Leo Gura

He's a very nuanced thinker. Which is a breath of fresh air.

Yes, indeed, populism (aka, democracy) is a good thing. The problem is when right-wingers get a hold of populism. They turn it into ethnocentrism, a la the Nazis in WWII. Trump's populism is a fake populism because of course he doesn't give a shit about fixing systemic income inequality. He's using populism to create a culture war. This is a perversion of populism, which is supposed to be about increase democracy. But the culture war against the SJWs has blinded the right wing so much that they cannot see that democracy is being undermined. While the right wingers satisfy themselves on hating the SJWs, they overlook how the rich are just using this distraction to get richer. The right has misidentified the problem as globalist elite liberals, when in fact the problem is the systemic inequalities of the capitalism status quo. But right wingers cannot see this because they are traditionalists who blindly defend the status quo even if it harms their economic self-interest. The problem is the status quo needs to change. But conservatives, by their very nature, do not like change. They want to keep things as it was in "the good old days". But because society evolves we cannot ever go back to "the good old days", and they were never really good to begin with for many people. Conservatives create a fantasy/myth of the good old days and deny the reality of a rapidly evolving society. It's no accident that many conservatives deny evolution. They really don't like change. They want the safety of the past. But this cannot happen in an ever-globalizing world. We cannot go back to living as individual isolated nations. The world is too interconnected via technology & trade. The solution is to embrace change and take conscious control of it, rather than letting it unconsciously blindside us. What we need is proactive government, but we aren't getting it because conservatives have demonized proactive government as "big government", "communism", "government overreach", "world domination by liberal elites", etc. What we need is FDR style government that makes massive investments in domestic improvements and big picture coordination, similar to what we had for the space race. Government can do amazing things like moon landings if they are properly funded and given a clear vision. This requires good leadership.

You will have to be proactive and take responsibility for making it practical. Academia is not known for their practicality. You need to have a vision for what you want to create, beyond just getting a degree. A degree means shit. What do you want to create for the world? That is the key question. I think psychology is pretty decent. Of course it's scientific. It's a science! People do serious research in that field and that's important. But if your goal is to improve your own psychology, for that you are better off studying self-help on your own. Of course it would be highly valuable to scientifically study & validate various yogic truths. We need a lot more scientific research into spirituality.

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If you are a woman and by cat you mean pussy, then yes.

She clearly needs to watch the Self-Bias episode

You sly dog

@Matt8800 You gotta try some 5-MeO-DMT. It will blow your mind. Total omniscience is possible.

@Serotoninluv Of course it's all relative and there's a spectrum. People are free to define these terms however they want. I would say progressives are usually more left than liberals and progressives really care about making structural reforms to the system without too much concern for maintaining the old norms. One of those old norms is the dogma that capitalism is the only viable system and an absolute good. To me a progressive cares most about making serious changes to society to improve it. A progressive sees not making enough change as more dangerous than making too much change. Which is the polar opposite of a conservative. A progressive has a vision for how great society could be if we get our shit together and act big as a unit. Here's a good analysis of this issue: I consider Kim, Zizek, Bernie, Warren, and TYT progressives. Definitely not Joe Biden or Nancy Pelosi. They are centrists. Basically a progressive understands the inherent limitations and injustice of capitalism. Whereas everyone else is in denial about it. I consider myself a progressive, but I don't consider myself a socialist. I think there are some serious problems with socialism which socialists are in denial about as well.

Here's a great interview:

@Serotoninluv Zizek is a supporter of Bernie. His position is that he's very much against Neo-Liberal Third Way corporate Democrats such as Joe Biden, Hillary, etc. He wants serious progressivism / social democracy. Zizek is basically more leftist than even TYT.

Truth is utterly paradoxical. That's not a bug, that's a feature.

Goodness is a facet of God/Truth/Consciousness.

Accepting Fox New propaganda shrinks your world.

Strictly speaking you do not need to follow any moral rules to awaken. Just like how you don't need to follow any rules to learn math. But if you are very wrapped up in acting from ego (being highly selfish) you will, in practice, not likely ever awake. So all that Buddhism is telling you is: stop being a fucking devil for a bit so you have a decent chance to awaken. Stop your whoring, theiving, and hoarding. Not because it is evil, but because it interferes with meditation. Yup It would be nice, but it is not a necessity. You are free to be a devil. There are no shoulds in the universe. The point is Totality. This means that some will be awake and many won't. The awakened person understands that most people should not be awake. There is no why or should. You are free to do whatever you desire. Things are Good regardless of whether you are conscious of it or not. Awakening clears up confusion. Confusion is okay too. It is part of Totality.

I have a BA in Philosophy. Overall I was quite disappointed with it. So I gave myself a PhD in God. That solved the problem.

You lucky fucking communists!

@Matt8800 Have you met machine elves on DMT?

Awakening is not normative. You are not obligated to awaken. Awakening is not better than not awakening. So yes, Trump will not awaken, but there is no one in the universe to say that is wrong. In fact God loves Trump just as much as the Buddha. It is us humans who judge Trump because it affects our survival and we are self-biased in that sense. So we can rightly kick Trump out of office, but that has nothing to do with him being bad in any absolute sense. It is a relative matter.

@Extreme Z7 I was talking about philosophy degrees. A Masters or PhD in engineering is much more functional. Philosophy in particular is not meant to be studied in a university. This preverts the whole point of philosophy. If you want to do serious philosophy, get yourself a bag of mushrooms and DMT and start doing yoga.

You are projecting your own ego all over the place here. Just notice that. You are thinking with your dick.

It can help you get to solid Orange and introduce you to some Green concepts. But once you exhaust Orange and go solid Green you'll want to let RSD go.

Hard to say. Scandinavia has a strong Christian influence. That certainly plays a role.

That's the kicker! No one. Whatever you imagine is what goes.

Why? It will mostly be a waste of time. You can grow far better on your own and save the the money. The only reason for a masters or PhD is if you want to be university professor. It serves no other function and it certainly won't help you understand Truth.