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I get similar strands of thoughts, so it's normal at least for me. What I've been aware of is the more I just watch without getting caught up and getting attached to these type of thoughts, the less I get of them, it's like your brain recognises whats important by your reaction to whatever thought. The reason why it might be important to you can be delved into with therapy and really exploring why these thoughts have become habitual. Most likely it will be something from when you were a kid. There's not really a way to change this like that, it takes more and more awareness and detachment from these thoughts, so that they are just seen as important anymore

Watched the first one, great stuff so far, breaks down so much history that you would never hear about otherwise. Hypernormalization was great as well

What happened, I don't get it ??‍♂️

'God helps those who help themselves' or something like that

Just throwing this out there but something I've often thought; is a lot of activism just about giving yourself a purpose and painting yourself as the hero in your story? The reason I bring this up is because if you question people at any rally, a good percentage are often not that well educated on the subject of what they're protesting about and they almost definitely are not taking a nuanced view. Add to that the hero's of society in recent history have all been activists fighting, usually validly, against an unjust system, mlk et al. So with this incentive of being a hero, mixed with in some cases an ignorance on the topic, I think it can lead to over exaggerating situations, some of which could actually be solved if a few people sat around a table to discuss it. Obviously I'm not saying activism can't be useful I just think this modern day activism has a lot of ego and is a lot for show, it's almost like issue of the day, rather than thought out campaigns. Yeah to agree with above, if everyone did turn inward the world would be better but you know everyone's on their own journey

I wouldnt agree that its completely saturated i think there are a lot of opportunities still around to make money from fba. You have to look at fba as just an outsourcing tool, rather than just some way to make money in of itself. If you think, 20 years ago if you wanted to start a physical store, it would cost a lot to get premises, you still have to do marketing, you have to have some kind of distribution system etc. Or if you wanted to bring your own product to market you would have to get a purchaser to buy it for a chain of shops or youd have to try to get on tv to market it and countless other things. The point with fba is you get all of that in one location, you get one of the most visited sites in the world to put products on, you get all logistics, some marketing, distribution, storage, all of this is handled for you. Obviously there is a cost but its a lot easier to manage than it wouldve been previously. I came across this guy called Brock Johnson, who has a course on Amazon, i havent gone through it myself but it looks as comprehensive as you can get, and its $39 or $1 a week with no upsells, ive never seen a course that cheap and detailed. So if anyone is interested, i have my own free podcast in my sig, but i would also recommend giving this guys a go, even if you just try it for a week for the $1. Im not an affiliate or anything like that, just genuinely recommending the course - https://get.thelastamazoncourse.com/sign-up/&_ga=2.226546589.1671258942.1612191635-43966540.1612191635

Thanks, like i said just depends on the model you use, if you private label you could lose some money, if you do arbitrage or wholesale you can always sell what you bought for cost if things dont go as planned so the risk i quite low in that case

I do Amazon FBA, have been for a few years now. In my opinion is 100% possible to get a strategy that works for you even now when its supposedly saturated. Amazon has its drawbacks of course but to have such access to markets across the world I dont think has ever been done in history, on top of that you can outsource massive chunks of your business to them, warehousing, shipping etc Its a great opportunity honestly. The problem people have is that they treat it as a quick money thing or just dont give it the respect they would say a bricks and morter business. You have to understand this is a real thing so its not gonna be easy and its not a matter of just pumping money in and getting a return. Personally i do Wholesale, i buy from auctions and some Online Arbitrage. Ive never done Private Label, which was basically a gold mine a few years ago but with all the restrictions on reviews and gurus selling courses has become much harder to do anyway. I started on ebay where i got my head around the idea of hunting out good deals and selling on but Amazon really expanded things to a new level. I would recommend starting on ebay as well and also looking at Online arbitrage to start, you can use a software called Tactical Arbitrage if youre in the states to help find deals. Theres also a site called Bstock supply that auction returns and different bulk lots. Regarding money to start, i started on ebay with £500 and was making about £1000 a month profit after about 6 months. Ive had ups and downs but overall its been generally steady, i havent had another job for years now. So £1500 is fine to get started with if you spend it right, there isnt much risk with Arbitrage because worse case you just sell it for a slight loss, you wont lose all your money, but either way see it as a learning experience, if you make a mistake it wont be the end of the world and youll learn from it. But good luck, ive got a podcast about fba in my sig if youre interested or if you need any help just drop me a message.

