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I have hangups with both political parties. Sometimes it's hard to choose, but leftists in their current state remind me more of a religious cult, which is one reason I tend to shy away from them. They have these socialist utopian ideals that human beings as a species are not going to be ready for any time soon. You go too soft in crime, and crime goes way up. You give people too many handouts, they just want more of them. This whole coddling of society just doesn't, and won't ever work. That's not how evolution designed us to operate. That, and I tend to like to vote for the underdog, just to keep a sense of gridlock in place. Human nature dictates you won't want any herd of people to have too much power. The more checks and balances to keep power distributed, the better. That said, the super rich will always pull society's strings whether you are in a capitalist society, communist, or whatever. Those at the top like power, they like control. In the end, vote for what you think will be best for the long term growth of the nation, world, and species. I tend to think that's progressives, but they have a few pet issues they fail spectacularly at, so much so it's hard to support them. In the end I default to supporting "democracy" or rule by voting, over autocracy, rule by dictators. Beyond that, specific issues aren't as important. You will never please everybody. I am NOT worried about Trump being a dictator or making himself president for life. As a Trump voter I myself would oppose that and do whatever I could to stop it. The system of checks and balances is important and there for a reason. People have swallowed the mainstream media narratives, which is why they believe this stuff. All media, including social media content creators on all "sides" , are sensationalist peddlers looking to extract you of your attention, clicks, and dollars and try to assimilate you into their frame, their narratives, their mindset, their echo chamber. Remember that and increase your peace of mind, and free your mind.

Somewhere between the extremes of eating all carnivore and no meat at all there's a happy medium that I prefer to follow. Eliminating all baked or deep fried anything would be the single best thing a person could do to improve their diet. Deep fried and baked items compose probably 95% of the dietary problem areas in people's diets, encompassing all the "junk carbs" like potato chips that are carbs and fat mixed that are addictive and promote weight gain and the development of metabolic syndrome. A ribeye steak or a fresh salmon isn't the problem area of one's diet. Eggs are a good source of choline which is an important methyl donor and for liver health. I get the "certified humane" only personally, to keep to my compassionate side. What I'm going to make after I finish editing this post: Egg salad with 3 hard boiled eggs, one can of salt free peas, TBSP of italian seasoning, large spoon of cream of mushroom soup, medium spoon of light mayonaisse, squart of yellow mustard, large spoonful of pickle relish, potassium salt, and some liquid sucralose. Throw in my 10 grams of daily glycine into this salad also. Mix well.

Peace of mind starts with mindset, thoughts, and perspective. The master key system really had it right 100 years go. It's your mindset, and not your environment or external stimuli, that ultimately creates your internal mental state, though obviously some people are going to have conditions in this matrix which make them more easy for them to be happy. Your being depressed about losing your singing voice is a resistance to the present moment. You want reality to be different than what it actually is. That's a form of madness, according to most of the spiritual self help gurus going back thousands of years. You can either deal with your inner demons and thought stories or allow them to perpetuate your suffering. Nobody can make that choice for you. I will say, make sure you don't have any acid reflux or LPR. Signs that you might include a coated tongue and post nasal drip. If this is the case, you might want to take PPIs to let your throat heal. I'll also point out, all the best singers tend to lose parts of their vocal range as they age. That's life. The lead singer of Def Leppard would be an extreme example... he has nowhere near the voice as when that band was in their prime, and lost it quite a long time ago. The drummer in this band played through most of this band's run with one arm, by the way. Now that's a great example of adapting to what is. You can kind of make that out at 1:36.

hydrogen peroxide, MMS, body alkalizing, etc. are all nonsense. As someone who used to dabble in this stuff, I can tell you the body regulates it's pH level through breathing. There's no scientific evidence to suggest vegetables "alkalize" the body or that lemon juice leaves an "alkaline ash" or anything like that. The body regulates oxidative reactions naturally through normal functions... it doesn't need artificial sources of oxidants consumed via water ozonation, MMS, sodium chlorite, chlorine dioxide, hydrogen peroxide, or any such substances. If anything, you want more antioxidants in the diet, or to eat a diet that doesn't promote excessive inflammation, which is basically the SAD of pizza, fried chicken, french fries, hot pockets, and donuts that fattens them up. Work on your inner demons. Cultivate that playful ventral vagal parasympathetic response, eat a common sense healthy meditarranean diet, and don't be super overweight. If you want to "oxygenate the body" go for a walk or a jog outside.

