Leo Gura

Ahahahahaha.... Apologies to Joseph if he did not write the article. I have no idea who wrote it. I was just speculating.

Don't bother explaining it. Just do what you know is right. And lay off the psychedelics if you are mentally unstable.

It's so intellectually lazy of you to call something you don't comprehend insane. Which is more likely, that Putin is insane or that you're intellectually lazy?

Why play Age of Empires when you are playing it in real life? Life is how God plays Age of Empires. The stakes are a little higher, but this pleases God. A game isn't fun unless the stakes are high.

Everything is God's plan of course

The rest of you will eat Actualized Gruel (tm). Made from the VIP table leftovers

That's exactly what a cult would say

That is my plan for the bottom 10% of you on this forum. The rest of you will join me on Sex Island

This sounds like a pipe-dream to me. It's a big difference. Assassinating him will create chaos and a power-vacuum. And it will piss off many Russian people who honestly like Putin. Because when you assassinate a president people take that personally. And they want revenge.

Because men can compete through direct physical power. Women must compete using soft power and social games because they would lose in a direct physical conflict. When you are physically weaker you must employ more implicit and indirect methods. This is why women will give you their number and lie to you about wanting to see you again. It's too risky for a woman to create a direct physical confrontation.

Yes, I think this move will backfire on him. I expected him to be smarter, especially in light of how the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan went. I don't understand how he thinks that annexing Ukraine to go better than Iraq.

1) Stalin was not assassinated. If Putin dies naturally, I do expect a better leader to emerge. 2) Putin is nowhere as bad as Stalin. So things could easily be worse.

The people of Russia will not get a say. It is not a democracy. It will be a power-grab where the most corrupt and ruthless wins. The problem with Russia goes much deeper than Putin. The whole country is rotted with corruption, from the politicians to the judges, all the way down to the traffic cops on the streets. Killing Putin will not change that.

It's probably a combination of the two. NATO is definitely a legit concern for Putin. There is no denying that. Putin has wanted to weaken and dismantle NATO for a long time. On this point Putin is rather reasonable. But also Putin seems to believe that Ukrainians are actually Russians, and not a legit sovereign people. On this point Putin is rather delusional. Clearly the Ukrainians consider themselves independent and they will not just agree to become Russians. This is just silly. This would be like telling Canadians that they are really Americans and then invading Canada.

1) Russia has been heavily westernizing since 1991. There are no bread lines in Russia any more. Well, maybe there will be after all the sanctions. 2) In the midst of a power vacuum and political chaos, no nice-guy leader will arise. It will be the most corrupt and ruthless monster. Probably one of Putin's oligarch friends.

If you are too lazy to check whether a claim like this is true, then you shouldn't be posting it. If you want to make such claims, provide reliable and unbiased evidence & sources.

A very dangerous and irresponsible move. You think if killing Putin was that easy the CIA wouldn't have done it already? You also have to consider who is going to replace him. If you think Putin is bad wait till you see the replacement who takes over after his assassination. That guy will be a monster.

Most of the people who you hate and disagree with are not psychopaths, they just have a different worldview and survival agenda than you.

We discussed it plenty.

Because, survival.

He was banned years ago. He is unsufferabley dense and egotistical.

Someone here please promise me that you will screenshot that entire RationalWiki page and read it in full at my funeral. This will make my life complete.

I suspected as much.

The best part of the article: Rationality eating its own tail

I may engage with serious critics in the future. But I have to see that they are serious and really want to understand the work. Not just looking to stir outrage like Adeptus likes to do. He can't help himself. He's just ignorant about spirituality. If someone like Curt Jaimungal wants to question me for 5 hours specifically about the dangers of my work, I am happy to answer.