It will always be relative, if your boss is earning 1000x what you earn you will feel hard done by, i think we're wired to perceive this

Your point is valid, there are some billionaires that provide jobs and value for the economy, there is an argument to be made that Amazon took away a lot of jobs by putting others out of business but im not necessarily presenting that argument. Jeff Bezos has a wealth of nearly $200 billion or 200,000 million. Now lets say he was taxed fairly and the tax cuts he was given could be given to the middle class (i know im simplifying) and lets say he ends losing 50 billion so he still has a wealth of $150 billion, that 50 billion could be 50,000 millionaires, meaning more money to spend on Amazon, meaning probably more money for Bezos anyway. Or lets say he improved the wages of everyone that worked at Amazon or even didnt compete with 3rd party sellers and just let businesses sell on Amazon without aggressive competition from Amazon itself, again this would empower people to make more money. So im not saying the super rich are evil, probably most people would do what they do, what im saying is that trickle down economics is not the best solution for the economy, there are better ways to do it.

What youre talking about here is trickle down economics where you give the super rich tax breaks and incentives, the theory being the super rich will provide jobs and boost the economy. Simply put this doesnt really work to boost the economy or even necessarily provide more jobs. Theres a short article on why it doesnt really work here if youre interested - https://www.thebalance.com/trickle-down-economics-theory-effect-does-it-work-3305572#:~:text=Trickle-down economics generally does,revenues in the long term. Ive heard one economist put it like, if you have one billionaire they may or not have a business and employ people but regarding their spending lets say they buy 10 houses, they buy the most expensive clothes, cars, whatever, that spending power is still no match for if you empower the middle class and create 1000 millionaires, in which case theyll buy at least 1000 houses, 1000 cars, food, clothes whatever, this would be a massive boost to the economy continually, whereas the billionaire would essentially hoard their money in investments, providing little comparative spending. Does this mean just take money from the rich and give it to the middle class? Not really, what youd want is no sweetheart tax cuts and loopholes for the rich, meaning they just pay their fair share, with the middle class getting wage raises that match the output of the company and go up with it or even at minimum go up with inflation.

Sorry but you're completely missing my point. What you think I'm saying is that capitalism is bad or that it's it's fault that there's inequality, that's a seperate argument. What I'm actually saying is that capitalism may or may not be the best system but our incarnation of it is flawed and unfair because there are loopholes that allow the richest people to pay the lowest tax, lower as a percentage than the normal person. Not only that but things that are explicitly supposed to equal and blind like justice, obviously are unequal toward the richest people. If a normal persons business goes bankrupt they don't receive a government backed bailout. True capitalism should let these companies die, because they failed. So my point is that capatilsm isn't inherently bad but it can easily be corrupted and taken advantage of if you're at the top of the tree, which means it's not really a meritocracy or anything it professes to be.

Right so thats my point, why do you think people cant be successful no matter how hard they work?

Its not about the corporation or the average person, my point is that there are holes in capitalism that allow average people, who are motivated by success to take advantage of these loopholes. Their success is based on how much money they can make or save for the owner class. So really its to do with government closing these loopholes which they might not be incentivised to do because their funding is from the owner class usually

The thing with capitalism is that its just not played fairly, there a massive corporations that pay minuscule tax and can even consciously avoid it through offshores and clever accounting, that is a direct result of just having the money to do it. This is not the case for the average person of course who cant avoid tax. On top of that having money can get you political power, better justice, education, these things should be equal regardless of wealth, by them not being equal the gap grows even larger. Youve also got average wages which dont even raise at the same rate of inflation, whereas the owner class income constantly rises, bailouts if big businesses go under etc etc. Speaking objectively, the way our brand of capitalism plays it is simply unfair, if you believe in capitalism then it should at least play by its own rules, if it doesnt then its no better than any other system that is taken advantage of by the rich. The only thing capitalism has over other systems is it gives slight hope that you can move into the owner class, this keeps people working hard everyday with that hope in mind, that one day im gonna be there even though 98% of people wont be. Other systems dont really offer that. But essentially its a pyramid scheme

I am separate or other than God is surely more toxic

I want to give that a try, is there any specific source you can recommend?

