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I've seen a few Fox News people going on quickly going on air to denounce the people as "unAmerican" and "rioters" and all that - I get the strong impression they're trying to cover their asses

How much chaos it there really? Yes, the situation in the US is tense, but so far we still have food chains, running water, electricity, etc. Without wanting to downplay the severity of the attack on the Capitol, even that - an actual attempted coup - only resulted in 5 deaths and so far more widespread violence hasn't occurred. For a nation dealing with massive economic, health and social issues, that is extremely bloodless when we look at similar situations in history. I undestand that our 24/7 media cycle, smartphones etc have made it seem like the world is a constant state of bad news, but if you take a step back and look at the actual situations critically you would see that things perhaps aren't so bad as your mind is projecting them to be. Also, let's not forget that there can be no growth without first a doing away with the old patterns that weren't serving us. While it might be tempting to think that the world ~5 years ago was more "stable", you have to remember that everything we're seeing today is just a result of the negative trends that were already happening during this time. It can be hard to see right now but everything going on is actually for the best right now, since it'll force societies out of their sleep and really make the positive reforms that will lead to a more humane, conscious, democratic society. Think of how most Americans are now on board with government stimulus ($2000 each, imagine trying to pass that 5 years ago!) Think about how many more people are now involved in democratic activity and are taking an active interest in their communities. Think about how close we are to getting healthcare in America. Think about how many people want life to be less focused on work and more focused on communities and hobbies thanks to all the people working from home. There is a lot of bad, yes, but there's positive things coming out of this. We just have to go through this period of tension first, and then we'll see all the massive benefits.

@Leo Gura How much do you think the federal forces are prepared to defend democracy, and especially figures like Joe Biden? I know the higher-ups in the military don’t like Trump but I imagine there’s a lot of Trump sympathisers in the lower ranks What do you think the military should do about this?

As we enter the Age of Aquarius I imagine a lot more of this kind of stuff will climb to the surface. As it stands the current paradigm of humanity inventing civilisation ~10,000 years ago just isn't sustainable IMO. There's far too much evidence (and far more will be revealed) that humans had advanced societies for much longer than that. I'm really looking forward to what we uncover.

What the heck is going on in this thread? You guys are downplaying the very real effect an environment’s energy can have on someone. @Chr1st1ne Is this the first time you’ve been in a shop like this? Have you ever felt something similar at other places?

It depends what you mean by “fall”. Certainly the situation won’t be the same as it was in previous decades, especially in relation to the power the US had over the world in geopolitical terms, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that America’s “fall” will be barbarian invasions and massive chaos the same way Rome fell for instance. I think modern society is simply to advanced and too adaptable for something like to happen save for the utmost extreme circumstances, and we’re a long way off from that. Rather, I think the “fall” will instead be a mindset shift where Americans simply wake up to the fact they’re not as powerful as they once were and that they have to learn to live in a world where China, Europe, India etc are just as if not more powerful than them in a lot of key ways. Of course, to the ego-mind that has been conditioned to believe that America will always be “#1” this might feel like an actual apocalypse, but that doesn’t mean it actually will be. Most American’s lives won’t be drastically different during this process; if anything Americans will become less arrogant and full of themselves.

I think the point is that it’s too early for an M4A but not too early for a public option, and to get to M4A we’ll need a public option first. Too many Americans are still brainwashed to think public healthcare is a communist plot to destroy the west, so giving them a small taste of its benefits (public option) would finally convince enough people to go the distance (M4A.)

Jimmy Dore is a grifter who is high on his own farts and once he got a taste of some modicum of power (being one of the major figures in the Movement for a People’s Party) he suddenly saw himself as some sort of “progressive kingmaker.” He’s utterly delusional and full of himself and almost certainly wants the Democrats to fail so he can increase his own power in the MPP and earn more money / fame / status / power etc as a result. IMO he should be ignored entirely and be considered as helpful as a Trump fascist in fighting for progressive change.

I think Cyberpunk is interesting because it's yet again an example of unhealthy Stage Orange corporatism infesting good game design. When that "gameplay" trailer dropped last year (the one where the player saves the girl from the bathtub), I was thinking the whole time "this is fake, this is edited, the real game will look nothing like this", and it turns out I was right, lol. This is such blatant false advertising that for some reason gamers put up with and even accept as normal. If it were any other product (health products, cars, appliances, etc.) saying they can do stuff that they can't, people would be outraged, but because it's "just games" people don't seem to care despite how illegal the practice is. As a general rule of a thumb, if a game has either (a) been delayed numerous times or (b) has trailers that look "too good to be true", then odds are the end product will be shoddy and a buggy mess, no matter how many good reviews it gets. If you want to play big budget games, make sure their production process isn't full of controversy, and don't take what trailers and reviewers say at face value. Wait a little while after it comes out and see what the actual players are saying, and make a decision then. There are still good games being developed but you wan't be able to tell them based on hype / marketing / "reviews" (really just paid advertisments) say

Well, his crazed lunacy certainly did force a lot of growth in people...

Honestly? My own intuition plus what I’ve built up over the years reading other people’s testimonials etc. Ive had many experiences where I assume I was being contacted or directed by extra-terrestrial intelligences. I’m something of a shaman so I pick up a lot on the psychic currents happening beneath the surface. Of course I could be wrong but I’d be very surprised if something similar to this wasn’t happening.

