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@neutralempty What? I never blamed vegans. I agree livestock is the bulk of the issue.

The cultural norm of eating meat every day is not sustainable for the planet, agree. To change this will take some serious cultural change coming from both bottom-up and top-down. The bottom needs to be aware of the importance of reduced meat consumption and the top needs to enforce higher taxes on meat and other measures to solidify the change.

Unfortunately, that's true and all nature is worth conserving. Though I would say the Amazon is special because of the crucial role it plays in the balance of world ecology. If you walk through a temperate forest in America or Europe, the biodiversity does not even come close to that of the Amazon. In the Jungle, plants grow on plants and each layer of vegetation is a habitat for an unimaginable amount of creatures. You are right, "greed" was maybe too harsh and condeming of a word. In a sense, it is natural for a human to maximize the wealth of himself and his family. The problem occurs when it is at the expanse of the natural world and done in an unsustainable manner. I would argue that the problems of deforestation can significantly be reduced within the current capitalist system. As I said the Amazon isn't fertile at all and needs to be heavily fertilized for productivity, the only thing that the land has going for it is the humidity that makes the agriculture profitable. But with the forest diminishing so does the humidity. Ultimately everybody has an interest in sustainablility, it is just a question of whether you care to look further ahead into the future and realize it all connected with intricate systems. You can either work with and as the natural systems or disregard them and be all destructive.

Vincent Van Gogh was the most beautiful soul that ever lived. He felt so deeply and conveyed the beauty around him on canvas as no else could. If you ever see a Van Gogh, you will see that his paintings are deep and mystical. The yellow on his sunflowers is like no other yellow you will ever see. His paintings are a window into his gentle but tormented soul. No other artist inspires so much compassion, yet the people around him didn't care for him and some thought he was some kind of a freak. He was never appreciated during his lifetime and never sold a single painting. The same passions that made him feel so deeply also made him deranged, depressed, and suicidal which ultimately led to his death. Only after his death, he went on to inspire millions of people. His tragic life is inseparable from his paintings, the two together are his art.

Being (relatively) high up the spiral does not make one immune to narrow-mindedness, projection, arrogance, crusading, or a lack of general knowledge. I live in a very stage green environment and for the most part, people are really accepting, nuanced and reasonable, nothing like the "SJW demonization narrative". But at the same time, it can be shocking how ignorant, narrow, and simplistic stage green can be, this makes it extra cringy when stage green takes up its self-righteous arrogant tone.

Just watched this interesting video by RealLifeLore. Gorbachev is the man who is held most responsible for the dismantling of the Soviet Union. It seems to me that he implemented some much needed economic and political reforms (Glasnost). He also refused to aggressively impose the army on republics and satellite states thus allowing for more freedoms and eventually independence in those states. He didn't become a regular stage blue communist but became a reformer without the heavy hand usually associated with Soviet politics. I know that this is a complicated issue. Many in Russia see Gorbachev as a traitor because his policies led to the dismantling of a "great empire" and for many life became harder. But I know that my father at least is very grateful to Gorbachev because he opened up the Soviet Union which allowed him to emigrate. I find it strange that we hear all the time about people like Gandhi and Nelson Mandela but that Gorbachev remains a pretty murky figure. What spiral stage did he act out? was it an exceptionally high one or was he just a very healthy blue? If you are from Russia, ex-USSR, or just knowledgeable I would love to hear your opinion.

If you play it well women will adore you, but ideally, you have mastered your masculinity too. As a men, you get satisfaction from feeling boyish and masculine. If you are horny and you like everything you are bi, no?

@Leo Gura Don't you think the term Murican is kinda childish and disrespectful. I am not offended or anything but isn't it proper to show some respect for the country you live in (and I assume love). I have been in America only once (New York and Texas) and there are some things I was disillusioned by and dislike about the culture. But extensively studying American history and especially the civil war era gave me a new appreciation and feel for America. For me, America is a beautiful and almost romantic thing just like Russia or Holland (where I live). It doesn't mean I always agree with the politics but I will always hold (the-to-me) important countries with certain respect because I see the beauty in them. And if you (as a public figure) want to reach the more reasonable conservatives isn't it better to be respectful so as not to be written off as hating America or being perceived as obnoxious?

Sounds like there is a beautiful girl inside of you you have been ignoring(; Get in touch with your feminine and "weak" side, this will ultimately make you very strong and masculine. Psychedelics help a lot. I myself used to become very sensitive and "weak" after masturbating but now after some work on myself fapping has an absolute zero effect on how masculine and confident I feel, if anything it just relaxes me.

I just have a little question: why did the capitol stormers wanted to "hang Pence"? Isn't he very loyal to Trump? I know there isn't much sensible thinking in that crowd but still curious about the reason.

@Leo Gura Wouldn't it be dreadful though if you are reincarnated as a traumatized orphan or someone with an agonizing life-long disease and let's say you have no access to psychedelics. Sure it is all good and perfect from God's POV but once reincarnated you are unaware of that. The thing about living out a regular/unconscience human life is how intimately connected you are to it, for most people it is not a light stroll through the park. Why is the knowledge that you can get reincarnated comforting for you?

Sure Leo, you make good points and I am well aware of the problematic stage-blue dynamics in my country of birth which I guess I love very much and have lots of attachments to. Thank you, I appreciate you having this interaction with me.

