Husseinisdoingfine

@Leo Gura Do you currently speak to anyone in Russian, such as to your family? When you were growing up as a child, teenager, or young adult at home, were you speaking to your family in Russian or English?

So this is from my personal life. During the summer of 2023, I visited Germany. I'm Russian (half Russian-Lebanese. 50/50 split), and the family I was staying with was Ukrainian. This was because my family knew this family very intimately. The family consisted of a great grandmother in her 70's, and grandmother in her 50's, a mother in her 30's, 32 to be exact, and her son who was 6. Due to the war, they had obtained refugee status in Germany. The husband of the 32 year old, who is also 32, was not in Germany, but in Ukraine. It is illegal for men in between the ages of 18 - 60 to leave Ukraine. It used to be 25 - 60, but they're getting desperate. Men are literally getting snatched off the street and thrown into a van to go to war. https://www.reddit.com/r/ActualPublicFreakouts/comments/13ymf5u/odesa_ukraine_women_at_a_bus_stop_laugh_as_a_man/?utm_source=embedv2&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_content=post_title To avoid this, the husband literally hid in his apartment for a total of three years. Only very recently did he pay a human trafficker/people smuggler to illegally take him to Poland, where he made it to Germany. Now back to the family. Before the war, they barely had any money for anything. My family would have to constantly donate to them my old hand-me-downs, as they couldn't afford basic clothing even though they were nurses and doctors. Very recently, I gave the 6 year old boy my old Washington Redskins hat, scarf, and mittens. But the German Government is very generous to refugees, and they [the family] received a generous stipend from the Government. For the first time in their lives, they were able to travel to; Portugal, Spain, and Italy. The poor husband came to his wife and kids, for whom he has not seen for three years, only to discover that the wife wants a divorce. Why? While she was in Italy, she met an Italian man for whom she has been dating. The two elder women of the family are in tears, everyone else is perplexed and angry. It looks like she's going to divorce this poor man that she's been married to since I think aged 22 - 24? IDK. Your thoughts?

@Capital I can definitely empathize with this. I had an overbearing mother for whom I was terrified of, and still am, I feel the fear down to my bones. My Dad was not in the picture and my Mom was dysfunctional. I still bear the pathologies and a poor relationship with women. I've always wondered why do I have Red tendencies and modes of thought. I like to think of it as a mix of poor parenting and treatment for classmates. I went to schools which had a lot of ghetto people, for whom didn't treat me well.

BTW, I'm very certain that Leo was born in Russia and is half Ukrainian. Wonder if he still speaks/understands 🇷🇺.

I don’t.

I need to revise the Life Purpose Course. The problem is that I truly don't know myself or who I am. I deluded myself, imagining that I had strengths that I didn't have. I thought Math and Science was my zone of genius, but it turns out no.

I used to be super pro-Hezbollah and Russia, but then I studied Spiral Dynamics integral and Sociology, which helped pull me out of that poisonous mindset. What ultimately ended that way of thinking for me was the Conscious Politics Series. My family is Shi'ite Muslim (as opposed to Sunni), so they tend to be pro Iran and Hezbollah. I can understand that perspective, but just take a look at it from the man's point of view. He was unfairly separated from his wife and family due to geopolitics for which he has no control of, forced to bunker down in his apartment like some sort of neckbeard hermit for almost three years now. He was probably missing his wife and kids, and now he has to deal with this new level of emotional pain. This is a problem for men who go off to war. Whether or not their wives will be faithful is usually not guaranteed. While thousands of men are sitting in some trench, the women are off in Europe somewhere living their best lives.

Don’t know the specific details.

Do you dislike humans in general?

I do wonder if the creation of Taiwan as an independent country was a mistake. The Nationalists clearly lost, though not officially. Virtually no countries recognize Taiwan. But at the same time, while it is easy for me to judge American foreign policy, imagine if America hadn’t intervened in Korea? How was America at the time supposed to know that China was going to become this big manufacturing powerhouse?

It's very fascinating to see people on the lower end of the IQ scale, and how they operate in society. Their lives are dedicated to satisfying the reptilian part of their brain with pleasure, getting revenge on their enemies, etc... No sense of higher life purpose, or even any religious intuition. I've encountered a lot of shady people whilst attending High School, particularly the kids from Baltimore (City). As well as my College is located in Baltimore County, so I've seen my fare share of shady people. For some people, negotiations, dialogue, and compromise doesn't ~register~ in their minds, and they tilt their heads like confused dogs. Violence is the only understandable language. This would explain why so many countries have such brutal dictatorships. Or are governed by strict Shariah code/law, or tribal code, such as in the case of Afghanistan. But the real challenge is introspecting, and seeing in the many ways in which I personally act like these people. All the people I obsess about getting revenge on, all the times I just pig out on pleasures, my intense desires for carnal pleasures, my judgements, hatred, and demonizations of others, all the lies that I tell to others and myself, and all the delusional beliefs I cary. If it weren't for Actualized.org, parenting, and education, I would be just like them.

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1hkr4av/russian_elite_army_demonstrates_peak_physical/ https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1hfzb2k/elderly_russian_soldiers_struggling_to_insert/ https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/14ojv68/captured_russians_and_their_historical_artifacts/ https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1e8ga2d/trophy_russian_weapons_from_a_frontline/

This soldier in the video below has the right idea.

Yeah, but most of the videos I see one Reddit and Telegram are of a single drone chasing down a single guy for whom most of the time doesn't even shoot back. Or if he does shoot back with his outdated Kalashnikov, he misses all of the shots. https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1fd2ewu/russian_soldiers_fail_to_down_drone_so_one_throws/

Merry Christmas!

