Lyubov

It's superfluous to me if Putin loves Russia or not. What an abstract notion. It's kind of a tangent. Of course he loves his country and of course he wants to keeps his regime in power. I would say his survival script is definitely intertwined with this conflict and what's more important to understand. It's impossible for him to pull out and the more he escalates and the more Ukraine is pressed the more they escalate.

Trump really is that ridiculous old man boomer who says this ridiculous shit and is so far removed from reality

To answer your question, I’m not sure. I am not entirely convinced that listening is a step towards peace when one side has made quite clear what their motives culminate in. Putin made several long speeches on the night of the invasion and has done a few interviews since then. His beliefs are there and don’t need repeating. At this point I’m not sure what else you’re expecting to hear from the Russians? He doesn’t want to seriously negotiate a peace deal, he has the upper hand and only incentives at this point to continue the war. That’s the whole point of what Zelenskyy is saying. Putin isn’t willing to discuss or say anything in good faith unless his back is against the wall and there are consequences for waging this war. I don’t know where Lex is getting “Putin is ready to negotiate” from???

The thing is I’ve listened to and deeply studied both sides and I can see through the sheer amount of deception and bullshit one side is playing into more than the other. It’s very hard to take the whole balancing stance and come to the conclusion that “both sides are equally at fault or equally bullshitting.” This is not merely a conflict over territory or power it’s a clash of worldviews. One side is compelled to stick to established rule while the other wants to regain power due to historical grievances. The events unfolding now are a direct result of this collision, fundamental principles guiding international order are being contested. It’s not just geopolitical struggle but a battle to define the rules that will shape the foreseeable future. I’m not entirely dismissive of Russians point of view but when you see this war basically culminates in “make Russia great again” you realize which side of history you should be on.

I’m still listening and Lex really believes this is an issue that needs to be talked out. There wasn’t enough talking since 2014? Shit in one hand and wish into another, which will fill up first? Lex needs to hear this. Lex just seems very naive and half baked in his ability to accept reality as it is and realize all the Trump cool aid vibes where he heard all those big promises on Joe Rogan and got all excited now have to face reality. This is not something that can just be discussed away. A concrete action plan where one will have to stand by their values will have to take place and that will require hardship and sacrifice and facing the risk of the unknown and this becoming a bigger conflict. Either you allow countries to seize neighbor territory or you don’t. I’m not even moralizing this. You either support Ukraine and make them strong or you don’t. Putin has been very clear on his belief system and what he believes and what his aims are. There is no compromising with that now. Imagine trying to compromise in a boxing match. You go for the win or get to a place where the other side can’t advance or win.

I listened to parts of the Zelensky interview and Lex is must be some idealist who has drank too much of the Trump cool aid and anti establishment’d himself into being a muppet for Putin. He talks about how dialogue must be open and it’s important to talk to Putin and whatnot and get the word out to the Russian people by tasking their side too and then Zelenskyy points out how all this effort is censored and banned in Russia You can’t even watch this interview there because YouTube is blocked. And then of course I’m sure there is someone Russian POV that wants to moan about RT not being featured on Facebook news or something and how they are being censored in the west too… Try to dialogue with someone who quite clearly made it known they don’t believe you should be a sovereign state because they see you as an existential threat if you are. How do you even find a middle ground with that? It’s one or the other.

I wouldn’t label it personally like that with your words. Deception, ego, very heavy words. But from my experience “Awakening” in a sense is just another label and using your words, a deception. Just this notion of there being an experiencer that is waking up, no you were always awake, always god. You cannot ever sleep but in some weird way you were. That’s the sort of twisting unexplainable nature of experience. Living in the unknown. That is at least the best way I can’t touch upon the ever expanding nature of being. It just keeps going.

Kinda makes sense. These center left politicians from the establishment are seen as ineffective and weak today. Make way for populism.

Double standards will always exist in reality, a world of opposites, differences and dualities. Life is inherently unfair if you focus in on the content that is unfolding. That is the beauty of difference. I don’t see that as a problem. Isn’t it such a double standard men have to pay? Men have to go to war? Men have to play a certain role to get their needs met? As do women? I have no problems holding women to a different standard when it comes to their sexuality. It is a bias and as long as it is harmonious and balanced I see no problem with that.

Lex has lost his shit though if he thinks Donald Trump and Elon Musk aren’t corrupt to the core

You see Lex this way? He seems to me to be reasonably welcoming to a diverse range of view points for better or worse. He interviewed Zelenskyy here. Maybe Kamala actively avoided these centrist-populist new wave media guys because she was bad at campaigning? I think Joe Rogan definitely has gone off the edge some but Lex hasn’t yet.