It's called tough love. A good parent knows how to balance being a parent versus providing love so as to not raise a spoiled and entitled child. The fact we incarnate as an animal species with a distinct set of genetic characteristics means that coddling such an animal is not going to work. It might seem nice to want to feed and house the entire planet, and have everyone in safe spaces and bubbles, but when you feed the animals or shelter them they become dependent on you and weak. In the end, I've stopped feeding animals besides birds for this reason. We evolved in scarcity. Evolution occurred because hardship pushes adaptation which pushes genetic changes. Life on this planet is savage if you really objectively analyze evolution. It has the same rules as any video game and applying too many cheat codes takes away from the purpose of the game. It does no good to be excessively soft on people. Sometimes it's good for people to be told harsh red pill truths about this matrix. It will help them find solutions to what's troubling them faster than telling them only what they want to hear. It's a balancing act. Someone above said that men who are angry are "hypermasculine" and that's not really true. Many are insecure inside or have personal demons they are projecting outwards. Men who are actually masculine are playful and generous of spirit while knowing how to set the rules and be firm when necessary. They project a vibe of being comfortable with themselves. Nobody with a perpetual chip on their shoulders can be said to be developed to an advanced degree.

I did try it. It works because it simply takes the most addictive foods out of the diet. Mostly it's calories in/calories out. It's possible to eat too much only meat and gain weight. I know because I've done it. Most people gain weight from addictive foods... donuts, crackers, hot pockets, french fries, pizza, etc. I rarely eat these foods. Paleo works because it eliminates the most addictive, caloric dense foods from the diet, and in the end it's more about calories in/out. For lifespan extension, eating carnivore is generally not the best idea. Something like the Novos diet is closest to optimal, though I disagree with his saying to give up bread, but I eat high fiber bread. In the end, use common sense. https://novoslabs.com/how-to-slow-down-aging/ https://novoslabs.com/what-is-the-best-diet-for-longevity/

Religion is just another way for a group of people to try to gain power over others. The vast majority of our species just want to be left alone, but are insecure and impressionable, looking for a group to "fit in" with... that's all it takes for those who are strong, or desire power, to gain a foothold. They can then create rules which the leadership gets to break, because that's human nature... a way to flaunt one's status and exercise one's evolutionary drives.. and yes the drive to procreate with girls right as they hit puberty is wired into our genetic makeup, while being culturally suppressed. We can all agree trafficking of individuals is wrong, as is slavery, murder, rape, etc... but from the laws of natural selection, these things are just par for the course. In most animal species these things are a regular occurrence. Do we force the Lion to stop killing the Gazelle and make it vegan? So what is morality? A human construct? Regardless, free your mind from what you think... question everything. Don't let yourself be put into a box, defined by society. The whole point of spiritual enlightenment is to see the silliness in the entire game, taking it all so seriously. Should we try to make the game more fair, compassionate, moral? I suppose we should. Just be careful with "righteous causes" and developing too big a "spiritual ego" in your pursuits of what you think is "right" and how you think society "should" be. That said, if you want behavior changes, you need to provide negative stimuli to what you perceive to be "bad behavior" to discourage future incidents which in the case of child traffickers, would be execution, in my opinion. Sound cruel? Those are the laws of nature. You want real change? Tough love.

The problem is not wheat, it's hot pockets, french fries, fried chicken, pizza, potato chips, crackers, donuts, twinkies, soda, ice cream, and other calorie dense, dopamine stimulating foods. Basically processed foods. They are calorie dense and cause people to pack on pounds when they go out drinking which is another source of calories. We have more pizza places in my town than any other business. Second place for some reason is always auto parts stores, followed by subways. Average foot long sub has 1200 calories. I can make 3 eggs on 4 pieces of bread with low carb jelly and it's around 450 calories for that meal. Calories in, calories out, day after day. 3500 calories equals one pound of fat.

