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I'm not educated enough to really know the solution, my intuition says higher/more nuanced taxation? I feel like these inequality issues are more of the result of the money cult that our society is, so it's a mentality/cultural problem more than a resource distribution one. For example when you say; I agree in principle. However I think this Libertarian attitude is incomplete and ignorant of considering the possibility that in order to even facilitate the circumstances that lead to people all having an "equality of opportunity", we will need to spread out things and shore up the "Outcomes" prior. It's counter-intuitive which is exactly why people are hesitant to do it.

+1 Extremely well put @mandyjw

There is no such thing as absolute hate. Or hate with a capital H. While love has a greater form of absolute Love. I think that's the distinction and why Leo doesn't use the phrase "infinite hate". Hope this clears things up.

Of course the government uses violence as the final resort! What other tool exists that will make people ultimately comply to laws? By asking nicely or assuming they'll just behave LOL? These same Libertarians criticize violence as if it's some universal malevolent force. Violence is neutral. What we call violence is just the result of the physical universe rearranging some atoms here or there. Whatever justifications you use that is can sometimes be justified and sometimes not is just a selfish perspective. They'll say it's perfectly moral and great to shoot someone in the head when they break into their house to rob them or rape their family, but when the government does it no matter what the case it can't be justified lol? I swear these people have never been outside of their house or ever seen what life is like in a third world country. Spend a week in the DRC as a Libertarian and you'd be fucking BEGGING for a proper democratic government to roll in with their tanks and monopoly of force. "Rules for thee, but not for me." Holy christ I can't believe I ever called myself a Libertarian a couple years ago. Forgive me father for I have sinned @Leo Gura

Peace and no more civil or wars in their proximity. Civilization and infrastructure is developed from peace and not having to spend your countries wealth on stupid shit like bombs.

Oil and protection from the most powerful military on Earth.

You may not like it, but this is what peak male handsomeness looks like. Pic of me and my girlfriend last year.

rofl @tesla Alright cheetoh dust what have you got for us. Since you love being logical and scientific so much the burden of proof is on you, the person making the claim. Show us conclusive proof of one popular known conspiracy theory being proven true to a reasonable degree. And I'll read it.

Watch out to make sure you're watching the right kind of porn videos if you want to learn @iceprincess. The overwhelming majority of porn is completely male centered. That's great if you're learning how to please the guy yourself, but realize that it's a one way street. The girls in those videos aren't under a lot of pleasure and don't orgasm. Imitating them isn't going to get you in touch with your body and your own sensitivities.

Damn that's rough mate. I'm sorry for my language but that's almost comical picturing saying you'd take 99.9% and then get a firm "NO" to the 0.1% lol.

Let's be honest which one is the real reason, because you want to dedicate all your time to your career, or because you want to sleep with different women? You could just explain to her you want more free time to yourself for work. You don't need to cut her out of your life I'm sure she'll understand and give you the space. Besides what do you think is going to happen working all the time on your career? You're going to get stressed, need to vent, and going to need support. Where do you think you're going to get that help from? Your amazing girlfriend that loves you and is already there with you every day? Or some drunk girl that leaves at 7 in the morning, or yourself when you're sitting at home alone.

This bird replaces the eggs of another birds nest with it's own, so it doesn't have to do the work of raising it's young itself. Somewhat analogous to modern relationships with single mothers.

Anyone can date and have a relationship with anyone else regardless of Myers Briggs types or Spiral Dynamics stages. Of course you should screen to some degree for basic compatibility, but don't form limiting beliefs about some crap written on the internet. Love transcends all.

I'm planning to move out there sometime (on the island around Nanaimo/Duncan area somewhere). Covid has kind of thrown a wrench in that for now though. Might have to wait another 1-2 years before it can happen. Seems like the place that resonates with me more than anything else in Canada. Very conducive for how I want to live. I'm just so sick of living in Ontario, there are a lot of nice conveniences and stuff going on here but I feel the need to be removed from it and go someone less busy and more relaxed. Can't stand winter or the extreme seasons anymore and people here are generally conservative leaning, close minded, or completely selfishness and materially driven. I just feel so out of place and have a hard time giving a fuck about all the things everyone cares about here. I've lost all my friends because of it.

Radically accept reality exactly as it is.

Is that not extremely valuable in and of itself? Why so insistent on manipulating physical reality itself?

I had ACL replacement surgery on my knee 8 years ago. I was knocked out for about 3 hours. It was the first time in my life I was "asleep without dreaming". It was exactly like how I imagine death must be, utter peace and absolute absence. It's quite a weird experience waking up having no real sense, or a foreign sense of time having passed. One frame you're counting down trying to make the nurse laugh the next frame you wake up and she won't give you any water even though you're thirsty...............

