BlueOak

If it decriminlized supply in a single area. Of course it will. But I am not arguing that: You are trying to rationalise an irrational state and apply fear to it. I’ve seen, met and heard of many people from that life. All my personal experience gave me was experience and focus. There is no amount of fear that will work against a long time heroin user. No amount of loss. Prison doesn’t either, as drugs are rife in prison If you catch them early enough, maybe. I did meet a friend of his who got out of it early and heard about others. I couldn't tell you what the breaking point is, the bottom for a long-time user, I don't think there is one. Its just random luck and random variables. In this small village there was recently a chain of events, overdose – relapse/suicide – murder - suicide, that left four people dead. It's like a constant wound in that person; it doesn’t go away. You can rationalise the supply and production being criminalised, the sale, because that’s a business and it's one that is responsible for a great deal of misery and suffering for money. What you are trying to put fear over is the method someone has chosen to avoid their own personal trauma a lot of the time. Which is essentially a small childish part of themselves. So tell me does locking that up help society? That's the only point to argue at the end of it. If they are not stealing to support it: You might as well lock me up for comfort eating and disappearing into fantasy worlds. My brother just chose a much more difficult painful path to deal with things, and ultimately we both ended up in similar places in life. - Though I would argue, we are different people as a result of me dealing with my past and him avoiding it.

Alright Leo. Having had a brother grow up taking opioids for 20 years, fear did nothing. You have no idea what you are talking about, because heroin > everything. Once you start taking it you could threaten to do anything to that user. I've seen him beaten with bats, steal from his parents, do anything in response. Criminilizing someone doing heroin does absolutely nothing other than reduce (and also increase) petty crime, because its rife in prisons. It reduces it because you take the cause of the crime off the streets. It increases it because that user is doing crime to support his habit, instead of being able to come out and seek help without fear of being locked up. It also increases it because locking someone up puts them around criminals. Targeting the user is backwards. Be tough on drugs, i'm all for it, but its like kicking an injured man or woman in the shins. I'm not saying put drugs on sale or make them easier to get. I keep saying make them incredibly difficult to get, and even weaponise the addicts against dealers on mass.

In recent times white supremacy certainly was inflated.. They just had the money and military dominance recently When it comes to racism and an ego that puts their skin colour or culture above others. Humans are humans the world over. Here's Chat GPT's bullet point take of non white supremacy, i.e powers that were powerful enough to project their will over others, relatively recently. 1, Chinese Supremacy Han Chauvinism / Sinocentrism – The idea that Han Chinese culture is the center of civilization and superior to others. This influenced policies toward Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongols, and other minorities. Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) – Ethnic minorities were targeted to assimilate into Han culture. Uyghurs and Tibetans faced suppression of language and religion. Modern Example – Beijing’s policies in Xinjiang (mass detention of Uyghurs) and Tibet reflect ethnic-Han supremacy. 2. Japanese Imperial Supremacy Empire of Japan (early–mid 20th century) – Promoted the ideology of Yamato superiority, claiming Japanese were racially and culturally superior to other Asians. Examples: Colonization of Korea and Taiwan with policies of forced assimilation. Atrocities such as the Nanjing Massacre (1937) were fueled by beliefs of Japanese superiority over Chinese. 3. Arab/Islamic Supremacy Arabization Policies – In North Africa (Sudan, Mauritania, Algeria), Arab elites imposed language and identity on non-Arab peoples (e.g., Berbers, Nubians, Black Africans). Darfur Conflict (2003–present) – Arab militias (Janjaweed) targeted Black African groups in Sudan with genocidal violence. Mauritania – Enslavement of Black Africans by Arab/Moor elites persisted into the 21st century, rooted in a supremacist hierarchy. 4. Russian Supremacy Russian Imperial Movement – A far-right ultranationalist group promoting ethnic Russian superiority. Soviet & Post-Soviet Russification – Ethnic minorities (Chechens, Tatars, Georgians, etc.) were pressured to adopt Russian language and identity. Chechen Wars (1990s–2000s) – Moscow portrayed Chechens as “less civilized,” reinforcing a supremacist attitude. 5. Hindu Supremacy (India) Hindutva Ideology (20th century–present) – Promotes Hindu identity as superior to Muslims, Christians, and lower castes. Examples: Anti-Muslim riots (Gujarat 2002). Ongoing campaigns against Christian and Muslim minorities in India. 6. African Supremacy Movements Hutu Power in Rwanda (1994) – Ethnic Hutu extremists promoted Hutu supremacy over Tutsis, leading to genocide (800,000 killed in 100 days). Nigeria’s Boko Haram & Fulani Militias – Use Islamic supremacist rhetoric to dominate other religious and ethnic groups. 7. Other Examples Turkey – Kemalist and later Turkish nationalist policies suppressed Kurds, Armenians, and Greeks (“Turkification”). Myanmar (Burma) – Buddhist/Bamar supremacist ideology has fueled persecution of Rohingya Muslims (genocide, 2016–present). Sri Lanka – Sinhala Buddhist nationalism marginalized and oppressed Tamils (leading to civil war).

