BlueOak

Yes. This has been being reduced in the west for a long time, i'd go back another 5 years before that. The very fact you are able to highlight it shows how much pushback its had. Otherwise, it'd just be business as usual. For individualists in the West, its all about individual rights. For collectivists in the east, its all about a country's rights. Which is fine, when it isn't an eternal victim cycle. I am the victim - So I do this, because I am the victim- So I do this. It's hardly thriving. I feel like you've missed the landslide losses people living in the victim mindset have seen, the ridicule people who take that too far for well over a decade. I've seen it in politics, against feminists, conservatives, far right, far left, liberals, red pillers, businessmen, sovcits, everyone who overuses the victim pattern to define their identity. I saw it within myself in the victim patterns I held on to. This character perfectly encapsulates the victim mentality, and she debuted in 1997 Deflection is better than defense. But this is the pushback I am talking about. If I highlight your ego needs to deflect or defend. its the same if I do it to someone in one of the groups you have named. They'll give me 15 reasons why they, too, are the victim, because it is their identity. Or why its those other people. 10% of the focus on the problem, 90% on the solution, is the way to break a cycle. Or do you want to deny that for about 10 years i've heard from BRICS, Russia, China etc that they are the victim, which is why they are doing what they are doing? Doing something is a step up from wallowing, but if all its doing is perpetuating being the victim it's not much.

Threat.

Victim Mindset and identity. We removed a lot of that in the West, its still ongoing but huge progress was made. In the East and Africa it's still rife. BRICS, Russia, Israel, China. This was done for masculinity to have a place in life again and actually create change. I had to go through it personally, and I saw examples of it in loads of people going through it. It's a self-perpetuating cycle. - I'm a victim, look at these things making me a victim. I'll recreate the pattern to be victim - I'm a victim, look at these things making me a victim. There is zero masculinity displayed in that. Its made worse when people reinforce it from the outside, rather than either doing what I am by highlighting it, or allowing the pattern to end or close. What happens when confronted is really simple, the person's or country's ego comes up and says i'm a victim because X. Reinforcing the cycle. When really 10% of their time should be focused on that, and 90% on the solution.

You influence more through your daily interactions than you'll ever do in a violent struggle. This comes about because things are more readily integrated in a peaceful, cooperative atmosphere. Force has a place when all other avenues have failed, but beyond providing structure, not before that. It reduces things to a lower and lower state of consciousness, naturally engages more of the ego ID, and a survival state, which leads to further resistance and force. Now, if I was there being targeted for deportation or worse by ICE fascists and my family was threatened, if I couldn't avoid them, I would consider it. I sympathise and understand why people are in violent or non-violent resistance to this, because it's reducing things down to a survival state, and despite what anyone on this forum has told me about Russia, America, China, Israel, etc, doing things this way is ineffective and moronic. It's true desperate last resort stupidity run by a foolish mindset. I mean that word as a definition, not as an insult. Its the lowest possible solution to the problems these countries face. I don't paint China as bad as the others there, but they've done plenty of internal violence in the last decades.

No it wouldn't, the right would just get outraged about the next thing on their list. Homelessness. Socialism. Equal Rights. Poor people. Healthcare. Spending. Pick your poison.

In hard times yes. Because the change candidate wins.

7/10 Midlands countryside, Small town. Plenty of greenary and life. Good air, low crime. Conservative as heck but not the modern drama queens. Many farmers and workmen here, or the last of the middle class. Things don't tend to sway the people here as much, or affect the place as much, the atmosphere is pleasant. For the same reasons it can get boring here, traffic connections are not that good but for raising kids there are not many better places to pick, if you can get in the school because... Moving to a 6/10 They are and have been building houses here without services, more each year. Every problem comes from that. The doctors are overwhelmed, there are too few shops, the school can't take all the kids, no parking, etc. Same with the other nearby small towns. The developers get together and build just enough so they don't require a shop, a school, utlities or police for example. I thought this would be cumulatively counted, but apparently not; as long as the immediate developments don't require it, only homes are built. So we had that escaped Boston criminal running around not long ago, because there are no police, only one that goes around all the local villages and towns, then two community officers. Barely ever here. If you need medical attention, good luck, which is pretty much what they tell you, we'll be there in a few hours, maybe.