Trap bar deadlifts, dumbbell bench presses, and pull ups (weighted) ... same form, same number of sets, very controlled lifting. Eventually I may integrate more stuff but I do all this at home and want to keep it simple or I will quit. What matters more is progressive overload (more reps or weights over time) logging what you do, and making it repeatable so you can track your progress. That, and focusing on basic compound movements rather than isolation exercises, and then of course your diet. Modest calorie surplus, ample protein intake, and anti-aging compounds to counteract the protein, namely glycine or collagen... 10 grams of glycine per day, or half a bag of aldi brand pork rinds. Time between sets does not matter by the way. You should rest as long as needed to allow nervous system recovery. Given I do this at home and meditate or stretch between sets, the most important thing is getting the required number of sets done. Best advice to young lifters... use proper form, don't push for glory and destroy your joints because you want to show off to gym bros. Your only competition is yourself. The essentric part of the rep is important. Jason is right. You don't need "muscle confusion" ... that just complicates things because now it's harder to log your progress to see if you are achieving progressive overload.

There's nothing really wrong with gluten unless you have actual celiac disease. In fact, whole wheat is an important source of Betaine, which is a component similar to Choline, which is found in egg yolks. If you were to be a gluten free vegan who didn't eat eggs or wheat (and also no quinoa which is a rich source) that's not really the best for the body, and could result in the buildup of visceral fat inside the body. Excessive carbohydrates tend to be unhealthy especially when combined with fats in the diet. Fats and carbs should be separated into their own meals to a degree, for no other reason than the combination is so addictive and makes people overeat. I wouldn't live off bananas or watermelons though. Too much fructose is bad for the liver. Similar to alcohol, only the liver can process fructose. It's all about moderation and common sense. I find the NOVOSLAB diet to be closest to optimal... just don't buy his supplements. Buy a big bag of glycine and some taurine and NAC off amazon for cheaper and use that for anti-aging. https://novoslabs.com/what-is-the-best-diet-for-longevity/ I still eat Aldi brand wheat bran flakes, for the Betaine. Mixed with Orgain protein powder, costco frozen blueberries, glycine, creatine, taurine, ceylon cinnamon, and liquid sucralose. Also Aldi brand 45 calorie high fiber bread (basically the sara lee 45 calorie equivalent for less than half the price) Also keep potassium salt on hand along with 50/50 salt to avoid excess sodium intake. Dr Greger pushes more plant based entirely, which is fine I guess, if that works for you. I like this clip in his recent video on coffee particularly his snarky rip on starbucks that all coffee snobs would tend to agree with.

Listening to any "thought stories" or "narratives" about how reality is and should be, for that matter, including the stuff I peddle. Thinking in general makes a person neurotic, as opposed to being. Getting distracted by all this "stuff" in society is part of the game, but must be done in moderation. Take everyone's perspective with a grain of salt. Find your own truth.

My condolences to Jordan Peterson. Cancer is simply genetic defects that crop up as a result of imperfections in DNA that come along with the evolutionary process. All animal species today are a result of genetic changes over hundreds of millions to billions of years. Preying to "God" is done because humans are wired to want to submit to an "alpha male" type figure that is benevolent and yet all powerful. Few humans are like that, so religion was created as a tool to attempt to control our nature and give someone a mystical figure and a set of commandments to live by to help us feel better and help civilization move forward... to tame the animal within us. I've heard it said that Christianity was the "woke movement" of the Roman era. Even "love" and "affection" are evolutionary adaptations that benefited the species who have them. Every single evolutionary adaptation including Autistic tendencies came about for a reason, because it benefited our species in some way. Nature is incredibly diverse, and that diversity creates a strong balance. As far as what this reality is? I don't believe this universe was created through random chance. All the scientific laws that govern everything are just too perfect. I believe this entire universe was an intelligent construction of some sort. Beyond that, I'm limited by my culture, environment, and perspective of my current situation. There's no possible way to know what this ultimate reality actually is, and there's a good chance the people who do know keep that information compartmentalized and need to know as a tool of control. If we are souls incarnating over and over like Michael Newton would suggest, the point seems to be because oneness is boring, and this reality is more akin to a video game, with just enough hardship and demanding rules to keep us engaged and playing the game. It would make sense that the entire universe is consciousness, split off into basically infinite pieces. Is our observable universe even the edge of it? It would make more sense if the universe was basically infinite. Even then, did it ever have a beginning? Why would it even exist? Who created energy, atoms, subatomic particles, and how did all these laws come about? When did awareness first become self aware? 174 trillion years ago? All fun questions to ponder.

