Apparition of Jack

Blue mistaking Orange for Red:

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/09/politics/bob-woodward-rage-book-trump-coronavirus/index.html This is huge. This is honestly the most damning thing against him, even more so than the Mueller report. How this will affect the election I don’t know. But I can’t imagine it’ll be blown aside like everything else so far.

@No Self Nice post

@Dany Balan Your countries problems in my understanding come from the fact that Romania was a stalinist dictatorship for 45 years, which left it technologically and socially backwards compared to Western Europe. I imagine your country is struggling with a lot of unhealthy Red and Blue, which means it'll need to integrate those stages before moving up to Orange and Green. How can it do this? I don't know. Being a Tier 2 spiral wizard would help find solutions. Maybe look for key growth industries that can be used to provide needed income to your country and encourage long-term sustainable development. Also corruption is a huge problem. You'll have to get rid of corruption in your politics and business before your society can progress.

It's to do with Spiral Dynamics. Leo has a full series of videos explaining what it is and how it works if you want to get a very good overview of it. Also if you want to read about it check out the book Spiral Dynamics by Christopher Cowan and Don Beck. It's a great model.

I would say Vaush is at strong Green with some small hints on Yellow, but still has too much toxic Orange and Tier 1 thinking about “us” vs “them.” I do think he’s at a high enough development though that given enough time, life experience and good arguments he could be pushed to Tier 2 thinking.

@Leo Gura My question is, just how did they get here? What sort of technology are they using that allows them to presumably travel between solar systems in relatively short time? From what I understand time dilation makes faster-than-light travel almost an impossibility using current models of physics, so whatever it is the'yre using has to be some real futuristic mind-bending stuff. Even using future human technology it would still take us like 400 years to get to our next nearest solar system, what do they know that would let them do it in a few months or weeks?

This actually brought a tear to my eye

Lol, you’re deluded friend. Trump is a useful idiot for Putin. By supporting Trump you’re doing Putin’s work.

@Annoynymous Joe has already said he’ll likely be a one term president, so it’s very likely it’ll be Kamala running. What’ll be interesting is who she chooses to be VP if it does end up being her.

Sam Seder 2024?

Be careful not to project your own gaps in understanding onto others.

Stage Orange devilry at its highest I feel really bad for the generation growing up who’ve been exposed to this BS their whole lives. I hope by the time they’re adults they make moves to end these practices because they know first-hand how damaging they can be.

Nice, I wish them luck

Lmao Just go out and get a hot witch girlfriend already man

Damn, that's fucking fantastic The political shift is real. I fully expect to see healthy Yellow and Turquoise wisdom start influencing our politics within our lifetimes.

Honestly, they probably feel the same way deep down, hence why they vote for him...

I don't know, I think with the right words a lot of people could be convinced to support Green, especially the late Orange types in big cities, suburbs, artsy towns, etc. Of course it won't be everyone, there'll be a lot of Blue/low Orange resistance, but people are genuinely starting to question excess capitalism / materialism etc.

That’s where the fun begins

@Raze That isn’t stage red, that’s just unhealthy green. Stage red would be beating this guy up for saying that; unhealthy green would be getting him fired. It’s still unhealthy behaviour, but not nearly on the level of red.

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/02/908773287/biden-democrats-shatter-fundraising-record-with-364-5-million-in-august?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr This is crazy. The previous record was set by Obama, at around $190 million. And yes, a lot of this money came from corporate donors, but around half of it came from small-scale donations, which is still huge. Now, this doesn't necessarily mean Biden will defeat Trump easily, Hillary raised more money than Trump and ended up losing to him. But it does mean there's more momentum on the Biden campaign than it might first appear. Biden can win. It's not a certainty, and in fact we have to treat a Trump victory like an absolute certainty and then work against that, but there's still cause for hope.

@Leo Gura Honestly, I’m not sure how successful Cyberpunk is going to be. It’s been in development for a looong time now which from what I can tell isn’t usually a sign of high quality final product, plus the gameplay we have seen seems kinda shallow and dated. I get the feeling this could be another Watchdogs in the making, which would mean they’re already engaged in Stage Orange devilry through deceptive advertising

Don't underestimate the French drive to maintain some semblance of global relevancy. They've basically subjugated much of French-speaking Africa under debt slavery just so they can say they have some degree of cultural and political influence around the world, the same way the Americans or Brits do, lol. I imagine that when Macron heard the news that a former colony was in dire straights, the opportunity to try and make it seem like France has international clout by assisting them was all too appealing to the President.

I’m not sure I follow, this is obvious isn’t it? If you’re wondering where the terms left-wing and right-wing come from, they come from the French Revolution, when people in favour of the Republic, liberalism and the workers sat on the left side of parliament, whereas people in favour of the Monarchy (or a more conservative Republic), tradition and the wealthy sat on the right side of parliament. But to answer your question, there have always been liberal-minded people and conservative-minded people throughout history. Of course it’s more complex than that simple spectrum but differences in political worldview are as old as civilisation itself.

@Forestluv Yes, if he gets in we'll have to work to make sure things like privately-funded campaigns aren't a thing in the future. My point was mostly that Biden's campaign - at least on the current terms of US presidential campaigns, which involve a lot of money - isn't as weak as it may seem. There's a lot of "silent" support for him I feel from middle class people, businesses, etc. that just don't make the news or social media because it's not so clickbaity. And this is good in the short-term because it means that Trump's fascism will have a harder time winning re-election. But you're right. Campaign finance reform is hugely needed. Incidentally Biden's campaign is actually making that a part of their policy (https://joebiden.com/governmentreform/) but I imagine we'd need a lot of progressive energy in order to actually make that a reality.