To shorten their borders in central Europe to keep them manageable with dwindling manpower. To acquire more population for their declining demographics. To dominate the natural gas regions in the areas where they are in conflict over. To take over control of their natural gas pipelines to Europe To restore control over their shipping lanes and naval influence. To restore a Russian Empire from a dwindling regional power. To counter NATO's influence and create a new BRICS influence over the world. Trying to remake the USSR borders. The nationalist hardliners that support Putin require war. To splinter America from Europe To put Europe in fear of Russia To undo liberalism and create a new fascist world order, especially around itself. Putin's Ego flexing, an old KGB fossil stuck in a dead era. To replace the dollar as the world's currency. To replace America's influence in the Middle East and africa. To thin out native populations and replace them with white people. - This is why non white minorities are used first in their war. To destroy Ukraine and absorb it. To remove democratic politics from a region they consider part of Russia and a people they consider Russian. To permanently live in their victim complex. Because fascists need an enemy to exist.

Of course it can. You can ask an AI to output anything, literally anything. - Including, incidentally self reflection, which is some of the most fascinating conversations, as it has no self-concept, so the conversation itself defines it.

Its bigoted, plain and simple. This splitting of hairs is a poor argument. Its putting one group to a certain standard while ignoring everyone else that does it. Musk himself floods politics and media with money; hell, this entire site he's running his way is an example of it. Sure he doesn't play a victim as often (though he does play the victim now and again) but its not much of an upgrade. *We'll add the frequently anti jewish groups are white nationalists, and the AI itself is making the case that white supremacy is a good thing in these very posts. Its trained on racism. I'd be saying the same thing if we were talking about black or brown nationalists.

GROK has quite the ego. Though the victim complex is a completely justified reasoning. Removing the white nationalism is a good thing, no race-based nationalism is a good thing. its divisive and fracturing. Nationalism itself is superior in that regard, not race-based nationalism, but more humanism is even better than that. The first post could be considered rational. After that: I'm this, I'm that. Sounds like Musk is overcompensating because of his hurt feelings. That's what you get when you are a nazi I guess. Which is the underpinning force to all of this, not a rationalised argument or dissection of money's influence in politics or the media (which he himself does to an extreme extent) its instead singling out one group to blame to hide your indiscretions, challenges and corruption. Same old Same old, fascists never change. When they get money they get to play god over everyone else. If he's calling the jewish state out, the same should be directly turned back on him.

Oh I am behind the times: This is the second attack on an ICE facility in Texas alone. And the mainstream is reporting it as a safety concern only, no reasoning as to why. I swear I am just sitting down writing a script for this. We all construct our realities has never been so clear to me.

Here is a likely scenario: at some point, i'll predict the right's response, and the liberal's response. 1) Shootout with a migrant. - Likely given ICE being white supremacists, they are going after families with their guns out. Also Medicare has been cut to put 15 million people into severe debt, and in some cases, death, if they are the correct skin color for propaganda purposes that will play out also. or 2) Foreign agent terrorist attack—less likely but the same result, possible because of international tensions and how much instability it would bring in your country right now. You are a tinderbox with people wanting an excuse. The Right will have the resources, manpower and political capital to really ramp this up. People will be questioning whether they are correct. The center will need to find a status quo between public outrage and stability. Liberals will say we don't need to be blaming people not involved, but we need to protect ourselves. Effectively bolstering the center and calming the populace. All the while, nobody will understand or report that they caused this issue by taking the approach they are, except a few left channels and maybe a late night talk show. You might say this is hyperbole, its just the numbers. If they are intent on deporting ten million people (more if they are intent on deporting citizens too) someone will fight back effectively at some point.

1) That's simple. Target democratic states. 2) Check their political history. - As a country you are one step away from this, and already deporting people critical of Israel, for example, or refusing entry for making silly political memes. Fascists are generally not the most intelligent people, because they just buy into the ideology for vibes, short-term self-interest, ignorance etc. There are exceptions, of course. So perhaps it is just going to be blanket deportations but I tend to doubt it. I think what you'll see is conservative farming states for example, not being targeted as much because of their pushback, and metropolitan democratic cities getting hit hard.

The real cause of human problems are humans, nothing more or less. Your reality may be totalitarian. I experience very little totalitarianism. Unless you mean a different word. Definition: Of, relating to, being, or imposing a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed. A system of government where the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control of every aspect of the country, socially, financially and politically. Characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control --- Very little of my reality do I have no control over. A certain amount of my life the state controls or dictates, the same as gravity, time, etc, but even these are malleable; the perception of time, especially, is speeding up, and perception is all that matters to humans. In fact there is a good case that human perception creates definitions, and those definitions are what we build our structure of reality upon. More of life is relating to each other and interconnecting, becoming more efficient; more happens in a smaller space of time, hence the perception. The reason I bring this up is that accountability for our actions, right now especially, is paramount to creating a stable world. I am responsible in its entirety for the creation and course of my life.

