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In conclusion, humans are the alpha predators of the planet, some more alpha than others, and as a collective, we suck. When we thrive, others suffer, if not other humans, than other animals. I believe the primary sin is consumption and greed.

@Hardkill That might be true, but the places where the most Asians are democratically-run states. I'm not trying to make a point about which side is better; I'm just making a point about how people feel when they are victims. My Asian friends in California and New York at least know of another Asian person getting mugged. There was an incredibly sad story about a Chinese couple driving on the highway in California, and two cars were shooting at each other. A bullet flies into a car and kills their baby. The crime wasn't directed toward Asians, but it reflects the state of California. The worst part of all this is they are thinking of giving a lesser punishment to the killers. https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/2022/12/18/da-charges-3-in-death-of-fremont-toddler-shot-in-head-on-freeway-last-year It's fair to say the government as a whole is failing the country, and as things get worse economically, it will only get worse.

@hoodrow trillson well republicans are less compassionate and support tougher laws that punish criminals. If you get your ass beat and your belongings taken from you it's easier to understand why someone would begin to lean right. Clearly the solution is a lot more complex and will take a lot of work but the reality is people don't have the patients nor the time

@Swarnim Animals killed in the name of science is tremendous, too in regards to medicine is concerned. In some cases life-saving for humans, in other cases, it's used to give a man a boner. Even if you become a vegan you can not escape this unless you decide not to take any medicine at all and completely live off the land to lower your foot print.

The number of weapons they will have on the streets post-war and the devastation to their infrastructure will take them decades to build back. The best thing that can happen to the local people is they become part of NATO and then part of the EU so that the young people can get out of their countries and work in western Europe. If that does happen, many of the local people of countries like Italy, Germany, France, and any other country in the EU will be upset when Ukrainians take their jobs away. If Ukraine doesn't become part of the EU, there isn't any way they can rebuild their country on their own; this is why Zelensky wants America to send their soldiers to fight so badly to improve the odds of aid to build their country back. Europe can hardly hold up countries like Greece and the inclusion of a new country will cause more tension socially. If these things don't happen, it's almost better to let Russia win because Ukraine will become an unstable country run by gangsters/warlords like Iraq and Afghanistan. Tactically there hasn't been a country since South Korea that the allies successfully rebuilt. Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan were all failures for those countries where the battlefield was located in. I don't think the world really knows how screwed Ukraine is in every scenario that can happen.

It's hard to determine if a protest work or not because it is easy for the opposing side to create people to cause chaos. A lot like how some assholes left piles of bricks in Southern California and New York during protests on both the left and right sides. I think with the age of the internet, not protesting in person might be a better option. How is that going to be achieved, not exactly sure, but it's clear the media does not cover protests as they are intended rather giving the public what they want them to see. Whether it's true or not this "shaman guy" is part of the government or not shows how hard it is to make a change and how easy it is for things to go the opposite as it is intended. America does not have a good history of "peaceful protest" ever. Usually violent and bloody to various degrees. If people were not so easily swayed and fooled, that shaman dude would have never gotten inside. The hundreds of other idiots were regular people that foolishly thought they can just march inside and do whatever the wanted to do.

@Leo Gura Michael Malice doesn't seem to have the right answers but he's onto something in regards to people governing themselves. I have to admit people are far from being organized but a lot can change in a decade time frame. Such as if small communities grow food and share with one another and create an alternative way of exchanging without government oversight. There are wealthy to upper middleclass neighborhoods in California that do not recieve funding at all from the government allowing them to choose which subjects and topics the kids can learn. Intelligently the ultra wealthy have figured it out such as SVB. The minute they fail the government bails them out over a weekend. REAL swift and fast. Malice has mentioned in a podcast some commentary on the right bitching and complaining why the left control tech and media. He mentioned that the right needs to do the same rather than complaining. He did mention something along the lines of them being more organized and intelligent. We can have the same train in thought to any problem. And the answer is going to be revolved around education and personal action. Something at this moment in time does feel distant in our lifetime. The masses indeed are selfish and lazy but a big part of me has to believe in tomorrow's children. A huge change in consciousness willl be required but can happen swiftly if people get desperate enough or if psychedelics become as readily available as weed.

Pfizer made an excuse if they released the patent, they would give up the technology, which can lead to the cure for any other diseases in the future, which would cost them more potential money in the future. I think that if they just open source such technology, it would create more net positive for humanity if they created a cure for cancer with mRNA technology. Part of me understands the need to protect corporate interests, but the technology was publicly funded and passed over to Pfizer. If I were in charge of healthcare, I would like to create a cap limit on how much individuals can profit from people's suffering. Bill Gates could have just said, I will talk to them and see what we can do. I don't think his motives are to make money but to protect his tribe. He's either too powerful and arrogant to listen to his PR team or they are just yes-men and don't really speak up against him to help him out. They don't make people the complete package, and I don't expect Gates to be crafty like Obama in his communication ability. Gates needs to either work on it or not appear publicly and focus on his charity. The problem is he wouldn't do that because a part of him wants to be recognized for his humanitarianism. I think it fair to say that most billionaires are wired in a way where they have an overwhelming belief that they deserve it more than everyone else. When a man has everything, the only thing left is he wants to be remembered.

