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It's official. https://www.cnn.com/entertainment/live-news/sean-diddy-combs-sentencing-10-03-25

@Daniel Balan is officially the coolest member of this forum.

Based and NEET-pilled. But what do you mean "legally"? Do you not work or work under the table?

Also, hippie nonsense? Even ancient Egypt had central planning. We have as well have modern examples of it working, such as; (most notably) Yugoslavia, Burkina Faso, Guatemala under president Jacobo Arbenz, and Chile under president Allende.

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.76.6.661 This study shows that given equal levels of economic development, socialist countries provide a standard of living that is on par or even superior to that of capitalist countries.

Funny enough, I have two meditation retreats planned in 2025. One in November and the second in December, making that three retreats in 2025 alone. The retreat I have in December is the Satipatthana Retreat, and its more intense and longer than the other retreats. So much, that the requirements for any student to be admitted is they must have completed two Brahmavihara retreats. Below was in the email they sent me: “There is one direct path for the purification of beings, for the overcoming of sorrow and lamentation, for the disappearance of pain and distress, for the attainment of the right method, and for the realization of Nibbana. This is namely the practice of the four establishments of mindfulness.” (DN 22: Mahasatipatthana Sutta) Satipatthāna (four establishments of mindfulness), also known as Vipassanā or Insight Meditation, is the practice of establishing right mindfulness on the four aspects of body, feeling, mind, and dharma. Through this practice one understands the nature of arising and passing away, impermanence, dukkha, and non-self. Through this realization one can be liberated from distress and rebirths, and attain sainthood. These retreats, combined with a potential Actualized.org psychedelic retreat, I'm really in for a lot.

When will this happen and how do we sign up? How much does this cost?

So many celebrities, once you peak into their personal lives, are disgusting and horrifying. Trump, Epstein, Diddy… Once someone has a lot of money and fame, being an abusive pervert is almost part of the job description. But why? These people are so famous, they don’t need to resort to rape and trafficking to get laid. Yet they do it.

There was also this racist post by Trump where he depicted Rep. Jeffries in a sombrero and mustache. https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115290424560405640

Actual Trump post on Truth Social. This is the leadership we have to lead us out of this shutdown.

I liked this video because the themes of communal living and the veneration of nature spirits reminded me a lot of Leo's video on the SDi Purple value system.

God yes please. I recently did a meditation and enlightenment workshop. While it was good, I didn't get any mystical experiences from it.

So in almost every other advanced and developed democracy, they electoral system is such that the voters have an option of at least three political parties. The Israeli Knesset has 12 political parties, the Canadian Parliament has 4, the German Bundestag has 6, and the French Parliament has 20. This gives voters who house a wide variety of political thought a perspectives, a vast menu of different options to choose one so that they may vote for a party for whom they feel best represents them. This also gives them the option to vote for more niche parties when they feel that the status quo establishment parties are beginning to fail them. Are you economically on the left, but don't subscribe to more socially liberal values (BLM, LGBT, etc...) Great! There's a party for you. Or maybe you're the opposite and support socially liberal causes but want a more free market and less social services, great! Are you super left wing and oppose the existence of capitalism? Great! There's a party for you. Are you violently against migration and immigration? There's a party for you. You see how much more freedom this gives the voter? Not only that, but newer parties have a better chance of getting off the ground in European democracies. The German AfD used to be a niche fringe party, and now its the second most popular in Germany. But in America, there's only two options, and that's that. There technically are more than two parties, but people refuse to vote for them. And when they do get more popular, they only serve to thwart one of the established parties, and elect the one the voter least agrees with. Think about Ralph Nader in 2000 and how much that helped elect George Bush. But why do Americans stand for such a system? Is it because Americans are too comfortable with the established parties, or what? I really support the Green Party of the United States, and want to help them organize to help their candidate with the governorship of my home state, Maryland. But Wes Moore is too popular, even though not many people know too much about him. I feel as if people voted fore Moore because they've always voted Democratic here, that's just what they're used to as a default position, and don't bother to research the candidates.

See the post right below the OP, we had the opportunity to implement a voting system with numerous rounds, but voted against it in a referendum. Why?

There are very few examples of third parties doing well in America, but they exist. A good example of this is the Vermont Progressive Party. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_Progressive_Party

I am.

Republicans have both the House of Representatives and Senate, and yet they can't pass a budget bill. The bill to fund the government failed in the senate of all places, which is how the shutdown happened at all, where the Republicans have a comfortable lead of 53 out of 100 seats. You would expect the bill to fail in the house, where the Republican's majority is very slim, but no, it failed in the Senate. Edit: Never-mind, it turns out that according to the constitution, 60 votes are needed for a budget, not simply a majority. I was wrong and stand corrected. This is partially the Democrats fault, its both parties fault.

This problem could hypothetically be fixed with a ranked choice voting system. But in 2024, (almost) every single ballot measure to establish ranked choice voting lost. https://fairvote.org/ballot-measures/?section=_2024-ballot-measures Why!?!?! Why are we doing this to ourselves?

The founder of Turning Point USA has been shot during a political event at Utah Valley University, and is currently in the hospital in critical condition. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/live-blog/rcna230437 Edit: ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Massive NSFW warning ⚠️ ⚠️⚠️ Link below is the footage of the shot that hit him. [Graphic Violence Warning] https://files.catbox.moe/7vn2tm.mp4 Second edit: Official news, Charlie Kirk has died.

This happened at a Mormon Church, and the guy who shot Charlie Kirk came from a Mormon family. Suspicious.

Breaking News: Eric Adams has dropped out of the race.

These polls show that he's very close to 50%, sometimes at 47%.