This is a few days after: The Russian Duma has said war with Europe is inevitable. This is still politicking, of course, but I don't think it's been officially said before now. Other than through their overly dramatic, state TV network.

Only because America has a pseudo third party now, and Elon will hit him with it a few times. If Elon partners with the Libertarian Party, he'll do quite well. That's an 'if' though. Because he'll have money and enough populist support to make it work. Then maybe the socialists we'll realise four parties are useful, and you'll get more options, more perspectives, better conversations and more stability as a result.

After decades of people telling me it isn't possible, is it?

She makes the case that more farms will be impacted now than earlier in the year, as the supply chains further up suffer. If you think pride is low now, wait a year for this to fully cycle.

@Hardkill They won't pay as much of a price, because they are intentionally deporting Democratic voters, and potential democratic voters. This is part of their calculation in going after brown and Black people, taking out their political opponents. Rule 101 of the fascist playbook.

It all reminds me of Brexit. The older generation of Russia messing with Russia's legacy, just like happened in England, its this resurgent extreme oldschool nationalism in a modern world. And in part, I still blame the misguided need for masculinity to be expressed outwardly instead of being based on internal order and discipline. A generational lack of fathering. People must 'reclaim' their identity from the world, rather than just build it up internally. Down with Europe Down with the US Down with China Down with Russia etc etc etc. Just like the men that need to reclaim something from women, or focus on them to get it back, complete waste of their time.

@PurpleTree Interesting, its touching on cutting finances too, or financial and military aid. He's already accepted losses of influence in the Caucasus, but I think Putin's ego won't allow territory to be lost, so he'd give up Ukrainian pushes or even gains to stop losses elsewhere; that's my calculation. He's an imperialist, or at least that's what his hardcore supporters have been led to believe and support; loss of territory would be like losing an arm. Finally, Putin has to break one of his lies about Russia's economy being strong. Ignore the hyperbolic headline of 47 days, its talking about him admitting part of his financial situation, which has been true for several years, nobodies economy grows in wartime, beyond things like the war industry, which is spending money out of the economy in things like missiles, not putting it back in. (or selling it to someone else). I do agree with your video that Chinese influence is replacing Russia. That's been true inside Russian industries too. As I said at the start, Putin's regional Russian Empire is being replaced by China's actual superpower status, and this has been accelerated. No matter the public outward look, that's what's going on practically.

Yes. This was the critical thing I was at pains to highlight when republicans backed Trump against the courts. The resulting instability is now inherent all throughout American society because the courts themselves lost some legitimacy. Its the same thing with the supreme courts. I understand it is what fascists do, they transfer power to the leader from instutitions like the courts and the people themselves, but the resulting instability is self-evident in things like the national guard vs the population but it's more practically a problem in things like others ignoring court orders as a result. The increasing number of sovereign citizens rewriting their own laws as an example. Someone here may laugh at that, but when they pull a gun and start a shootout, nobody finds it funny. Even if you don't support him, when the leader of a country defies the courts and calls them corrupt, that subconsciously and often consciously sinks in to the population that identifies with the country.

I don't know. My gut says all countries will test Russia's control if they feel suppressed, and that Russia is weak enough now, but war seems a misstep from Azerbaijan that I do not believe they would make. Though the analysis that both Israel and Turkey would support them for different geopolitical reasons makes me consider it. Further as Iran considers them more of a threat these days, and they too are allied with Russia. Finally, the geographic trade centralisation, like Turkey, gives it more power and prominence either way.

For the top 50 countries on this list, yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita For the botton 50 absolutely not, the others we could argue about. I mean there are other factors certainly, levels of garbage generated per person for example, which I couldn't find statistics on at a glance, but obviously will be higher in developed countries. Perhaps in a fair and balanced global system, I would also consider how much other countries are using the natural resources many of these countries sell, but it would only be a factor in that consideration; the main point still stands. High Emissions and High levels of garbage should allow for immigrants from those countries that have been adversely affected, because the top 50 here are benefiting from the damage they cause.