I'll be honest I didn't know what criminal conversion was until just now. I find psychopaths fascinating especially in contrast to super emotional people or people who have a bunch of "should statements" they apply to life, like the left/right cult tend to have. There are no rules to this game. There are consequences to actions, but strict rules? Don't drink gasoline. Don't jump from a plane without a parachute. Don't murder someone and get caught. Rules governed by the laws that run this simulation and ethics humans try to impose on our DNA driven behavior. Beyond that, it's all just mindset, stories, fantasy. Even "science" is a narrative, but one backed up by experiments that can be repeated to produce a conclusion. That's about as close to "objective reality" as you will get inside this simulation/matrix/reality/universe.

Meanwhile, Hamas is hiding a lot of their weapons in civilian facilities such as schools. Textbook military strategy (or the strategy of terrorists) ... they did this back in 2014 also. https://www.vox.com/2014/7/17/5912189/yes-gaza-militants-hide-rockets-in-schools-but-israel-doesnt-have-to Again, I'm neutral on this conflict. I see war as human nature... DNA playing itself out on the global stage as the sheeple take their "sides" and defend their "positions" for some "cause" their mind invents or swallows from state sanctioned or cultural propaganda while none of it really matters in the grand scheme of things outside of raising the global spiral dynamics level. Getting the two sides to come to a peace agreement rather than saying that some group has some ancient claim to a piece of land would be the best solution here. Do you sit by while the other side keeps bombing you? Who actually started the conflict? Who is going to finish it? There's no simple answer here when the desire for "revenge" is wired into our genetic makeup. Leftists often romanticize nature saying it's peaceful and innocent and we humans are the savages. Bullshit. All of nature is survival of the fittest. We are no different than any other animal species... perhaps more compassionate. We are at the top of the food chain so of course we have more influence over our environment. This idea that "we should know better" than to act this way, is also philosophical and idealistic bullshit. Our animalistic drives and insticts run our behavior when we are under stress. The level of "free will" gets greatly diminished. We become creatures of programmed responses to stimuli, which is basically what we are. Who is "right" and who is "wrong" in this conflict does it really matter? Take your sides.

I've narrowed down the most important supplements to take as basically similar to what this guy promotes, but this is just one idiot's (my) perspective though. Still, I've spent enough time among the internet health quacks/nuts and spent enough time as one to where I believe I can give you the best "bang for the buck" supplements so you aren't taking 60 of them. Glycine... everyone over age 25 would benefit from taking 10 grams per day for life for anti-aging, or eat pork rinds. NAC... take if you are over 45... 600mg-1200mg/day for life Taurine ... 1-2 grams a day for life for everyone would be beneficial. Super cheap to supplement. Don't get your taurine from Red Bulls. Magnesium (Citrate, Glycinate, Malate) .... 400 mg/day for life, unless you are getting loose stools or eat lots of high magnesium foods, then cut back. Creatine ... especially important if you are physically active, but more research is coming out about it's positive effects. 4 grams per day is fine. Basic multivitamin .. our soils are nutrient deficient. It doesn't need to be anything fancy or expensive. I use the costco brand. Men should avoid multivitamins with added iron unless you are vegetarian. Choline/Betaine... found mostly in egg yolks and whole wheat, these items are good methyl donors and help keep fat out of your liver. I would ignore the studies that talk about TMAO production by gut bacteria. This is mostly relevant for people with kidney disease who can have levels build up in their body. I would NOT want to be a gluten free vegan. You are going to be lacking these two nutrients and that's not good. Eat eggs, wheat, or quinoa in your diet. Do not take a "choline bitartate" supplement. He mentions omega 3... you can't go wrong with milled flaxseed in your cereal or yogurt, or fresh farmed salmon and trout for EPA and DHA content. Saltwater fish spike up TMAO levels in the body if you believe in that narrative, much more than eggs. I wouldn't supplement with pills (but I currently do for now) Most important is a healthy ventral vagal nervous system. Laughter, friendship, positivity. Good habits... stay off drugs, screens in excess, and keep a good sheep schedule. Have a sense of purpose. Listen to Leo's video on the happiness spectrum and implement the higher forms of happiness.