Yes of course, there are tons of terrible stereotypes that i can point to all over the place and it does have a massive impact on society as a whole but also it affects those white people who live in places like vermont lol, who havent really come across black people because their whole perception is based on these stereotypes. There are many tropes like the magical negro, the black best friend, the gang member, the slave etc etc these all usually paint the black person in a one dimensional way and dont let the true voice of the character come out, maybe because the writer is ignorant to that voice as they are white and have little experience of black culture, at best insensitive at worst its insultingly racist. So im with you on that, but if a film does come along in the mainstream and provides nuanced 3d look at black people i think it should be celebrated. Whats interesting is that a lot of black films that are for black people are some of the most stereotypical films ive ever seen, Tyler Perry films for example or all the gang films that came out in the 90s, however a lot of times these are not held to the same standard because theyre made by black people. Regarding Soul which was written by a black writer I dont think it deserves that criticism. Ive had loads of experience with racism, from being stopped by police several times, not let into nightclubs, called names etc etc Ive gone through them in more detail on the forum in the past. Ive also been acutely aware of racism in the media and ive also been dismissed when ive brought up racism to white people, by liberal type white people at that, some even within my own family. To some extent it can make you feel less than, i kind of fought back and was pretty angry about it for a while, it would still trigger me to some extent if someone said something, but i have compassion for them now as i realise its ignorance and having a skewed perspective on their part. It also made me realise that white people simply dont understand it, some dont care that they dont understand it and some like yourself do make effort to, although that can kind of be annoying if not done in the right way. I will say its a hard balancing act for people trying to understand but it takes genuinely seeing them as not other and just listening to their experience if they want to talk about it. Its very difficult as there is an implicit bias in everyone and really you can just be aware of it rather than actively change it. I dont know how you would differentiate between racism or just talking about race, thats a tough question because i have a certain freedom where i can have an opinion on these things but for you it would be hard for you to say something isnt racist when a black person has said it is. Its like if came into your family and you said youre family had been treated badly and i said 'no you havent', you might take exception to it because what do i know? The paranoia happens because there been however many years of real racism, and my generation has experienced it but also our parents who had it worse have told us about their experience, black people dont trust government, they dont trust medical establishment, they dont trust education, sometimes its justified now. We're traumatised to an extent, especially those in the states that have been treated terribly, so it follows that they would be paranoid, however that paranoia can hold you back, where you dont even try or you think everyone is against you. It is true that it will be harder but it has improved, i wouldnt want to have grown up 50 years ago for example. So we have to appreciate that as well, we cant still have the mindset of 50 years ago as that will obviously not lead to progress. Soul food and bad diet came to your mind because your saw the characters race first and a stereotype came to your mind, it didnt for me honestly. This is what i mean about implicit bias. Thats like me, if it was a white character, saying mayonaise came to my mind, its kinda ridiculous. I love adventure time btw

I'm not really coming at you personally I'm just debating the point. If you don't understand racism then of course, if you want to learn you should listen to the perspective of black people and their opinion on racism. I'm coming from a perspective of being very aware of racism and experiencing it first hand, so I'm more looking at the actual reality of the situation and whether the film should be considered racist. I understand her perspective as I personally know people that would find it racist as well, I just think it takes away from the real issues around race if there is a paranoia that everything is racist. There is of course enough real racism to focus on and I think it's important to differentiate what is and what isn't. But yeah you're doing the right thing and to be fair to her there is a long history of racist stuff in Disney films

I mean yes you(she) can have a perception of it as racist and i can see how she might have that perception, keep in mind her channel actively looks for racism in media. But just because you can put together a narrative of something appearing racist it doesnt mean that it necessarily is or that its even damaging in anyway. Remember this is a kids film, lets say a young child was watching Soul, you would have to do a lot of explaining as to why its racist the being thing mistook one guy for another. If there is genuinely racist things going on then explain that. Where i can see a general point is that, there isnt enough of a variety of black media in the mainstream, so when there is and its negative or mischaracterises black people it can have a dramatic effect on perception and perpetuate stereotypes, this is a real issue(which is why that siamise cat clip is racist). But with Soul, most of the characters are black, there is a variety within the film and as far as i can see there isnt any criminal behavior or negative stereo types. They obviously have to have personalities and i guess theres a danger of stereotyping there but the alternative would be just to have bland, characters that have no hint of their race, which if they did there would definitely be complaints, its also very stifling if any depiction of a black person draws criticism. I honestly think this film will stand the test of time and go down as a really good representation of black people and also be a film with a profound spiritual message

