Leo Gura

Do not attack or insult other members here.

In the end it's Ukraine's choice whether they wanna keep fighting or not. If they don't wanna fight, they can surrender any day. So it's not like the US is making them fight Putin. Ukraine has its own national identity that wants to defend itself.

A lot of truth in it.

That's some silly logic. Norway and Saudi Arabia have oil reserves. The US is not that thirsty for oil. If you contemplate it then maybe you will see that your logic doesn't hold water. Not for my sake, for your sake. Yes, of course that's a factor. But democracy is also a factor because it is necessary for solid business. It's hard to do business in a corrupt dictatorship. I don't hold the CIA in high regard. Of course they operate in a Tier 1, not a Tier 2 manner. Obviously they are weighing all sorts of corporate interests. But you can't reduce the Russia relationship to that. I don't see any realistic scenario where the US gets to steal Russian oil. At most what can happen is some partnerships between Russia and US oil companies. Which would be mutually beneficial.

No. These days I don't mind paying. I used to be cheaper.

A 7 day training is gonna be weak sauce. Your budget is just unrealistic. Like saying you want a quality car for $4000.

It's capitalist group-think. The managers of these corps are all brainwashed to maximize profits. That's the culture they swim in. Also, don't forget that some companies actually struggle to stay profitable. So it may be necessary in some cases.

@meta_male Maybe a horse would be good for you.

It's not a good result if you consider how many approaches I've done. Yes, I have those advantages. But that's not enough to get good results.

There is a whole field of science of various systems of government and how they function. We are not using definitions from the US government or CIA, we are using definitions from political science. Putin has not invented some unique form of government. It's a very typical extractive kleptocracy. There are objective, neutral measures of every country's level of development: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index https://www.heritage.org/index/ranking Putin acts as if political science doesn't exist. Political science is not merely a Western invention. As if political science does not apply to Russians. This Duginesque Russian exceptionalism is a joke.

Compare a Hollywood celebirty with a typical Walmart shopper.

Because the entire power center of Russia survives off insane levels of corruption. Opening up to democracy means that Putin and all the richest Russians would have to surrender their power, status, and wealth, and reform their corrupt ways or end up in prison. They simply cannot allow that. They are too old to change their ways. Their lives are literally at stake here. It's like a giant mafia family. There's no getting out alive. Just so you understand, corruption is the exploitation of the masses by a small group of elites. This system cannot be sustained but through force, manipulation, and lies. They are parasites. Democracy is poison to parasite elites.

Ask yourself why the US is not overthrowing the government of Japan or Sweden. Putin acts as if the West is so domineering, but look at Japan. Japan sided with the West and it has kept its unique culture fully entact. It's not like Americans are oppressing Japan into being American. Nor is there any risk of Americans invading or bombing Japan. And Japan has a better economy and standard of living than Russia. Russia could go the way of Japan. The only real problem with that for Putin is that he could not hold life-long power. He would have to share power with others. So that's really the issue. And also, Russia would have to open itself up to stage Green. But this will happen after Putin leaves office anyway. It's not like the West is going to destroy Russian culture. But what the West would destroy is Russian corruption. And that's the rub.

You guys have a lot of fantasies on this topic. Go put them to the test.

No

@Past-Philosopher-562 Just start contemplating. Not sure what else to tell you. Come up with examples of what you mean by frame and why is it important.

Enough with the gay enticements.

You gotta reframe it as fun. If you aren't having fun then you're doing it wrong and you will fail. Of course it still takes a lot of energy and discipline, so it's not easy.

It's hard to say. Over 100. These can be quick approaches. I am not great at game. Other guys are much better than me. Also, I have much higher standards than most guys so this hurts my results a lot.

I regard no-fap as nonsense. At least for me. Of course if you are horned up like a dog you will be more motivated to chase girls and thereby get more of them.

It's not about the pleasure. It's about the adventure and growth.

That's what being attractive gets you.

Nope. They'd have to go on a date first to appreciate my cheapness.

Cold approach allows you to overcome much of that with sheer volume of approaches and opportunities.

I am too cheap to buy girls dinner. Sugar daddy is not in my DNA.