HelluvaGuy

The honest answer is - who the hell knows? It is not impossible. But at the end of the day, people want to get along with their lives. If you sit out there worrying about war breaking out every single day, how are you going to get anything done at all? What's even the point of anything if war will just come along and crush it all to pieces? "Exciting" is a rather curious term to use. If there even will be a you to see it. Or a world which to see.

But surely you would agree that the vast majority of people simply aren't equipped to build that $100 billion dollar company, no matter how much they try. You have said it yourself that a mind like Musk's is rare. And obviously you can't have a society where everyone is a business leader. So for most folk, political activism seems like the only choice, as ineffective as it is.

One of my online friends wrote this I think he will have to wait a long time.

It's not like he has read every single book ever written.

Okay, thanks for clarifying your thoughts.

That sounds like such a counterproductive message to send - like what are these people who arrive late supposed to do then, go jump off a bridge?

I remember reading that book not that long ago and I certainly don't remember Wilber making such claims in said book. What he said is Trump is a backlash reaction TO Stage Green, not that Trump is literally stage Green. Wilber also wrote how Trump appeals to ethnocentrism (stage blue). Think of somebody like Dugin - just because the guy uses postmodernism to advocate his worldview, that does not make him stage green. He loathes everything about that stage.

The man just shared a perspective with us and there you come with this meltdown. Why are people so insistent on getting offended at every little thing Leo says? Stop making this so personal! Just lighten up - if you disagree with him, that's fine, just move on. Remove that stick from your ass and perhaps you'll discover life is far more enjoyable without it. Also, I would be mindful of those projections of yours. All available evidence suggests Leo has done a lot of socializing in his life, so he has arrived to this perspective through lots of experience. Perhaps I am biased because I am also deeply introverted so the perspective does appeal to me. I don't usually enjoy socializing, but that doesn't mean I don't ever engage in it. Sometimes, one has to bite the bullet and do things they'd rather not do. Is it impossible to find depth and great meaning from relationships? No, I don't think it is, though meeting the right type of people may prove to be a challenge. It's a complicated and paradoxical affair.

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The EU does not have the power to "nullify" elections. In regards to what happened in Romania, that was the decision of the Romanian supreme court. Even if AFD were to win (unlikely), I highly doubt any of the other parties would want to make a governing coalition with them.

I will be honest, this level of perversion and corruption we are seeing is rather shocking. It's always been bad but now, you don't even have the veneer of respectability anymore, it's all flaunted out in the open. Like, imagine what most of us were (probably) told when growing up. "Be nice, treat others with respect, work hard" etc etc. All that is just out the window now. Scam, cheat, lie, manipulate - do all that and then ye shall be successful in life. The devil knows his craft well.

Parliamentary systems don't really have term limits - the PM is in power until they lose an election, resign, or their own party loses confidence in them and they get forced/voted out. Whoever replaces Trudeau will just basically be Rishi Sunak or Kamala Harris - sacrificed in the next election.

??? That is certainly news to me. You sure about this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_Finland

But that was before Roe v Wade was struck down, so ya never know.

It's obviously your business what you do with your vote but... what's even the point of voting for a 3rd party if you know it isn't going to do anything or make a meaningful difference?