Man, i really dont see this as racist, this is really reaching, i could even make the argument that calling it racist is in itself racist, as in if this was 2 white characters getting mistaken for each other no one would say its racist, but because its 2 black characters race comes into it. The being that kills him is not white or any race, hes a higher dimension being, (feel kinda crazy pointing these things out ), he gets the wrong guy but he assumes its him as they were coming out of the same place, and he didnt see him from the front until he turned him around. He could also know literally what he eats so he could be specifically talking to that characters diet, again saying that its racial is again reducing that character solely to race, which can be seen as racist in my opinion. Im black and watching it the thought didnt even cross my mind that the scene was racist, in the back of my head i was waiting for some kind of racist slip up, but i feel like they did justice to the characters and made them 3 dimensional.

For real, people can get energised by producing any content, from an overall perspective shes putting out content that reflects her world view which is the same as anyone putting out content. I am suspicious in that maybe she knows if she puts up a controversial take it will get more views, im sure shes aware of that, shes seems smart but her arguments dont really go together for me

I actually watched the film yesterday and i think the commentator gives a really bad take on it. I think she misses what the movie is fundamentally about and questions certain parts of the narrative as being racist. Quick example is that she says Tina Fays character is white, this is not true, that character is pre-existence and she even specifically says she can change her voice to any voice, when she goes to earth she could be black. One of the initial scripts had a scene at the end where she was an Indian girl. The main character sacrificing himself at the end is because hes become selfless, which is literally the whole point of the movie, hes too attached to his self, her whole take is that 22 (tina fay) is over shadowing and taking over Joes role, for me this is not the case at all and that perspective actually takes away from what the movies trying to say. I also heard one of the directors is a Black guy who accidentally shot his best friend when he was a kid, the parents of his best friend chose not to press charges out of compassion, but obviously it messed the guy up and he made a vow to live for him and his best friend, which led him to be too focused on outcome and achievement and i think he had depression, only when he realised this he went in a more creative direction which led to making this film. The story is based on the insights of this director and you can see the theme is a big theme in his life. So in that way i think it was a very authentic film with a deep spiritual meaning, ill post a video i came across about the spiritual meaning below. I also think its amazing to have such themes in a kids film and these this type of content can actually lead to a rise in consciousness, probably more than a lot of other things. As to whether black people or any other ethnicity look or racism, of course theres a spectrum of people who dont care at all about it and people that look for it everywhere, what ive found is that its usually to do with how traumatised someone has been with racism. Ive got cousins in America (DC) who had a stable upbringing, lived in the suburbs, went to college etc and i dont think they really consider racism. My experience growing up in south london in the uk is somewhat different ive experienced it a lot more than them and am very aware of it, someone in South Africa growing up during apartheid has probably been heavily traumatised by it. So the fact is its there and its not necessarily fair to say to someone why are you complaining about it so much when youre not privy to their direct experience. It can also be the case that people who have not experienced it still complain a lot about it, i think regardless, its important to see the reality behind it and what are the facts, where can it be improved, what policies do we want changed. Otherwise you can get to the girl in the videos level where you are just looking for it and actually hurting genuine pieces of art that can provide value and show the black experience. There are more important issues for black people than films like this.

???? They probably won't though doom prophets have been around for millenia

With everything pretty much its whether you're doing it from a sense of lack or not. If you're doing from lack it's like you need something from it, it's a means to get something or somewhere else in life, this can be for relationships, work, working out and obviously travelling. I think you seem to be aware of both dimensions and that's really an honest and realistic perspective to have. If you keep being aware and doing what you want to do because you want to do it then eventually it won't even be an issue. Remember as a kid when you just played with your toys it wasn't to get anywhere it was just to enjoy yourself l, the thought never even came into your head that you'd 'get anywhere'. Now as an adult that thought comes in, buts that's OK, you will transcend it as well, it's the process