Leo Gura

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.

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@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.

There is a parellel. I have had new insights into how attraction really works. And I am not only talking about cold approach. I am talking about all of attraction. For example, if I was better looking I would have more girls just emailing me for sex. So when I say 1000%, I am counting all avenues for sex.

Depends on how good you can dance. Clearly your dance skills are weak.

Yes! You go run a test. Create 2 male online dating profiles. Keep them identical except for pics of an above average guy and a below average guy. Wait a week and count how many messages each guy gets. Actually do it. Put your theory to the test. I did. The answer is crystal clear.

I'm not kidding.

1000% more.

It's just a matter of risk. You can play with fire if you accept the risks.

No. That's not it. Looks matter to women. Stop with the rationalizations.

If you are prone to panic attacks you should stay away from 5-MeO.

What threatens Putin the most is organic pro-democracy movements at home. And the next worse thing is such a movement in Ukraine because if Ukraine goes successfully into democracy then Russians will rise up and ask for democracy in Russia. Which means Putin's death. For corruption to survive it must corrupt everything around itself. Robust Western democracy is poison to any authoritarian. That's the real issue here and with China. They want to become advanced superpower nations but they refuse to open up access to power and clean up their corrupt ways, which leads to a groteque, backwards system. They want to treat democracy as though it were optional. But it's too deep of an issue to be optional. Superpower status is entangled with democracy.