I have a serious and genuine question regarding drone warfare, and this is, can't you just use shotguns (to combat the drones) and render the drones obsolete? Like... If a soldier in Ukraine see's a drone flying at them that's rigged to blow, couldn't that soldier just get their dad's shotgun from the basement and go duck hunting? Why doesn't every battalion have at least one guy with a shotgun?

@Leo Gura That is precisely what I meant. After the Chinese civil war, the Nationalist Kuomintang retreated to Taiwan. Mao wanted to invade the Island, but couldn’t as the U.S. Navy was placed strategically in between the body of water between the mainland and Taiwan. Also Mao had to deal with the Korean War, so manpower how to be directed towards that theater.

This movie is a masterpiece, what are you talking about?

In all do seriousness, the creation of Taiwan was a case of American geopolitical interference which should have never happened. Mao wanted to conquer Taiwan but the U.S. Navy interfered and president Truman threatened to nuke China.

Classic video. I liked Leo's videos on Red and Purple much better than I did; Blue, Orange, Green, and Yellow, because I feel as if the Red and Purple videos were more objective and true to the Spiral Dynamics book and what the Social Psychologists who wrote it intended. Whereas the videos on Blue, Orange, Green, and Yellow were too filtered through Leo and his spin on it, as well as resorted to 'stereotyping' the codes in very simplistic ways, and thus, the essence of Blue, Orange, Green, and Yellow were lost in those videos. But hey, that's just my subjective critique of the Actualized.org SDi video series.

Police confirmed at least five dead in 'Madison Christian School'. Police confirm at least five students dead.

I posed this question to ChatGPT What are all the epistemic problems of abrahamic religions? ChatGPT's answer: Epistemic problems of Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) typically involve questions of how knowledge is acquired, justified, and understood within their frameworks. These issues are philosophical in nature and not unique to Abrahamic faiths but are highlighted in discussions of their doctrines, scriptures, and traditions. Here's an overview of key epistemic challenges: 1. Reliance on Revelation Problem: Abrahamic religions often claim that divine revelation is a primary source of truth. This raises questions about how one can verify the authenticity of such revelations and distinguish them from human invention or misinterpretation. Challenge: What criteria can determine the validity of divine revelations, especially when different religions or sects offer conflicting revelations? 2. Subjectivity of Faith Problem: Faith is often emphasized as a means of knowing religious truths, but faith is inherently subjective and varies widely between individuals and cultures. Challenge: How can faith provide reliable knowledge if it lacks a universal, objective basis? 3. Interpretation of Sacred Texts Problem: Scriptures are open to multiple interpretations. Disputes arise over what constitutes the "correct" interpretation. Challenge: Who has the authority to interpret scriptures definitively, and how can one avoid confirmation bias or cultural influence in interpretation? 4. Historical Reliability Problem: Many foundational claims in Abrahamic religions (e.g., miracles, prophetic events) rely on historical accounts that are difficult to verify with modern historical methods. Challenge: How can one differentiate historical fact from myth or legend in ancient texts, especially when corroborating evidence is lacking? 5. Problem of Religious Pluralism Problem: Each Abrahamic religion claims exclusive access to certain truths, but they often contradict one another. Challenge: How can one justify the epistemic privileging of one religion's truth claims over another's, especially when all rely on similar epistemic methods (e.g., revelation, scripture)? 6. Circular Reasoning Problem: Some arguments for the truth of a religion rely on circular reasoning, such as using scripture to prove the validity of scripture. Challenge: How can one avoid circular reasoning and provide independent verification of religious claims? 7. The Problem of Non-Belief Problem: If God desires that people know and follow Him, why do many remain unaware or unconvinced by religious truths? Challenge: How do epistemic frameworks within these religions address the existence of sincere non-believers and the diversity of belief systems? 8. Miracles and Supernatural Claims Problem: Miracles and supernatural events are central to many religious claims, but these are often unverifiable or go against established scientific understanding. Challenge: How can one evaluate the epistemic credibility of miraculous claims without undermining natural laws or resorting to special pleading? 9. Epistemic Exclusivity Problem: Abrahamic religions often claim epistemic exclusivity—that their path to truth is the only valid one. Challenge: How can exclusivist claims be reconciled with the possibility of multiple valid ways of understanding reality? 10. Epistemic Role of Tradition Problem: Religious traditions often play a significant role in shaping beliefs, but traditions are human constructs influenced by historical and cultural factors. Challenge: How can one differentiate divinely inspired truths from human-made traditions within a religion? 11. Testability and Falsifiability Problem: Religious claims are often unfalsifiable or not easily subjected to empirical testing. Challenge: How does one epistemically justify belief in claims that cannot be tested or potentially disproven? 12. Problem of Divine Hiddenness Problem: If God exists and wants to be known, why is evidence for God's existence and will not universally clear and compelling? Challenge: How do religious frameworks address the seeming lack of epistemic access to God for all people? 13. Ethical-Epistemic Tensions Problem: Certain ethical teachings in scripture may conflict with modern moral intuitions or scientific understanding. Challenge: How should believers reconcile apparent epistemic conflicts between ethical norms derived from revelation and contemporary ethical reasoning? 14. Dependence on Testimony Problem: Much of religious knowledge depends on the testimony of prophets, religious authorities, or historical communities. Challenge: How reliable is testimony as an epistemic source, particularly when it comes to extraordinary claims?