Leo Gura

@Hardkill Of course all political talk has some influence on the center of gravity of the culture. But the culture is also reactive. It counter-balances any attempt to shift it in any direction. Bernie had his influence, but it wasn't enough to usher in a progressive president.

Why isn't murdering the therapist an option? Real men think outside the box!

Bernie's radicalness is what makes him authentic, which makes him appealing over everyone else who is just a group-thinking corporate stooge. Focusing on practical working class issues is exactly what makes you radical. Because the radical is the one who is a real threat to power. And power is business as usual and exploitation as usual.

Bernie has unique qualities which no other politician has. But even so, he is still incapable of winning a primary. The reason Bernie isn't president is because people refused to vote for him. That's the bottom line.

Those radical leftist movements will never have mainstream appeal because they challenge normie culture too much. Leftist culture is the problem. It's deeply offputting to traditional people. To them leftists appear like dirty pedophile Communists. You're not going to win them over by fighting with even more zealotry. The solution is not more TYT vibes.

People don't vote on issues, they vote on culture, Spiral stage, and vibes. There is no issue that Dems can give to stage Blue people to get them to abandon their culture and Spiral stage. This is a political strategy mistake. You can't buy a Christian's vote with higher minimum wage and wealth tax. They are too ignorant and brainwashed to care about such things.

That's not really a serious way to make money. It takes too long and requires lots of money to begin with to matter. ETF will earn you 12% per year at best, but then subtract 4% inflation from that.

@Hardkill I would literally happily vote for a baboon over Trump. At least the baboon will not errode democracy from within.

Not really. Progressives like TYT offer a bold leftist vision but conservatives and Stage Blue hate and demonize that even more than Biden. The reality is that many of these brainwashed ignorant Stage Blue people are too far gone to be ameniable to any form of Stage Green. A Christian Nationalist is not want of a bold progressive vision. Fundamentalism is precisely a reactionary movement against progess. These people want a patriarchal state run by a strongman who puts anyone in line who steps out of the orthodox line. This is what many people crave. They want a Christian hierarchy of elites which in their view is ordained by God. They are too ignorant, closedminded, and under-developed to compromise on that. If anything, bold progressivism scares normies off to side with Blue. All that trans stuff and drag shows have scared off normies. Normies are deeply attached to traditional culture.

Or, just not having any other option. I live with physical pain every day, all day. Hard to even remember what no pain feels like.

I just saw a guy on Instagram who buys small businesses that have proven cashflow from retiring Boomers and then hires a manager to automate the biz. He pays 2.5x annual cashflow for a business like carpet cleaning or AC repair. So if biz brings in $100k/yr profit he buys it for $250k. But he gets a small business loan from the bank for 80% of that cost and just puts 20% down. He owns 7 such businesses and makes $750k/yr and it's mostly automated.

It applies here just as well.

He is bad in other areas like Israel. But I would be okay with RFK to get rid of Trump. That is a reasonable compromise.

Death is Infinity, Omniscience.

Success is a highly variable thing. You take a big risk and it may or may not pay off. Remember, on social media you only hear from people who got lucky and their risk paid off. Many weren't so lucky and failed, but you will never hear about them.

Removes 90% of your suffering.

Big problem for Biden is that he presents no big vision of change. It's all minor incremental, defensive stuff. Nothing bold for his base to get excited about. Meanwhile Trump presents his base with a juicy vision of overturning the entire liberal order. Biden had to come out and say that in 2025 we are: Legalizing weed Increasing corporate taxes Wealth tax on billionaires Green energy Federal right to abortion Reforming the corrupt Supreme Court Ending Israeli war Cracking down on monoplies and corporate wolves Cutting 500 drug prices in half Cracking down on corruption and white collar crime. Cracking down on illegal immigration Regulating AI companies and Big Tech Major funding for education Major funding for infrastructure Raising minimum wage

The trick is to suffer and not care.

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Biden just got back from a trip to France for the WW2 victory celebrations, meeting with European leaders.

Yet here we are.

That's standard set theory dogma but it doesn't touch the real essence of numbers.

To become a beacon of truth unto mankind.

I've never been interested in a lavish lifestyle. My life is modest and spartan. Sure: travel, seminars and workshops, hiring top consultants and coaches, hiring employees to work with. For me that would be a betrayal of my higher values. If you care about maximizing profits you are already lost.

Of course. It's just a combination of ignorance, selfishness, and capitalism. The American Way.