Leo Gura

My work is not so complicated that it needs much infrastructure. I keep most of my notes in Scrivner these days, where I do all of my writing for books, blogs, videos, courses, and notes. Aside from that I don't use anything but my phone and whiteboards.

I don't think it's necessary nor realistic. They just need to be regulated better, with stricter licensing and training. Those resources are better placed in mental health.

I know his backstory. He's fine but I would look for more diverse perspectives.

He is pretty ideological.

Dude. Guns are protected by Constitution. You are just ignoring that. You are talking about changing the US Constitution to ban guns. That is possible in theory but will never happen in practice. This is like banning rice in China. Good luck.

Culture. And there are so many guns in the USA that you cannot ban them all.

Finkelstein is not the best source.

I didn't read that one. But I have another great book on my booklist about all the details of how Mossad works. It's an eye-opening book. Exactly what you asked for. It's got some crazy stories in there.

The YouTube recommendations algorithm keeps getting worse and worse, suggesting shallow crap. We need to crowd-source this problem. Let's begin keeping a list of the best, unknown YouTube channels. I'm always looking for high-quality channels related to philosophy, psychology, political science, sociology, history, documentaries, geography, travel, etc. I'm looking for serious channels with mature people who talk about mature subjects. Not drama, not culture wars, not clickbait, not entertainment. Channels with interesting, high-quality content. Channels that are educational and add to our understanding of the world. These channels usually have fewer subscribers, less popular. If you know of such channels, if you find new channels of this kind, please share them here. When you share the link, please write a few words about what the channel is about and why it's worth watching. I will share the best of these suggestions on my blog as well. Thank you. Examples of the kind of channels I'm talking about: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDissenterRL/videos https://www.youtube.com/@WHATISPOLITICS69/videos https://www.youtube.com/@SoftWhiteUnderbelly/videos https://www.youtube.com/@thestoa/videos https://www.youtube.com/@IntegralNaked/videos https://www.youtube.com/@LetsTalkReligion/videos

