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I would not expect any AI to understand God-realization. Listening to an AI on this particular issue is a mistake.

I think that's missing the point. Yes, they want someone who they agree with. But many people specifically want an authoritarian. So things are being skewed in that direction. This is not just manipulation, this is what they are hoping for.

Good luck convincing humans of that.

You are cherry-picking a highly atypical example. Most societies do not change that rapidly, which supports my point. Also, rapid shifts are still possible if authoritarianism correlates with brain structure. You could have a distribution of liberal and authoritarian brains that is relatively equal, which would allow for swings. Especially if the survival pressures of that particular generation changed. It's more so about where your center of gravity is and what political direction you are likely to trend.

If your belief is that you will stop survival, that is not a good belief. The central theme here is that you and many progressives are failing to understand how people could happily support an authoritarian. You're not appreciating how radically different other people's survival could be from yours. Survival is profoundly relative.

That level of existential insight doesn't really apply here. Every time you put on clothing, you are managing your appearance. This is not hard to understand. But you are not going to get people to stop surviving. So they will continue to have enemies. And they will continue to see their enemies downfall as good for them.

Replication can be an issue, but right now there's reason to assume that. This is also not the only study that has been done on authoritarianism and brain structure: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Neuroanatomical-correlates-of-system-justifying-a-Balagtas-Tolomeo/aa3ecae8e94d582930c614ec0a1370982a1f45e5?utm_source=consensus https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fa0028526 We will see what happens with further studies. No, it would not imply that. Different generations will face different survival pressures. So it makes sense they could have different brains. That is evolution at work. Neuroplasticity also needs to be considered.

There is a difference between managing your image and narcissism. Narcissism is much more extreme. Yes, obviously our culture is very concerned with appearances. But that's precisely because appearances are so important for survival. Denigrating managing appearances is untenable as a position because ultimately we all have to do it to some degree. The problem with that quote is that "for" or "against" is not a clear distinction. If you work against my enemy, that is good for my survival. So of course Trumpers will feel like he is working for them.

The public wants to fooled. It's a collective, corrupt, self-deceptive cluster fuck.

That doesn't contradict what I'm saying. You can have both. But that's not how authoritarianism works. Authoritarians are always supported by the public, or they eventually lose power. Nayib Bukele is a perfect example.

No. Authoritarianism is a collective ego strategy. It is not simply imposed top-down by narcissists.

Authoritarianism is not just NPD with larger public control. There are significant distinctions. You can have authoritarianism without NPD, although there also obviously can be overlap. Trump is good example authoritarianism + narcissism. But there are other kinds.

The science is not on your side. If a country backslides into authoritarianism, the more likely conclusion would be that a significant percentage of people already had authoritarian brain structure. Not that their brain structure changed overnight.

Things happen in phases. But ultimately, the world was just never that evolved to begin with. Green has always been a minority. And only possible in the most developed parts of the world.

This channel is just a goldmine for these. Low: pre-rationality, magical thinking, close-mindedness

Both. It's a strange loop.

@krockerman this is solid overall. Approved. If you want to meet women, being maximally social is key. 10x your current amount of socializing. State is going to come and go. Some times you will be in the pocket and everything you do will be right. Other times you will fumble and be awkward. Learn to roll with it.

Now contribute to the mega-thread!

Low: demonization, disgust, homophobia, double-standards, machiavellianism

Are you holding it quietly, or do you just not understand? That's the heart of the issue.

Where did you get this data?

Low: circular reasoning, low-construct awareness

You could watch it that way. But then you missed the deeper point.

He's trying to be a right-wing Borat. But the problem is that Borat was funny precisely because it pointed out the bigotry of lower stages of development. Walsh is just ignorant.