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Always seek help. Because when one is in pain, they cannot trust themselves to be objective about their own suffering. Have hope that you can make a better future for yourself.

Depends on the type of liberal you are talking about. In Australia and the UK we make a distinction between wets and drys. Liberals are generally orange, but can lean either side of the spiral. The wets go to the opera (green), the dries go to church (blue).

Owning houses and property as an investment vehicle. People working in factories, mines, and other dangerous professions. Essentially extreme capitalism and anything that puts life at risk. In a couple hundred years (maybe even less) it will be ridiculous to have humans doing most things. We are entering the machine age - AGI and robotics are poised for their own industrial revolution.

What do you mean extinct? One is running the white house.

Green politics has barely even begun to emerge and is still riddled with many bad ideas. Don't expect to see it replace orange any time soon.

I would strongly suggest you secure another job or try content creation as a side thing for 3-6 months before quitting. From personal experience, I can tell you quitting a job without a proper plan was a big mistake.

What do we think of this guy? I'm a fan so far. He blends geopolitics with mythology to make sense of the world. He speaks very archetypically like old school Jordan Peterson.

But that Charlie Kirk quote assumes that everyone is reasonable. There is no such a thing as a reasonable disagreement when one of the parties involved in being unreasonable.

That depends how much we let them get away with.

Don't whitewash how much hate and bigotry he spread by diminishing it as 'speaking his mind'. He damaged people with his words. His words were not harmless. Saying 'some gun deaths are necessary' in front of an audience of millions is not a harmless thing to say.

Here's a thought experiment: What would CK have said if someone like Cenk Uygur or Hasan was shot at a speaking event? And CK was rewarded for the things he said. That's the tragedy. A movement that rewards that kind of rhetoric is sick to the core.

Socialization is a human need. It's a hardwired genetic need to socialize. A lack of socialization leads to cognitive decline, I know because I have experienced it. Unless you have exceptional genetics - you should recognize that socialization is a need like water and food and get as much of it as you need to be healthy.

Right guys? 👀

This is very easily faked with visual effects software. Notice that there's only ever UFOs when the camera isn't moving?

Fascism is late-stage politics. Fascism cannot be defeated without totally decentralized power, something people are not willing or capable of doing. No democrat or socialist are able to defeat fascism because they are not able to decentralize power.

I mean, they're making Spaceballs 2. Alien: Cage is very possible.

If you do decide to move, try to make sure one of you will have a stable job and life to live before you leave. I once made the mistake of moving without a good plan and it took me nearly six months to properly recover.

Then maybe you don't love the job as much as you thought you did. It's good to accept that and do something else if that's the case. It's fine to not want to risk getting into fights with dangerous people. That sounds like a job only a person who wants to fight could do.

What part about it doesn't sit right with you? Being spiritual doesn't mean you have to be lovey dovey all the time. That's nuts.

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Not really sure what you mean. Sounds like you're making a distinction between the form of consciousness takes and what it actually is existentially. I think you already know the difference.

@Princess Arabia What you are conscious of is your experience and that's it. Any further intellectualizing misses the point that experience is fundamental, and the form it takes is not important to understand what experience is.

@Natasha Tori Maru It took about four days for the full effects. So two weeks might be ideal if you can spare it. This was proper Vipassana setting - no talking / internet access.

Long meditation retreats made my dreams extremely vivid. Worth trying if you haven't.