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Yup. She's a fraud and a compulsive liar.

This is a question for Leo. If I remember correctly, I recall reading something about data privacy when I registered on this forum but it didn't make me feel confident that our data is not being sold to third parties. People on this forum share deeply personal information as well as their experiences with psychedelics. My privacy is really important at this stage in my life and I would like some confirmation that you have our well-being in mind here.\ Thanks!

My meditation teacher, Stephen Proctor, lives in Australia. If you meditate check him out, he's the best I've come across. @SimpleGuy I have sleep challenges. Everyone is going to be different but I cut out water for 2.5 hours before bed so I don't wake up too much. Stretching before bed has a massive impact on my sleep, and screens have to be turned off 2 hours beforehand. Not letting my cat sleep on me is also important. I wake up at 3am if I don't do these things. You may want to look into Matthew Walker. He has a book called Why We Sleep where he discusses these things and more, but he's been interviewed on tons of podcasts so you can get the gist from one of those. He says the number one thing you can do to improve your sleep is go to bed at the same time every night. Not doing so fucks up your circadian rhythm.

Pretty much what the title says. Who supports the current regime in the US? Externally we have Russia, Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, El Salvador Internally we have defense companies, crypto, social media, surveillance, and billionaires I couldn't name. Who else? Sarah Kendzior refers to this an international crime syndicate. A mafia state. What does this global network consist of?

@Hardkill Spiral dynamics a limiting model for navigating the current landscape. The problem we are facing now is that the US is being torn down so the global elite can have full control. This is not a matter of left vs right wing politics, green vs orange, etc. The facade of left vs right wing politics is being exposed for what it is. It isn't actually there. It may seem like the right is beating the left but that's not the case. It's been the global elite running the show all along. Trump was installed to expedite the destruction of the US economy so that the global elite can own and control everything. Where does the global elite factor into your model? This is a multi-national network of public and private interests from all over the globe.

Never heard of it

I've posted this on the forum before, but the site has been updated with lots of new information about the network state: https://www.vcinfodocs.com/

Yeah, China has issues. I know they keep their citizens in the dark but I'm not sure what they are telling the rest of the world. I'm not an expert on China by any means, but it is the one country that I've been diving into more deeply than any other.

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?