There's anti-zionists on the right also. I still want to see a bunch of aging David Duke supporters have a conversation with a bunch of young left wing Palestinian supporters. I think that would be amusing. lol. In any case, I personally think the left's portrayal of Trump as some Nazi dictator is silly. Trump had some decent policies, despite his immaturity. He kept the border crossings in check and kept the world peaceful as he was able to deal with nations at their spiral dynamics level instead of trying to force democracy on them. He was portrayed as a loose cannon who might do who knows what to you so nobody challenged him. Biden enters office and what happens... 2 major wars start because he's portrayed as somebody you can walk all over. People flood the border and nobody stops them. I don't really know who to support in 2024. I don't really like supporting either of these "cults" as I see them full of indoctrinated (and corrupt, career) individuals fighting for their "causes" and trying to force their belief systems on the other side. I think that's why most people don't like following politics. The average socially well adjusted person is in ventral vagal mode living their lives, not fighting for causes. This means they are subject to those who are trying to control the game, but such as the nature of reality. Honestly I think Trump could end these two wars, and no other candidate would. They'd just keep throwing money at the problem. Most of the "swamp" just want an excuse to keep printing money from my perspective. In any case, the left on this forum think voting blue will solve all the world's problems, while the right thinks voting red will restore some version of this country that likely never even existed in reality but only in their minds, so both sides continue to live in their delusions.

Human beings are hypocrites as a species. We are motivated largely by self gain and will always tend to have a self bias no matter what culture we are in, not to mention a group bias to whatever "tribe" we identify with. To answer your question the west is lenient towards Israel because jews have a lot of power and have had a lot of power within the west for the entirety of the industrial and technological revolution. They were the money changers, the bankers, the usurers. It's easy to criticize the people in charge and use them as a scapegoat, but those in charge will sometimes have biases themselves. It's human nature. Our entire culture in the US has been around "judeo-christian" values so there's a cultural component. Most people see Israel as a "democracy" and neighboring countries as "autocratic" and less developed and to a degree they are correct, but there's that bias... that there's one "right" way to live. Israel is at a higher spiral dynamics stage than it's neighbors. Obviously they still have some work to do though. I mean, they're only human. When our fight or flight (sympathetic) response is triggered, our spiral dynamics level tends to revert back to our more base animal drives. It's easy to be a saint when your tummy is full and you feel safe and secure. Not so much when bombs are going off around you. Not everyone is a submissive snowflake who hides in a corner hoping for peace when things get violent. Many of us have a killer instinct wired into our genetic makeup, and war gives an excuse to exercise it, for the good of whatever cause is being peddled by those in charge at the time. I don't support either side, though I admit in my 20's I used to be one of those right wing, David Duke type anti-zionists, so for me this whole situation of watching leftists oppose Israel fascinates me. I saw the jewish power back then. I still see it, but life is more complicated than simply blaming an entire group of people for all of the problems in society. This idea that any culture of people has some "ancient claim" to a piece of land to me is equally silly. North America doesn't belong to the Indians just because they were supposedly here first. Who was here before they were? Does Israel belong to Palestinians because they were there first? Research the "balfour declaration." Nature is savage. Survival of the fittest and strong, the intelligent and the cunning. Land belongs to whoever can take it and defend it. Killer bees and fire ants will displace native populations of different species through brutal force as they spread through a continent. Muzzles will deprive lakes and rivers of nutrients starving native fish species. Those are the basic laws of this universe. Compassion is a human construct and has a genetic component. The lion doesn't get punished for eating the gazelle. We as humans don't try to turn lions into vegans. That would be futile. May the strongest side win.

See Leo's "Happiness Spectrum" video... basically lower forms of pleasure leave you feeling empty inside because they don't give you a sense of pride of accomplishment ... it's so "easy" to sit around, smoke pot, play video games. If you can truly be at peace with these activities, great, but our genetic makeup tends to make us feel at our best when we achieve a goal that takes some level of difficulty to achieve.

