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His father spent $70,000 a month for powerful psychiatric drugs and then the lawyers will charge at least a million to get his son off based on an in-the-weeds analysis of how drugs can make you unstable. The psychiatric expert witnesses who have no ability to help anyone will get a nice pay day. This is how you make money off of the rich. Western civilization is not guilty by reason of insanity.

The purpose of spiral dynamics is to justify the “greatness” of Western civilization. All other civilizations are put lower on the spiral. The primary figure credited with founding Spiral Dynamics (Don Beck) expressed support for Donald Trump. What more do you need to know?

He has reportedly hired the best lawyer in town who will go for the insanity defense to get him off. All the money in the world can’t buy mental health, but it can get you a good lawyer to get you off. This is the one area where money makes a dramatic difference in a capitalistic system. The Schizophrenia diagnosis generally doesn’t work for those with less resources.

I didn’t hear him say anything I disagree with. I have seen people taking psychedelics for years without getting better or getting worse. If it works, why are there people who have taken 100 ayahuasca ceremonies? If you really process your trauma, you should feel great and quit. One thing that I think happens is that when you take psychedelics it puts stress on the nervous system which activates the ego defense mechanisms, which then activate the imagination that creates visions and fantasies precisely to protect the traumatized parts from being reached. There is too much fear. Healing needs safety. So at best, you are being retraumatized. I started a thread to address this very issue and discuss a new psychedelic psychotherapy that guides you individually. In my opinion, the group ceremonies are a waste of time, and I have yet to meet a shaman that impresses me. They don't know what they are doing.

Satya speaks seems to be oriented towards giving practical knowledge to young men. https://www.youtube.com/@Satya_Speaks

He also had substance abuse and addiction issues which would have been more amenable to treatment. Schizophrenics aren't necessarily violent. The Schizophrenia claim will be used to keep him out of prison.

The comments to the video are brutal.

Bruce Lee had a better idea. Go into the movies. Make a lot of cool moves carefully choreographed and convince everyone that you are the greatest fighter who ever existed, without ever getting hit.

What I find interesting about this case is that the son had access to the best of what the liberal scientific worldview assumes is the correct solution. His father had unimitated funds and was a celebrity. He had access to the best of the best. The cost of his most recent care was $70,000 per month. In addition to that, his father was a liberal with infinite compassion and understanding. These are all the ingredients that this culture views as the enlightened treatment. The fact that it didn’t work should make one at least ponder if the emperor has any clothes. Or is scientific materialism and the underlying culture actually empty and fake. The defenders will object “well he was diagnosed with schizophrenia”. But then again we are trapped within the system which uses its failed conclusions to defend itself. Maybe all he needed was a lashing under Sharia law, so he would get the learning that when he acted like an asshole there was something more powerful than him that would respond. One thing we can say about the current system: it’s not economically feasible when only very rich people can afford the solutions and it even fails them.

Religion is more fundamental than politics. It’s religion that sets the common values that everyone agrees with. The current religion of the West is a watered-down version of Christianity mixed with enlightenment beliefs which gives a scientific materialistic world view. Any particular politics can only move within this limited world view. For example, in the current world view it is considered acceptable that a working person not have medical insurance, and that Elon Musk can make a trillion dollars in one day. Adam Smith provided his ethical framework for capitalism in “The Theory of Moral Sentiments”. He recognized that an economic system was dependent on the underlying moral assumptions. In my opinion, the materialistic world view can never produce a sustainable politics and at some point will lead to collapse of society. Shahid Bolsen argues that Islam provides a framework that is in line with human nature ( i.e., Fitra) and thus can provide a sustainable politics and economy. It’s credible, and so far, the new age has not produced any serious alternative.

99% of politics is noise intentionally put into the social media to distract people from the real issue which is that a small powerful elite have gamed the system so that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The culture wars are entertainment meant to distract. So, indeed it is a waste of time to indulge in the latest “important thing”. The recent revelation that Chomsky was a close friend of Epstein woke me up and made me realize that the system is completely corrupt and managed from the top. Where do you find the truth? Is it even possible when it is hidden in a ton of garbage?

The central concern is “why is there suffering”? It’s not an accident that this is the First Nobel Truth of Buddhism (there is suffering) and the central motif of Christianity (Christ suffering on the Cross). Everyone has their own theory. The real answer: nobody knows.

Shahid Bolsen has made a devastating critique of Chomsky. He said Chomsky was a close friend of Epstein and wanted Epstein to arrange a meeting between him and Trump. Chomsky was always a member of the elites and not a dissident as he was portrayed. Bolsen urges people to reassess Chomsky’s propaganda in light of this new information. He starts talking about Chomsky around 10 minutes.

I don’t think it is a good idea anymore to write anything on the Internet. I never write anything I wouldn’t be willing to say to someone in person. It amazes me how many people put their real name on a facebook account. With the advent of AI, everything can be traced now, and there are real world consequences.

China seems to be doing pretty good with over a billion Chinese and has shown no interest in diversity.