@Leo Gura What I said about people in my town having equal rights (in healthcare, voting and pensions). is a 100% true. I am being very nuanced and reasonable.):

OMG! I can't believe this, are you seriously not aware that 20% of Israel's population (Israel proper) is Arab and they are even represented in parlement. I expected better of you, maybe a little less Venezuelan state Tv will help(;

@Leo Gura You are making me laugh! I am well aware of the dangers of the religious right. If you are interested in a more nuanced view of Israelis check out this Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/CoreyGilShusterAskProject/videos It's about a guy that goes around asking normal Israelis and Palestinians questions. Some of the questions are very touchy and instagating. Here is just a little example. You will be shocked to see that most Israelis are reasonable and compassionate human beings and not monsters like the Venezuelan government would like you to think.

@Leo Gura Well Israel was founded by dirt-poor pioneers and refugees and now it's a prosperous and technologically advanced state where a lot of people would wish to live if it had open borders. I get what you are saying but keep in mind that most Israelis come from places like Iraq, Yemen, Russia, Poland and Morocco. Israel will envolve when it's ready. I do not live in Israel but I was actually born there in a town where Arabs and Jews live together and enjoy the same rights (healthcare, voting, payment etc.). I won't deny any inequalities nor the need for a Palestinian state. At the same time, security for Israel is paramount.

@Leo Gura I found this: "Einstein was a prominent supporter of both Labor Zionism and efforts to encourage Jewish-Arab cooperation. He supported the creation of a Jewish national homeland in the British mandate of Palestine but was opposed to the idea of a Jewish state "with borders, an army, and a measure of temporal power." He did support labor-Zionism which was the prominent stream at the time of Israel's inception. But he was against temporal power and having an army. I just think that if the jews didn't have an army they would be totally at the mercy of stage red/bue Arabs and therefore creating the possibility of a second genocide.

@Leo Gura Do you think that Jews do not have the right to their own state?

Einstein was Jewish though so he wouldn't be accepted if he wanted to with his "wicked Jewish pseudoscience". (But yeah he had very high integrity) Thank god he escaped.

@Leo Gura If you were a 1930's German would you be a Nazi? (;

@Leo GuraMan, I could not disagree more with this statement. It's highly problematic precisely because the Nazi phenomena was not just a stage-blue nationalism. It was an absolute extreme of its most toxic form. You gave the example of a kid-boxer and Mohammed Ali both being considered boxers and went on saying that this labeling is misleading. Now, you are doing absolutely the same thing with stage blue nationalism. Nazi Germany is nowhere near the same class as for example stage blue societies like The Philippines, India or even fascist Italy. I don't care how spiritual or progressive you are, 'Nazi' is a highly slanderous and libelous term. Pretty much the most damning you can put on a person. Criticize Trump or American conservatives all you want but calling them Nazis will turn off a large portion of reasonable people who would otherwise agree.

Let's not forget the highly romantic aspect to stage blue: being chivalrous, having gracious manners, respect, politeness, extreme cordiality, heaving a sense of honour, not attacking the enemy when they are clearly weaker (because there is no honour in that), loyalty stemming out of deep love for the land and people, selflessness in service of king and country, being fine with modest living, having a sense of duty and responsibility, having integrity uncorrupted by wealth and personal gain. Here under is just a little example I find kinda admirable and beautiful:

@ItsNick John Brown was a radical abolitionist, that's the historically correct term. For me, it has a very positive connotation. The video is not saying something outrageous or "justifying slavery", I just think their arguments are not very convincing. In a sense, they are being too honest. The video says: "Lee believed that freed blacks should get an education but not the right to vote". This actually illustrates the nuance of the men. Whether you judge him as good or bad for that is highly relative to the place and time you live in. The video is very open to interpretation and rather than just stating the positives they also include the grey area. Apparently, PragerU wants to show that Robert E. Lee was not a blatant slavery defender but that he has done some "good" and was against slavery but admittedly he was against black (voting) rights. Saying that they are "insane pro-slavery" is very libelous and does not constitute a good argument against Robert E. Lee statues.

Yeah, John Brown should be the real American hero. And to me, the video does not make a convincing argument for why his statues should remain. But to be fair the video was historically accurate, people in the mid-1800s had another outlook on life. Almost everybody was racist back then, it was just a matter of degree. Robert E Lee was a modest gentleman with very high integrity but also very much so a man of his time. He was against secession but his loyalty to his home state of Virginia trumped any of his personal convictions. That's just mid-1800s morale, there is some beauty in it. Don't look down on these people because you have no idea how tough life was back then.

Well, it depends on what the official narrative is. Columbus used to be a brave explorer that connected to words (stage blue). Now he is a genocidal maniac (stage green). Those are two examples of so-called official narratives. Personally, I think both of these are very simplistic, partial and laced with judgement/bias. but at the end, you can't escape the relativity of perspective, that's where awakening comes in. But quite frankly considering that the masses of people are very selfish and are not interested in (honestly studying) history, it is helpful to have at least an official narrative that is considerate of multiple perspectives and does not tolerate things like Holocaust denial. Hell... even on this forum I have seen people relativizing the Holocaust because they think they are being intelligent and edgy for going against the grain. This is where upholding an "official" narrative can be handy. Official narratives are for the masses who are not interested in history and can't think for themselves.