Leo's Blog Discussion Mega-Thread

[Husseinisdoingfine]

Trotsky was brilliant and he was largely responsible for the Red army winning the civil war, but whether or not Lenin wanted him as his successor is debatable. Its popular to think that Trotsky was Lenin's preferred successful, but there's no concrete or solid proof of this.

But Trotsky's political ideas were insane. Trotsky's ideas were actually where Neoconservatism came from. Most classical neoconservative thinkers where once subscribers of Trotsky's worldview.

[Husseinisdoingfine]

[Leo Gura]

10 minutes ago, Husseinisdoingfine said:

but whether or not Lenin wanted him as his successor is debatable.

I think Lenin was too egotistical to want a successor

[integral]

Every time Rogan pushs out a new podcast he makes a million, why does he need dependency to these billionaires and the social networks.

Why is there no yearning for Independence?

You would think at some point you have enough resources where you can stand on your own 2 feet.

Edited 11 hours ago by integral

[Davino]

I wanted to share this video on war:

 

 

[integral]

8 minutes ago, Davino said:

I wanted to share this video on war:

 

 

That woman wants to live in a fantacy.

He should of told her clearly that her father was a rapist, he burned down villages, raped the children then shot them in the head

The Soviet union defeated hitler and then raped all of germany. 

 

Edited 11 hours ago by integral

[AtmanIsBrahman]

On Rockefeller’s Mechanical Productivity

It’s interesting from a spiral perspective that Rockefeller is acting from stage blue and the guy making the video is trying to readapt his mindset as stage orange hustle culture advice. 

Also, Rockefeller’s self-bias is insane—“God gave me money” etc. is ridiculous stage blue selfishness. The worst part is that it masquerades as humility.
You’ve got to wonder if Rockefeller’s success is actually worth it given his mechanical lifestyle. You can tell the guy had zero self-reflection and was hardly more conscious than a robot. 

[aurum]

That communism video is insane. It got me emotional.

Very effective for understanding the worker's POV.

 

 

[Leo Gura]

30 minutes ago, AtmanIsBrahman said:

On Rockefeller’s Mechanical Productivity

It’s interesting from a spiral perspective that Rockefeller is acting from stage blue and the guy making the video is trying to readapt his mindset as stage orange hustle culture advice. 

Also, Rockefeller’s self-bias is insane—“God gave me money” etc. is ridiculous stage blue selfishness. The worst part is that it masquerades as humility.
You’ve got to wonder if Rockefeller’s success is actually worth it given his mechanical lifestyle. You can tell the guy had zero self-reflection and was hardly more conscious than a robot. 

We should be careful here.

It is not entirely clear how unspiritual Rockefeller was. Working hard doesn't necessarily mean one has no spirit.

[AtmanIsBrahman]

29 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

It is not entirely clear how unspiritual Rockefeller was. Working hard doesn't necessarily mean one has no spirit.

I think he was somewhat spiritual in a stage blue religious way, but that’s a corrupt form of spirituality.

The most ingenious part is that stage blue religion serves to defend the ego. “I have a lot of money, but I’m good because God says it’s good to have money, and you can’t say I’m greedy because it’s really God who gave me the money and not my own selfishness” 

Edited 1 hour ago by AtmanIsBrahman

[Leo Gura]

@AtmanIsBrahman God told me to tell you to give me all your money.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Edited 1 hour ago by Leo Gura

[Leo Gura]

11 hours ago, integral said:

Why is there no yearning for Independence?

No point in yearning for what one already believes one has.

[UnbornTao]

Ease up on the AI slop video recommendations. 

Also, you must have felt called out by the 'charlatans' remarks.

Edited 21 minutes ago by UnbornTao