He's pretty much pulling out the script of how he is against establishment and "they" are all after him. Its part of his marketing for his base in order for them to worship him as a "christ-like" figure

People love to hate CNN because their expectations are higher than something trashy like Fox. We can say the same for Gates; IF he adamantly urged Pfizer to release the patent on the vaccine after making billions on it already then people would sense he cares about doing the right thing more than making millions. He panders to wealth and power because he recognizes them as "his own". I know it's not his style to call out anyone but when I reporter asks you on national news it's easy to be a politician without being excessive instead, he quickly says strongly no to moralistic questions. lol that is a good point but I was just using an example. His popularity would increase if he was someone that is like Leonardo Dicaprio who womanizes and doesn't hide that he prefers younger women. Granted, women are more likely to jump at Dicaprio naked rather than Gates but there is a science to how people carry themselves, Gates doesn't happen to be one that knows how to do that well; that's kind of my point rather than saying he's a terrible person. Im not employing people to Bill Gates's level nor doing anything for society at scale, at the very least even if he has insidious intentions he's doing far more for people than the average person. As is any billionaire including Musk whom the left is attacking.

lol im not whining about that, I am making a point of how socially retarded he is writing an email to ask someone out leaves a digital trail. If he is as intelligent in human nature as he is in business and lobbying, he would have asked to her to have a coffee with him to discuss something related to work. Spend time getting to know them, and if he felt anything, go further. Heck, if he wanted a good fuck he would spend a few hundred thousand dollars on a party, hire a super hot escort to the party to raise his status and then girls would be more interested in him. There are so many ways for the dude to get laid in much easier ways than an awkward email from your boss. Dude could even spend money and hire Tony Robbins to coach him on how to develop himself in communicating and getting girls but Billy isn't the type to do that. They just don't build people with everything; Bill Gates has a few screws loose, is what I am trying to say. I'm not insisting he is inauthentic I am just making a point that people perceive him that way.

Interesting, what evidence do you have to derive this conclusion?

Every time Bill Gates opens his mouth, he doesn't sound authentic because he doesn't have the emotional intelligence to understand people. He's been living from the outside so much that I don't think he can communicate with his heart. This makes him hard to trust, which is why he was such a retard talking to people such as asking girls out. He was reported several times for sending weird emails asking his female employees out for dinner. I don't think he can ever fix himself because he's living in such a bubble being so rich. Even if his intentions are good he would not know how to get it out that way

The airline industry and airports are good examples of how unionization can be negative. Workers abuse power as much as bosses do.

Good looking guy. Great communicator. He's nowhere near the level of a Eckhart Tolle like figure but he has a place in the world. He's a good entry point for people in self help.

I do not have a lot of faith that he spoke to Gabor Mate. The video looks like someone just made a video to get some money because the world is fascinated with some dude that hit the sperm lottery.

The media on both sides loved Trump because they gave him ratings. He trolled the left well, and the right loved him for that. The left made it easy for him because they never authentically addressed the issues he was talking about. If they looked inside enough, admitted to them, and put the effort to change, then Trump would have lost. Instead, they felt shame and weren't brave enough to change because that change would require them to clean up their party. The democratic party would rather have Trump than Bernie Sanders or Marianne Williamson. This is why the left is losing trust; they aren't losing as much because they would rather have an "anyone but Trump" mentality. If they gave Bernie or Marianne Williamson a fair and equal platform as they did with Biden, January 6th would not have happened and if we had Marianne Williamson we probably wouldn't have funded 100++ billion to Ukraine.

These things are bound to happen because, presently in our society, the focus on materialism and the outside world is the focus. We will be lucky as a whole to see the tide shift into the inner world in the next 20-30 years. The marketing dollars being spent are designed to keep people distracted, and deep down inside, it's what people want the most, that's why it is given to them.

lol this whole jail thing can be a scam, how is he posting in jail if his lawyer doesn't have access to him????

Its entirely possible, but they still need to allow him to get medical checkups even if he is bluffing

I hope she runs; she seems to be the most authentic democrat compared to AOC, Major Pete, Biden, Hillary.

@PenguinPablo People in prison deserve to get treatment for their diseases as any living person should.

Even if they do not find any evidence, there needs to be something done to prevent leaks from happening in the future because, for humanity a possible leak can be more fatal than the issue of global warming. Nature can be cruel but man can be crueler.

You are correct on that, but since then, the democrats have been gaining ground and power because of education and tech. Before that, the right had control of energy and raw materials, which pretty much ruled most of the 1900s from the 90s; the power of the intellect has played a bigger part up until now. We also have seen exponential growth in medicine, which gives a lot of power to universities. The military-industrial has caught wind of this and has been pretty much buying the left since then. They own both sides, but the left just has more influence, so the democrats have been their focus. The bigger irony is libertarians are funding weapons companies by investing into them. The left media seems to support the Ukraine war more, and their children are probably serving in the military. The right seems to be against the Ukraine war a little more, but they will be the first to march when the military leaders tell them to.

@Blackbeat If you are talking about the Buddha as a historical figure, no one would ever know. His followers transcribed his teachings, and they were passed on thru time. This makes it highly possible that there could have been misunderstandings and mutations thru time. If you are talking about the Buddha as an embodiment of the Dhamma, then the interpretation of right or wrong with Buddha's teaching is entirely up to your own perceptions. The critique people like Leo or anyone have on Buddhism is based on what they interpret thru teachers and text