It can tell you some interesting things such as whether you have an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. There's definitely a genetic component to some diseases and the more time goes on the more we'll be able to narrow down just about everything that's programmed into our species by analyzing the computer code known as DNA. It doesn't do any harm to get it done. It's all about whether you want to spend the money.

This forum has an obsessive anti-caffeine bias, that said I don't recommend using it, but both my parents do with no issue. Coffee is one of the largest sources of anti-oxidants in most people's diets which is why I generally promote it, that and I love the smell of roasting it myself, the taste of a freshly roasted and ground light roast coffee that's been brewed in a clever dripper at optimal temperature and grind. I roast decaf beans, because I don't want the caffeine, and it's nice because there's no chaff. By the way, the compound that supposedly increases risks of heart problems in coffee gets totally removed with a paper filter. It's really only an issue if you use some method that uses a course or metal filter such as french press. Bottom line, you can find articles telling you that just about every food in existence is going to kill you. I'm not going to live off vegetables and water so I can live to 100. That's what the glycine, magnesium, NAC, bodybuilding, exercise, and antioxidants are for. It's about quality of life, and I have that part down.

Ditch the "should statements" .... there are no rules to this simulation outside those created by the basic laws of nature. The lion eats the gazelle. Do we shame the lion and make it turn vegan? That's what a lot of spiritual types try to do... rewrite the rules of the game, and thus they end up with a lot of depression and dislike over how people behave, because they have these ideals they strive for, ideals that are never going to be achieved in this simulation with it's rules. Who's to say how somebody should live their lives? Most people would be better off dealing with their own karma and trying to achieve their own peace of mind versus worrying about what everyone else is doing. The whole goal of spiritual enlightenment is radical acceptance of what is. Total being, in the moment. Open Focus. Any sort of resistance, thought stories, emotional reactivity towards perceived slights, and you are back into the world of ego, back into this simulation and all it's drama, it's stories, the hamster wheel of existence. Honestly I think spiritual self help is a coping mechanism for people who just don't fit in with society's normies, and that includes me.

It's healthy to get off social media. It's a distraction for the mind after awhile. All this content is ego candy that it can use to theorize, debate, reach conclusions, make "should statements," rather than the simple beingness that leads to peace of mind. All these youtube content creators trying to get eyeballs, clicks, attention. All the subreddits that promote echo chamber thinking. It can all become toxic and addicting after a time. It becomes a mental trap. Many of the people who have advanced society the most and some of the deepest philosophers were the social outcasts who had trouble mingling with the "normies." I think it comes with the territory. The key is acceptance.

The ego neither contracts nor expands. We need to talk in terms of mental habits rather than contraction and expansion of an abstraction. By engaging with non-dual teachings and practices, we change our mental habits to be less focused on the illusion of the limited, separate self and more on the totality of our conscious experience. For me the book "open focus brain" was a big help for this, to stop trying to will myself into new mental habits and instead use the clarity of present moment awareness as the foundation in which to start from by changing the way in which I pay attention. It naturally makes you less "neurotic" as most of the symptoms of neuroticism in Leo's "40 signs you are neurotic" video are simply compulsive thinking and narrative spinning... also known as "narrow, objective focus." Like any habit, we're not going to be perfect at it and we can fall back into our old habits when faced with stress from being overworked, sickness, lack of sleep, trauma, etc. https://www.openfocusattentiontraining.com/2017/02/28/mindfulness-and-open-focus-two-approaches-to-attention-training/ http://heathercarrdpt.com/uncategorized/the-flow-of-open-focus/ This is natural and shouldn't be feared or resisted. Don't resist. Non-resistance doesn't mean you're giving into it, it means you're offering no conscious resistance to what naturally arises in consciousness which, in fact, strengthens your non-dual habits. Your previous egoic habits become fuel for your new non-dual habits, or even for your healthier ego habits you're trying to incorporate. But, really, that's what it is: falling back into old habits because of stress. So go gentle on yourself, be patient, and try to avoid entertaining thoughts of how you "should" be or what you "should" be doing. "Should" doesn't serve you. Edit: If you do want to use a metaphor to replace the expand/contract one, I would suggest you think of the ocean eroding a shoreline. The ocean is the non-dual truth about reality, and the shore is the rigid and limited view of dualism. It takes time for this erosion to take place; sometimes the ocean swells and sweeps over the land only to retreat again. Eventually, though, the ocean wins, so all you have to do is be patient and keep at it as best you can.