This is the thing, he lacks integrity if he was lying to them. I don’t condone lying or manipulating or playing games with people. He can have as many girlfriends as he wants but hiding it from each is wrong.

Exactly. Again, post modernism strikes again. Women complain about it cause they want him all to themselves. You can have many women if you are doing big things in this world and the crazy part is women will still come for more. They love provider and powerful men.

They had way too many territories to manage that were just so different. This was always an existential threat. They were autonomous republics. Even today Russia could still lose parts of its south like Dagestan or Chechnya. China has managed this by doing insane ethnic cleansing. The Chinese really took their population control to another level than the USSR, even though the ussr was quite repressive. China also gradually introduced a new standard of living while the ussr bankrupted itself keeping up with the Cold War. In addition Russians still had a connection to their ancestral orthodox way of life so there was that undercurrent of those elements being the true de facto culture. Russia is largely an orthodox authoritarian tsar run ethnic state that funds itself through natural resources. It’s really not that different from hundreds of years ago, only the military tech is better. Tsar culture runs deep there. Russians love their tsar. There will have to be some fundamental break in the Russian identity for this nation to be anything other than a tsar ran ethnic state that wants to expand its borders to historic territories going back hundreds of years. They consider everything up to the border of Germany and Sweden theirs.

Like 90% of straight men would do this if they had the reach, resources and social approval which gets women wet. It’s pushed into the shadows because society has sort of curbed male sexuality a bit. Many women can sit on one man’s dick but it doesn’t go the same the other way around or else it goes against nature. Just my view. 9 men 1 woman on an island = 1 baby. 9 women 1 men on an island = 9 babies.

You guys are too fucking nihilist for me sometimes. Please go outside and touch grass. Humans do not need saving. We are one, changing, unfolding and ever evolving. There is no value to gain and you are infinity valuable and whole as you are, you do not need to be let down by an old scholar who has no idea what he’s talking about. There is only one lesson to learn here and it’s following the way and returning to one. Humans will grow and evolve and make mistakes along the way. You either accept reality as it is or you don’t. It’s that simple. You accept humans learn through war or you don’t. You accept we change a little day by day and we are a bit more honest here and there. It’s not that deep.

I don’t agree with this statement. I think it’s been put out there far too long by the left. It’s difficult to measure something like this. What makes life easier or harder? If we are talking about economic mobility at a certain point in time, sure. Other than that it’s hard to keep tally on everything each person faces considering society is made up of individuals. Young white men have reported some of the highest levels of suicide and depression. I would not call that an easier life. And then the left thinks we want to vote for them after drilling and propagating this notion for decades. Times change. This is not exactly true anymore. Everyone faces challenges in different areas of life.

Exploited is perhaps a strong word. I think society is just so divided these days. Many people are just so sick with how difficult it’s gotten to survive economically and no one is united on the solution. To see yourself paying all these loans and struggling to find a job and to find out a lot of companies are looking to hire from abroad since the negotiations are more in their favor. A lot of this visa stuff wouldn’t even be an issue if the standard of living wasn’t dropping and the middle class wasn’t disappearing.

Exactly. This merit based approach was tolerable for most citizens when there was less inflation, housing shortages and income inequality. I’m entirely for a reinvestment in the USA first, especially to reign in a lot of these tech oligarchs. But the intention behind most who are against this visa is mostly racism. I think it’s a bit challenging to recognize both sides and set reasonable intentions for how this should go forward because both sides have bad actors pushing for their interests. We are fucked letting tech bros dictate immigrant policy so their can build their businesses and we are fucked if we push for America first which rednecks get their racism boner up to.

This visa is exploited by these “utopian builder” tech guys who want to hire smart Indians and Chinese to build their tech apps. This is why they sided with Trump. They can lobby him for this shit more easily than dems who do support these visas but also support unions and worker rights. In theory it’s a good visa to have, get the best of the best from all over the world, in reality it’s also used an out for these tech guys to enrich their companies at the expense of our our citizens. Invest in Americans first. These tech guys want oligarchy and will support any policy that helps them build their “legacy.”

Your mind is completely rotted by RT, you throw out all rational thought in defense of Russia, be honest with yourself. It will benefit your life.

Wouldn’t be the first time Russia shot down a civilian aircraft. Do not fly to or in these war ridden countries! Dangerous. Wonder if Russia will just blame the USA and Ukraine as usual for their mistakes.

Pretty fucking sad… damn

The only thing that can makes sex unenjoyable for me is 1. A lack of physical attraction. 2. The heart chakra is closed. Have you ever had sex with your 10/10 ex girlfriend but you have had so many fights and are breaking up and every moment of the sex feels like salt in an open wound? It hurts so much.