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This is cool. Look at the Chinese purchasing power (PPP) vs the US over the last 30 years or so. Their economy has literally exploded while the US roughly stagnated

@HojoI'm not sure what propaganda you are referring to. If you can point out a credible source I'll take a look.

The US accounts for less than 20% of Chinese exports (you can double check the numbers). When Trump hiked the tariffs the math was wrong. After a certain percent hike increase it made no difference to Chinese profits. That's why China didn't bother to negotiate with Trump when he hiked up the tariffs. They were literally laughing at our stupidity. The US has no bargaining chip. Here's a fun fact, China sells us the materials that we use to make our weapons. Our military is literally dependent on China. You see a short clip with Pete Hegseth even talking about this. Even the US knows that China has the US by the balls. China does not need the US and that is precisely why the US is screwed.

This guy sums it up quite nicely:

@Hojo You keep talking about small observations and then jumping to inaccurate conclusions. This is what I mean by anecdotal. Feel free to checkout out Richard Wolff as a source. He talks about the rise of China all the time. What China did was notice catastrophic effects of unchecked capitalism. They maintain a good share of control over the economy but they also allow free trade. They just don't let free trade get out of control. Long ago they decided that they'd offer cheap goods to the rest of the world. There were growing pains, but they had a long term strategy, and eventually grew into a superpower. It was quite brilliant actually. One of the things that China does, and so does India, is the teach kids match at a very young age. The Chinese are much better equipped. It is mandated by parents and the government alike. China sees what the future holds so it invests in its citizens so that it is competitive. This is anecdotal... I work in tech and the smartest people in my field are almost always Chinese. They do not fuck around.

This is all anecdotal. China is leading the world in tech advancements. The US doesn't invest in its citizens while China does. Americans do not have access to quality, affordable education or healthcare so there will be no way to compete. China is on the rise and will be much better place as a healthy nation. The oligarchs won't allow this to happen. I think the US is a sinking ship. They're keeping us in the dark, making us sick and poor as a means of control. They don't want us rising up and I don't think there's anything we can do to stop it. Community is the only way Americans are going to survive once the authoritarian regime is firmly in place. Poverty, sickness, and crime is what's coming. Start preparing now. The media uses hope as a means to keep us addicted to content. Don't fall into that trap.

I think I'm going to leave. I thought about Germany, the UK, Australia, and Canada. I don't think I'll go to the UK now, though. Germany sounds like the best option but will be the most challenging language wise. I'm a tech dude but would rather teach math or programming at a high-school or community college level. I need to figure out if I should get into teaching first then move, or move first with a tech job then transition into teaching once I leave. I think the US is going down and it's going to be way worse than any can imagine. American exceptionalism.

Has any body experienced a buzzing sensation and figured out what it is? I also notice something strange with sound, as if my ears are popping (not quite that but hard to explain). I feel something very similar when doing DMT so perhaps this has to do with the fact that it's a tryptamine? I also do not experience any euphoria when taking mushrooms. LSD for me is wonderful. I can have insight, and get to experience pleasure. This thing with mushrooms is really bizarre.

I only had time for one short piece of the vid. I'm paraphrasing, but he said something like, "Every time I ask someone for evidence of systemic racism their argument falls apart" As a white person, I can tell you that most white people do not have the capacity to see how racism is in fact systemic in modern day. They simply do not have the education, the life experience, or the awareness required to see it. Even if I were to offer real evidence it would be dismissed. The war on truth has had catastrophic effects on the US population.

Same here

Gross

Charlie Kirk? He was a pawn

I think this was answered by @zazens video I mentioned here: So, that would be the OCGFC, which is discussed here: https://shahidkingbolsen.org/ocgfc/ My mind is blown.

I hesitantly say that this is fucking fantastic. It talks about the downfall of my current home but it answers the questions I was asking here: I asked a second question, "Also, is there one party at the top of the food chain? Who's running the show?" Shahid, in the video, calls it the OCGFC (The owners and controllers of global financialized capital). The level of corruption we are talking about here is fucking NASTY.

In this video he says the Russia Ukraine war is really a US, Russia war. How does the new US administration factor into this? Trump is giving Putin what he wants.

It'd be nice to live in a country that gives a fuck about its citizens

@Ramasta9 Fo' real?

Also, is there one party at the top of the food chain? Who's running the show?

Camping sounds wonderful.

Data privacy is fuck all now due to AI. Privacy and anonymity is impossible. We'll see how this plays out with the new regime.

If configured, your private messages will be sent to your personal inbox. From there your email provider can DEFINITELY see what is being said by all parties in the message chain. The messages are most likely stored as plain text in the backend database. Anyone with access to the database can read them

@Ramasta9 I think it's trauma and over-stimulation. I'm definitely working through some stuff right now. @Peo You are not alone. My best friend reports that the thing you do here. He wishes that I could experience what he does on them.

I saw two UFOs in Southern California in 2008 where many UFOs are commonly sighted. Many are also sighted on the Baja peninsula so they must love that region. First, they were moving side by side in unison at a slow speed. But then they they changed direction very abruptly in a zig-zag pattern all while maintaining the same distance between them. It was totally synchronized. They were round(ish) in shape and the whole aircraft was lit up as if the exterior was made of light. I was with friends near the beach and we all saw it. We were stunned. Nothing we know of moves this way. I try to be objective and take into consideration that a large military base was nearby but FFS this was in 2008 and we should have heard of aircrafts like this being used in the military by now.

I've noticed a few things. One, people don't know people farther left on the spectrum. To really care about social issues you need exposure to people who need help. Also, boomers have money. They cannot relate to the struggles that everyday, modern Americans have. Also, poor conservatives are constantly lied to about their "freedom" being taken away. Guns and Jesus specifically. Propaganda is another issue. I think most people get their news from social media which are just lies being propagated from one feed to another. Lastly, the media. "Left wing" media is centrist in nature. Mainstream media only supports corporate dems so people just don't have accurate information.

Well, he is a bastion of peace