So you understand black and white thinking but have problems understanding shades of grey? Fascinating. I have some aspie tendencies and for me tolerating a black and white culture who get assimilated into these all or nothing belief systems is something I've tended to have a problem with. On the other hand, I find most normal, socially well adjusted people are actually living life correctly. It's those of us who see ourselves as "awake" and see the masses as "sheep" (even though they are ) are the ones stuck with psychological problems, often stuck on sympathetic dominance or dorsal vagal mode. We use our "awakeness" as an ego boost but it's really nothing to be proud of.. just a sign you/we didn't fit into the mold our cultures presented to us and ended up more on society's fringes. It takes all types to make society go around. Most big technological leaps were often made by the autists. In the end the majority of people if seen by a psychologist would probably suffer from some personality disorder of one sort or the other. lol

It's easy to get mad and blame people in charge for your problems. Jews have a lot of power in the west. They tend to be responsible with their money and teach their children the same which will naturally cause this. If you invest and build generational wealth you will be orders of magnitude further ahead than the average person who blows every cent of their paycheck on buying rounds in the local sports bar, restaurant, vacation, etc. Wealth tends to concentrate simply because of this effect. If you create a power vacuum and get rid of all the jews from the power structure, what fills that power vacuum probably won't be any better. Jews, for their flaws, at least tend to promote democracy most of the time. From a spiral dynamics perspective they tend to be orange to yellow compared to say Hamas, which trend towards red and blue with orange mixed in. Neither side is perfect, but human beings are another animal species, battling our animal nature. There is no right or wrong to it... it just is. People can assign blame to the conflict based on whatever propaganda they believe. I'm largely neutral. I admit, I used to be a right wing anti zionist in my early 20's. It's easy at that age to fall into emotional echo chambers attempting to assign blame to some problem in society. I succumbed to the internet propaganda that was around the early days of the net spread by the "David Duke" crowd that were on internet forums at that time. Subsequent learning allowed maturation. The whole story around the 1948 creation of Israel is a fascinating tale that starts with the British Balfour Declaration. The right wing anti zionists used much of the same rationale as some on the extreme left are using.. that these jews are immigrants who stole that land, like we stole it from the indians and they should give it back. Sorry, but that's not how it works. They say that jews are parasites that use the banks to take over host nation's cultures and decay them and their moral values by socially liberalizing the society. More like they make the society more tolerant of difference. Much of this social liberalization was driven by capitalism anyways, this drive to get people to be more individualistic through buying items that make them stand out from others and "express themselves." ... see the BBC documentary "Century of the Self" Better to raise the spiral dynamics of red and blue cultures over time than make some ancient claim to a piece of land and then claim these people should be expelled. That will get us nowhere. In the end every piece of land that humans set foot on has been invaded again and again over the last 100,000 years. There is no "ancient claim" to some piece of land. That's all a story people tell themselves. Land belongs to whoever can take and defend it in the end. Those are the laws of nature. That said, we should work on peace, and not this screaming "victim" and then getting "revenge" but we will do what we are programmed to do. I always say politics is a horseshoe... those in the extreme ends have more in common than anyone in the middle. If you actually really study national socialism under Hitler, I mean read books about it, it was a mixture of right and left ideologies merged into one. It's easy to use hate to justify authoritarian style governance and "disappearing" of people who end up being the target of whatever the current propaganda of the people in charge is. It's part of our nature. I'm going to call out both sides when I see it, but while working on my own peace of mind at the same time and realize that much of this is outside my control, so no reason to get really upset about it. It's largely genetic software doing what it's programmed to do. TLDR: It's easy to get mad at the rich person for being rich and want to take their money and power. It's easy to get upset at those in charge and say things "should" be done differently. It's easy as a human to get caught in echo chambers and swallowed up by propaganda and narratives. Question EVERYTHING, even when you think you are being given all the facts and don't have a bias. Everyone has bias. Accept what is outside your control. If you get upset about it, by spinning narratives in your head through your thoughts, it will consume you.