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Relative to what this answer could be, I will call this low. But it could be deemed high in many other contexts. Conflating being at peace with enlightenment, buddhist / zen group think, lack of God-realization

Your perspective is also just an interpretation. But the difference is that my interpretation includes yours, and yours doesn't include mine.

Your understanding should also include that it’s still toxic.

Talladega Spirituality reminded me of this genius song:

1) If people are so over it, then why did the majority vote for Republicans who would love nothing more than to privatize all healthcare? 2) You can have rage at the healthcare system without making Luigi into some kind of hero Expected behavior or not, it’s still toxic. Shooting CEOs is not a solution. But people just want to see blood.

I don't know about the death penalty, but he definitely needs a strong sentencing. People have lost their mind justifying Luigi's behavior. Total toxic populism, pitchfork-wielding mob mentality.

This channel is a goldmine of these. Low: strawmannirg, framing bias, cherry-picking

Low: hypocrisy, double-standards, justification, partisanship, basic fact-denial

That's appropriate only at a certain stage in your healing. When you're just becoming aware of some devilry for the first time, you don't try to love it. You let it crush you.

It's a genuine question. Life will certainly get worse for your ordinary American citizen. But I think the answer is it's only worth leaving if you are physically endangered. Don't forget, you could move to Germany thinking you're escaping all this. And then Elon Musk shows up on a screen and supports AfD. At this point we need to fight for our democracy, not run away.

It's unclear how this all ends. Saying they are "playing with fire" doesn't cut it. More like they are playing with a nuclear bomb. War or other forms of violence may be coming soon.

A rapid-fire compilation of pre-modern low perspectives. Lots of examples of justification, self-deception, demagoguery, ignorance, toxic religiosity, superstition and more:

Level-headed critique of Musk’s libertarian nonsense:

It does in the sense that Europeans also have a bureaucratic administrative state. Right-wing groups will likely use this same line of attack, seeing how it was effective in the US.

Some places to start looking: https://www.fiftyfifty.one/ https://indivisible.org/

They are going to continue to try and undermine the independence and authority of the courts. This is an authoritarian power grab. They’re not interested in playing nice.

No it’s a separate EO. Along the same authoritarian lines, but different.

This one is maybe worse: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/18/trump-order-power-independent-agencies-00204798

It's bizarre that after all these years of fighting Russia and allying with western Europe, Trump is flipping that. Europe is woke. Europe is DEI. Europe is democracy. Europe is the deep state. It's a spiral dynamics mismatch.

It doesn't apply to the judiciary branch (e.g federal courts), the legislative branch, state law or independent entities like the Federal Reserve. I'm not some legal scholar but that's what I've gained from reading about it.

It's definitely bad, but also don't unnecessarily exaggerate. This EO only applies to legal interpretation within the executive branch. It's not "all laws everywhere", for now.

Low: manifestation group think, pseudoscience, oversimplication, new age fantasy

Your tech buddies are looking to build a corporate dictatorship. The power will be entirely centralized, with them at the top. Contemplate your devilry.

The apologetics you do for Trump are grotesque. The most serious threat to America right now is in the White House.

There is no serious, nuanced discussion to be had about these issues under the current administration. They are not honest actors. The goal right now needs to be resisting America decline into a criminal corporate autocracy.