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@zazen The Far-Right and Likud.

Head of Opposition in Israel

I haven't lived in a kibbutz but about 5–10% of Israelis have at some point in their lives. A kibbutz is kind of communal, socialist style village where all income used to go into a shared fund, though today most kibbutzes have moved toward a more privatized model. I am originally from a sub-urban town similar to where 15% of Israelis live, which also has some sort of a communal atmosphere.

" Thousands are now on their way to Jerusalem for the Peace Conference. In just a few hours, we will present new data from the Accord Center about the public's complex perceptions regarding peace. In the meantime, I’m sharing findings here—fresh, but consistently recurring throughout the past year: After the October 7th massacre, and in the midst of a horrific and deadly war, half of the Israeli public supports a regional-political-security agreement that includes normalization with Arab states and agreement to establish a Palestinian state. Studies from other organizations show similar findings. A significant majority of the public—over 70%—also understands the need to advance political agreements in order to ensure Israel’s security. So when someone tells you that “no one in Israel supports a political agreement after October 7” or “no one supports establishing a Palestinian state,” they are lying—knowingly or negligently—serving the government and the far-right that leads it. The truth is the opposite: half of Israelis support such moves, including a large majority—76% of opposition voters (see slide 19 in the full presentation—for public opinion research enthusiasts; link in comments). And regarding the opposition and the liberal-democratic camp—this strong majority exists even before the opposition’s leadership fully champions this agenda (with the exception of Yair Golan and some Arab MKs). So the thousands gathering this morning in Jerusalem are not a marginal minority—far from it. They are the vanguard of half the Israeli public who understand that only a political solution can end this nightmare of war. And this vanguard—this human force—if it continues to fight and never gives up, has the power to save both Israelis and Palestinians from the bloody spiral that the Kahanist-led government and Hamas—in horrifying collaboration—so desperately want to maintain "

Equality doesn't contradict nature, but its an expansion of basic emotions which also found in nature, made possible through human cognitive abilities.

But he let his ideals to destroy themselves and now he is no longer here to fight for them. Wouldn't it be smarter to compromise on his truth short term, in order to then get couple of more decades to teach Truth other people who need it?

@Emerald Can reframing work long term? I think that structural thinking patterns will overshadow any reframing you will throw on them, and will reshape it back. The Great Again idea is succeding because a legitimate concern of loosing the American identity that shaped the culture for many decades, and less because right wing propaganda. Try to do a reframing to a thinking pattern you personally have about yourself. Will it change it dramatically? Also, the right wing try to manipulate the other side and not to truly listen to it, I feel this isn't a healthy strategy long term.

They will only listen to someone who belongs to their political camp.

" I woke up this morning with a heavy heart. Two of our soldiers fell in Gaza and I want to ask for forgiveness. Forgiveness to the mothers who joined the circle of bereavement tonight. Forgiveness for losing their children, for worlds that were shattered. My heart is filled with pain and guilt because no soldier should have to get hurt, let alone die, to return our kidnapped children. Because we can return them ..."

" Netanyahu has begun a campaign to whitewash the killing of the hostages, and to whitewash his plan for not bringing them all back. Anyone who places the goal of “victory over our enemies” above and before the return of all the hostages is a criminal, disturbed, dark, and sick "

Thanks. I will give it a listen. I just feel that since mainstream music is kind of a litmus test for the masses and a center of gravity in culture, then when it shifts too much and not in a good way it says something about society. Personally, I used to be into mostly mainstream music most of the time, but not today. These days, I’m more into (mostly) the mainstream of the past. Mainstream can also go infinitely higher in quality, because it only depends on how you meet the song, and what the singer or the listener do with it. Of course in today's songs its harder.

It is more of a gut feeling I have, rather than a scientifical examination, but it seems like there are more and more twisted - the entire opposite than expected from a healthy thinking - positions, on many many issues that in the past enjoyed more common sense and agreements. One possible explanation might be the social media that is to blame in all of this, because it intensifies the conflicts, what makes everyone to polarize in their stances as a defense mechanism and to maintain a sense of inner order to the mind. Another, deeper, reason might be that after couple of decades of decent democracy, our nature is to gradually take it more and more for granted, and to forget what made us be democratic in the first place. This erosion is maybe inevitable, when the more the years pass, we start to crave animalistic traits in our psychology we have neglected and suppressed in the couple of last decades, and like they 'want' to be expressed again. Kind of like we had more spirit in our thinking 20 years ago that we slowely loose. We can see it even in the Popular Music industry and the shallowness of the newer creations in music especially in the last decade, and in other aspects of art too. If this is true, then we are necessarily going towards a kind of 'depression' or low phase in society again for 10-30 years or more, hopefully not as bad as WW1+2, before a new, maybe even better, democratic and saner, phase will be established.

This is the same thing only called differently and differs in the degree. When you like something or someone more he is superior in your eyes. It is just that classic racism generalizes and demonizes too grossly and too broadly.

Racism stems mostly from unfamiliarity and fear. It is a scale and everyone has a little bit of it. This is a natural survival mechanism the brain operates to ensure extra safety from things it doesn't know well enough. For example, if an Italian women behave to me badly during my visit in her country, there is a high chance I will become "racist" towards Italian women and extrapolate this behaviour on Italians in general. When it becomes a problem? When you act upon this mechanism to harm others, or when you keep acting it again and again despite contradcting evidences, and it makes you stubornly blind. If someone is get harmed by psychiatric medications, it will develop a very negative and feeling of demonization towards psychiatrists. Is that racism? Maybe not the classic definition, but essentially this is it. This is the exact same mechanism. So is it bad? Not necessarily at all. It depends on the context and the specific situation. Keep in mind that demonizing the racist, will make you immediately to become more like him, and when it happens, be compasionate to yourself and to him and try to understand his fears.

At least in my experience, mantras won't solve the problem. You need to genuinely understand those issues in you.

Maybe you meant only to the physical beauty you see in them? For example I sometimes think that North European are much prettier (than my country people) because of their blond hair and blue eyes.

😶‍🌫️🤦🏼‍♂️ I'll stay with chatGPT

Grok is the Chinese one right?

Its actually suprising me how mature chatGPT is, like it collects the best of the best answers one can provide. It cannot replace independent thinking and right-brain insights but still a high quality tool.

Happy Birthday Leo! May all that you wish for yourself come true. Wishing you lots of happiness and good health 🍰🎉🎊🪅