declare its independence from your seriousness. This is now a wholly unserious thread. Let the memes commence!

@Ryan_047 I'm not being serious with these comments. I'm not going to argue over a YouTube short with a snippet of Putin probably taken out of context.

@Ryan_047 Sure, values as in: can we profit off of the same countries?

So, you think that the right of admission to NATO is moral purity?

https://youtube.com/shorts/x_kklaLR5E0?feature=share

YouTube keeps sending me gems/fuel: https://youtube.com/shorts/nmjCu5HYGk0?feature=share

@Fleetinglife Please use punctuation in your posts. Your latest one was interesting but it defeated me halfway through.

@hello1234 Nobody is going to babysit you through your bullshit and close-mindendess. Keep quiet and learn from others, that is the only way forward.

They are both threated as pariahs by NATO countries.

This is a pipe dream. Imagine if Russia joined NATO. China would freak the fuck out. I never said that "all countries acting to individual interest will promote more peace than war". This is obviously not the case. What I am saying is that the world cannot be a centralized entity that acts in unison. Borders between countries will keep existing and border disputes will keep occurring when individual countries are threatened. If anything, I think that existence of superpowers makes the system unbalanced, because or rivalry between them. This is what we're seeing now: one superpower (the US) gathered its allies and cornered Russia into acting unreasonably. Push any entity into thinking in terms of survival and you will see claws and fangs. If any of you think that Putin is stupid, or having a stroke over a nuclear armageddon button, think again. What NATO has done for us, is to buy us some peace time by impoverishing Russia off of its imperialist tendencies. But why is Russia trying to build a world empire? Because the US has succeeded in it. And so, the wheel of fortune turns...

https://barackobama.medium.com/my-statement-on-ukraine-dc18ef76ad88

Consider the following: It is not possible, nor desirable, to have a global military alliance that would ensure the world peace. The moment a power exists, another power appears to counter it and to strive for supremacy. The only reason we consider an alliance good is because it exists to serve our interests at the expense of parties that we're not allied with.

@Gesundheit2 That was insightful. Thank you.

@Gesundheit2 Your comments are low quality. You haven't said anything valuable about these videos.

Are you summarizing JP's comment for me? ? There's also a response video to his comment: https://youtu.be/Lp7aSJ-q4h4

https://youtu.be/eBw_R6TJt90 This is a video discussing Peterson's views with a response from JP.

What is your opinion on drinking alkaline water? Is it really good for health? One thing for sure is that I love the taste and I drink more of it, but does it really bring any other benefits?

The issue is not with technology merging with our lives to make it easier. It is with giant corporations using it to turn people's attention into a product for advertising companies and using private data to influence people's choices en masse. As for artificial adventures, we are already doing this with books, radio, cinema, TV, videogames, etc. This is just another step of a process that started a long time ago. It teaches us that emotions are basically entertainment, that they don't have any other function. I bet soma is just around the corner...

Anxious/occupied

Did you find the timezone gap tedious?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkF1OcfPt84

Your story is heartbreaking. Nobody should go through this. When I read that you can't put your finger on how exactly were you wounded, I can relate. When reading your story, betrayal came to mind. Looking back, I find it very strange that I knew exactly that what my parents did was not love and that I felt that I should be loved. It's like an inborn right of a child to be loved and every child knows it. I was so resentful because of it.

I appreciate the teaching. Thank you for sharing.