Look online for local therapists/psychologists. Most of them will be offering video call services and phone call service as always. Some of them might even still be doing in person sessions. If those are too expensive for you look up "community counselling" there are probably some free/discounted options for you. Good luck @Zec

Nice rationalization. Sneaky ego hehe! Yes, it really is. The women Leo was describing in the context he was were bombshells, "crazy hot", top 5% girls. Which common sense tells us statistically aren't going to be extremely developed spiritually or maturity wise. It's incredibly rare to find such people anyways (or be the quality person to be able to pursue them and land them). The people he was taking about wouldn't be tempted to bother pursuing such things as "enlightenment" if their life and survival has been made so convenient to them because of their looks/attractiveness. That's obvious. Therefore as that an advanced "spiritual" person you'd know having sex and messing around is basically "toying" with them, knowing full fucking well you aren't compatible for a long term relationship, and are just wasting everyone's time indulging shallow urges. That isn't to say it's an "absolute" wrong to have casual sex with good looking people, like I'm sure people will rebut. Life is a playground and there are no rules. It's just that the way "enlightenment" is marketed and the way enlightened people carry themselves (and the image they have of themselves whether they're conscious of their maintenance of it or not) within those kinds of communities is to be mature and above such childish flesh chasing. Of course they still have sex and enjoy themselves, but it's usually much more selective and with someone on the same "level" as them let's say. They demonize egoic pleasure seeking within their teachings, saying it doesn't lead to happiness. So that's why I said it's incongruous to be "enlightened" and consider oneself spiritually developed, but simotaneously be chasing "crazy hot girls". See I actually don't personally give a shit what people do or if they're hypocrites or not. Not worried about it, I just wanted to point the inconsistency for other people that might be confused about the message being sent. Instead of giving an elaboration that was honest about the context @Leo Gura responded with a smart ass comment, "So should we have sex with trolls?" So either this indicates he's lying/deluded (I don't think so, but nobody can really know anything about it), about his maturity/"enlightenment" level and rationalizes chasing what is preached about being "egoic pleasures". Or he's sending another hidden message that it doesn't really matter what you do in the end, but not being honest or explicit about this in his language. Either way we have to re-examine the marketing of what an "enlightened" person is because what he's implying takes away from the common understanding of it. Of course this could just be my flawed perception of it and obviously I think I'm right because I'm a selfish little devil who thinks that taking advantage of people is wrong, oh wait..........

Conspiracy theories can be largely dismissed because they have proven to be bullshit time and time again, and garner little meaningful public attention as a result. Let's consider for a moment that they WERE true just for the fun of it, what would people do then? Absolutely nothing, they'll just keep sitting around bitching. They are driven by hate, fear, and paranoia. Negative things that you should avoid wasting your time around, there is nothing to be gained. That's why Leo is so dismissive of them, and you should be too. You need to shed that stuff or it will weigh you down in the pursuit of the larger picture of consciousness/happiness. There is not enough time in life for both. LOL "when your rights have been taken away and you're in a totalitarian regime." Is it not perfectly obvious that nobody is in control of anything? People are more free now on average than they have ever been in human history, of course there are bad spots and exceptions, but to be focused on those is to be lost in semantics.

You're probably not as developed as you think you are. Relax cowboy and enjoy human connection in all forms!

How absolute are we talking here? This seems like it could be a trust thing that they're worried you're insecure or think you're malicious or something. Like my girlfriend tells me pretty much everything she's going to be doing, or lets me know. But I don't expect her to tell me every single time she's going out or doing whatever. She's an adult and can take care of herself, I trust her that she'll be fine and shoot me a text later or what not.

@tatsumaru You're asking that question with an internal assumption and you don't even know it! You're subconsciously implying to yourself that the point of doing things is to reach perfection, and the alternative points are less desirable. The problem is the perfection your mind is projecting out in the world and the perfection of the way things are couldn't be more two opposite things. One is utterly selfish and the other is completely selfless and indifferent. Reflect on this truth, seriously.

The same amount she expects from you. Huge red flag. It's basically neon lighting on her forehead that's saying, "I'm using you as a crutch, but you're not aloud to lean on me." Everything the women expects. They want equality, well that means exactly what the word means. If you truly love each other, then being there for each other through the hard times and good times. Anything less than that is probably a good indicator someone is just bullshitting and is trying to selfishly extract something. That's why my girlfriend and I are so damn successful relationship wise. We get it and built that foundation loud and clear early. If we don't show up for each other when it matters then what's the fucking point of being in a relationship?

Nuclear is irrelevant to talk about, because it's the end of the world. In a conventional war China would lose hilariously, they can't match the US fleet let alone rest of NATO, nor can they project power outside their borders that far or for that long, plus they are behind in technology. They are Paper Tiger, Hidden Communist. And because this is the real world and we can't fight in a vacuum it would be China vs all of NATO. These 1v1 mental masturbation talks are just immature and pointless. Also it's irrelevant anyways as well because the Chinese people don't hate the US/Westerners nearly as much as is portrayed. They are mostly just regular people like you and me, and just want to live normal, safe lives. They don't care for international politics bullshit or war. You just get fed a different message because things are twisted by the corrupt CCP and biased and untrustworthy Western news sources.