Hey, ya'll, I need your help! I want to create a comprehensive list of video examples of prototypical stage Blue thinking. This is not meant to humiliate or demonize stage Blue. It's meant to be an educational tool for people learning about Spiral Dynamics. So towards that end, scour Youtube and find all the videos you can which exhibit stage Blue thinking. Try to find videos which are short and sweet. Conservative talk show hosts offer tons of Blue material, but also try to find other unique examples. The more diversity we can display here, the better. Try to find examples from various cultures: Europe, Middle East, Asia, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, Africa, South America, etc. We will create a mega-thread like this for every stage in the Spiral, from Red to Turquoise. But for now, let's just focus on Blue. Each week I will start a new mega-thread topic for the next stage. Do not start a political debate in this thread! It is not our goal here to defend our personal political positions or to judge any stage, but simply to compile examples. Thanks for your help! I'm excited to see what kind of juicy stuff you dig up. Try to be selective with your choices. This can turn into a really cool list. Stage Blue values: Absolute truth cannot be questioned Only one right way to live Belief, faith, certainty Objective right & wrong Good & evil exist The devil is real Hard work, discipline, duty Law & order Justice, stability, security Sinners deserve punishment & no compassion Hierarchy, social order, status quo Patriarchy, women serve men Meaning & greater purpose Morality Defending one's culture Culture, tradition, heritage Crusading for a righteous cause Serving God Theology Root out the heretics & traitors Doctrine, ideology Orthodoxy, dogma, conformity Family, family values Obedience, reverence Respect for elders God & country Patriotism Righteous living Honor, principles, moral codes of conduct Good manners, decency, etiquette Finds profanity offensive, blasphemy Dress & hair regulations Prayer Pride in one’s civilization: we are the best Canonical texts cannot be questioned: Bible, Quran, Torah, Gita, Constitution, Upanishads, Vedas, Buddha Holy book is the literal word of God Strict literal reading of holy books Obeying authority: Pope, Muhammad, Allah, God, Christ, Buddha, Confucius, etc. Afterlife, heaven, hell, salvation are real Strict church attendance Ceremony, rituals Sobriety, chastity, virginity, anal self-control, restraint Charity, giving back to my community Loyalty Enforcing borders Building character & moral fiber National identity Cultural superiority Stage Blue Examples: Middle East, Palestinians, Zionists, Saudi Arabia, Medieval Europe, Iran, Pakistan, Indian caste system, Puritanism, Confucian China, Islamic fundamentalism, Wahhabism, Hasidic Judaism, the Salvation Army, patriotism, standing for the National Anthem, Zen monastery, Catholic Church, evangelicals, religious Right, Conservatives, Republicans, Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts, Sharia law, banning birth control, banning abortion, banning flag burning, border wall, anti-immigration, witch trials, Crusades, Roy Moore, Alt-Right, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, KKK, Noah’s Ark read literally, Ten Commandments, uniforms, Catholic nuns, Amish, Shakers, The Bible-belt, American South, The Moral Majority, Newt Gingrich, Billy Graham, Rev Jerry Falwell, James Dobson, Pat Robertson, George W Bush, Mike Pence, gay conversion therapy, kamikaze pilots, Samurai Code, harakiri, Marathon Monks of Mt Hiei, Hindu religion, Hindu family, Islamic family, Mormons, Creationism, the war on Christmas, Bill O’Reily, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Alex Jones, Fox News, 2nd Amendment, mandatory military service, codes of honor, virginity pledges, nationalism, Victorian England, military families, police officers, firefighters, blue collar workers, Nazi managers & generals, ethos of Starship Troopers, religious terrorism, Spanish Inquisition, imperialism, missionaries, Spanish conquistadors, Magellan, Hare Krishnas, soldier jumps on grenade, theocracy, prayer in school, Communist China, colonial South, Imperial Japan, patriarchy, culture warriors, right-wing talk shows, Romulans from StarTrek, TV evangelists, Bible school, colonial duels, Maoist China, 20th century Marxism, holy war, battles over holy ground, grand cathedrals temples & mosques, protect children from sexual corruption, killing apostates, imprisoning homosexual, unequal women’s rights, prayer in school, sanctity of marriage, Japanese tea ceremony, country music, war on drugs, Ben Shapiro, NASCAR, hunting, confederate flag, Sarah Palin, John McCain, Tucker Carlson, Fox & Friends, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, Jeff Sessions, Ann Coulter, Ben Carson, Breitbart News, Steve Bannon, Brexit, Hitler, Mao, Mussolini, Rodrigo Duterte, caning in Singapore, death penalty, segregation, Jim Crow laws, whining about reverse racism, etc.

Please find examples of fake spirituality. I am especially interested in New Age examples. But cult examples are also acceptable. This is spirituality that is very conformist, performative, fantastical, conceptual, ungrounded, word salad, grifty, magical, corrupt, occult. Cringe spiritual BS, basically. I want to see how bad it gets. How deep does self-deception and fantasy go? How deep does the New Age go?

How fucking dare you even compare Actualized.org to Islam. Islam is idiocy compared to what I teach you.

PRECISELY! You have no comprehension of how much they LOVE their culture.

None of you have a clue what is means to, LOVE YOUR CULTURE! NONE OF YOU LOVE YOUR CULTURE! YOU CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE WHAT THAT IS!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcC9NFmjmqM

Stop analyzing it and just imagine loving your culture so much you are willing to be shot in the head for it.

Moses Ziontel.

@Xonas Pitfall Just imagine this: Imagine loving your culture, your nation, so much you would go to war for it. No leftist loves their culture like that.

I think you can find psychedelics that do the same. 5-MeO.

He is Jewish though Israetel sounds like a Zionist intel agency name.

Have we mentioned swatting?

@Xonas Pitfall You are still missing the point: conservatives honestly love their culture. See, you are so left you can't even imagine loving your national culture. Imagine if I told you: "Well, I don't really love my child but this gives me options to love every child." That means you don't love your child.

Intelligence is infinitely elastic.

Those rap dis battles.

There is that stupid challenge where teens eat a spoon-full of cinnamon.