This is what I think, prepare for some out-there stuff: Aliens, especially benevolent aliens in our galactic neighbourhood (think possible the Pleiades), have been trying to uplift humanity for a long time, possibly millennia. This isn't a hands-on interventionist thing though, it's a more subtle influence of sending out positive psychic energy to guide us in the right direction even if we're not aware of it. Now, of course, since this is happening a lot of people pick up on it to varying degrees (including this Israeli guy), but because they haven't fully grasped the true nature of their own psyche or what the form of alien influence takes, their ego co-opts whatever first idea pops into their head ("Israel and the US are in cahoots with the aliens! The governments will let the world know when it's time!") when these things wouldn't really make sense on closer inspection. I mean, why would advanced aliens care about which specific earthling governments to help? They don't recognise our own arbitrary national distinctions. They want to help all of humanity, not just one country or another. Besides, people in governments are just as undeveloped and deluded as anyone else, so I don't see why they'd contact governments specifically. I think humanity is just slowly being made aware that we're not alone in the universe simply as part of the natural evolution of the universe. Odds are we're nearing the point where our evolved neighbours will deem it acceptable to contact us directly in which case we'll become a full-fledged member of interstellar society, or at the very least, we're closer than we were even just a century ago. It could still take some time.

Let's not forget each stage includes the stages before it. So Orange will have an integrated Blue, Green will have an integrated Orange, etc. So a Green person like Vaush will accept certain points of the Blue worldview (discipline, laws, love of country, etc.) but won't get caught up in them if they start being detrimental. Healthy Blue to me would be someone like Mr Rogers or Theodore Roosevelt.

These two guys are healthy Stage Green men (one is a therapist, the other is a screenwriter) who deconstruct blockbuster movies that show their insights into the healthy (and unhealthy) aspects of human psychology and well-being. In this video alone they talk about Love, spirituality, dogma vs. open-mindedness, and many other things that relate to self-actualization. Highly recommended. @Leo Gura you might like to check this out.

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Robert Reich and Richard Wolff are both good at explaining Stage Green economics in simple terms, but because they’re associated with the left a lot of conservatives might simply refuse to listen to them. Who knows though.

A nation's cultural makeup is influenced by a lot of things, part of which is its archeological treasures. It would be like if, idk, Korea went and dismantled the statue of liberty in New York then put it in a stadium in Seoul instead. It would hurt the American psyche a lot and a lot of people would feel angry / depressed etc. Also, by putting them back in their original place, you re-connect that part of history to the "living world" around it, by letting people experience those statues / carvings / artefacts etc. in the same location that humans from thousands of years ago did. It's all about connecting with the past.

If people don’t believe we live in a gestalt consciousness I don’t know what greater proof to the contrary there is than our collective experiences for the last 8 months or so. So much collective tension and uncertainty has really affected the way people behave and cope. Reality itself has shifted and yet there’ll still be people yelling that what goes on in the world doesn’t affect the individual, lol. Things aren’t as bad as they were at first but there’s still a bit of tension around. I think humanity is going through a rapid growth period and that’s going to involve a rapid shift of many of our behaviours / thoughts.

The thing is I think Vaush would be open to changing his mind, if he was given the right arguments and shown the right rhetorical tools. He seems to have a greater meta-awareness of social issues than many other leftists I've come across. But then again, he does seem pretty heavy into the online leftists "ACAB" etc. world, so who knows.

So many poorly-adjusted Solar Plexus chakras...

Leo, covid denialism is a hallmark of right-wing politics. I'm honestly not defending the BLM protests etc. in times of a pandemic, if I'm being honest I do think they pose a hazard, but at least most left-leaning people agree that covid is a problem and take precautions as a result. MAGA and other right-wing tendencies either just ignore it or even outright embrace their reckless behaviour. It's a problem of Green vs. Blue. Herman Cain even died as a result of getting covid from a Trump rally. We can't ignore the obvious.

That's where Yellow comes in, a.k.a. Green 2.0

@Preety_India I don't want to downplay the severity of the problem, in fact I think about climate change pretty much every day, but I don't think this is going to be the downfall of humanity. Things might get tough, sometimes extremely tough depending on who you are and where you live, but humanity is simply way too adaptable to let it truly destroy us. Plus, there's simply too many positive forces at work to let whatever setbacks climate change brings be apocalyptic. Will society change dramatically? Yes. Will a lot of people lose their homes, their communities, become refugees, get sick, go hungry, and even die? Yes. Will it be the end of the world? No, not by a long shot. If anything it'll teach us a lot of powerful lessons that we can use to make an even better world once it's all said and done.

You're missing the bigger picture here. Americans are awake politically in a way not seen since at least the 60s, if not even earlier. Hell, in some ways they're more awake than they have been ever, especially when it comes to things like race and the environment. Trump galvanized a lot of people into taking things seriously for the first time in their life and that's exactly the situation we have today. That's why 75 million Americans voted for Biden, a completely unparalleled number in history. It would actually be harder for the Biden administration not to pass good legislation this time round than to actually pass it, just because of how much pressure they're going to be dealing with.

Encourage unions Pass a $15 minimum wage Pass a Public Option healthcare to eventually pass a universal healthcare system