Racism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_the_Arab_world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_Russia ---- Supremacy: (Russia) https://www.e-ir.info/2024/11/01/russias-status-as-a-colonial-power/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Imperial_Movement (China) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_imperialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinocentrism To do Arab's i'd need to tackle religion, and I neither want to or have the time to tonight. Sadly, this is not confined to one area on earth. Though I do agree white supremacy is having an upswing, largely due to the alignment with eastern powers, but also gender role realignment and elements of Fascism taking hold (Heroic masculinity for example). I blame a lot of people for this, I've said it before, in no small part the spiritual teachers who ushered it in.

Because nobody's pro-life. They are pro birth. Nobody in these arguments considers the child or mother after the event. Which is, you know, the next 60+ years of their and the child's life. Good arguments can be made for pro birth, the birthrate falling for one, and not being able to carry the older generations in the workforce, faith, morality, family values, and responsibility etc. Good arguments can be made against, drugs, lack of foster care, crime, abuse, rape etc. But people argue about: an unconscious yet to be born fetus vs a woman's individual rights to make a choice: Both sides are devoid of arguing any other responsibilities social or personal. Both sides of it drive me nuts.

Only in as much as China, Russia and now America influence Europe. Which is not slight but nor absolute. They'd have to be able to step outside of their own perspective to adjust their strategy here, which so far I've seen no indication they are able to. With America, it's easy. Just yell about freedom a bit, bribe the politicians, yell the word change every so often and bingo, you've got your guy/influence in power. I'm not going to lay out why Euorpe is different, I'll leave that entire process up to BRICS from start to finish, if they want to claw out democracy here they'll need to do so the hard way, and probably change themselves in the attempt.

It's a tricky definition as it depends on intent. If the intent is merely disparagement or derogatory, then its unhelpful, inflammatory and causes problems. If the intent is constructive or to highlight an issue, then it could be argued to be useful, de-escalatory and fix problems. If I say Russian's drink their problems away. I'd be better wording it as: The Russian people have a tendency to turn to vodka because they feel suppressed socially and politically, with no real outlet for their problems to be expressed. The Vodka acts as a both a symptom and a further cause of this suppression of their emotional state. Something English people, and to a certain extent men in general experience, stiff upper-lip is the english expression etc. If I were to say Russians, the English or men have a problem. It's even less clear whether I am being derogatory or just bigoted for the sake of being bigoted. But of course, we don't always have time to word things in long sentences in conversations either, so we standardise communication. There is something wrong with you arab people. There is SOMETHING WRONG with you white people. This to me, is a bad example of it. As anyone in ego identification with their skin color or culture is going to respond negatively. *Also for the record, for the wider population who don't meditate or have healthier outlets, a certain amount of drink could be argued to be socially useful and bonding. Because what have we replaced the pubs with in England, nothing much social or healthy that's for sure.

Wow. I'm on at least four of those lists from a neutral perspective, if its Trumps perspective i'm on most of them. If Trump's deciding what Traditional American morality is - I assume almost the whole planet would be on the list for that one. How many sexual assault and corruption cases has he had, i've lost count. *Hold on, isn't trump himself on this list then? He's also tried to overthrow the government. Huh. Just when I think America can't go more authoritarian and capitalist, it suprises me, Kudos.

Your morality is also dwarfed by a greater Leo consciousness. Let's say 10 years from now. It doesn't mean their, your or my morals don't exist. *I wouldn't even say dwarfed as it makes no sense to me but it fits the context. Its just a different set of principles.

Still a necessary war against the Axis powers of Iran, Russia, China etc, just executed with such a ham-fisted authoritarian approach, I don't think they could have done it any worse PR wise. It is like Israel has gone out of their way to make itself appear the evil villain here. I couldn't have written a script where they did a better job. A bit like Russia hitting civilians every week, only worse if that's at all possible, which apparently it is. What a world we live in. People ask me why the 90s were better. At this point I don't answer them.

As a big deal was made of the propaganda push last month here is what is left of the suicidal charge in three encirclements. As I said at the time, it was propaganda for Trump, its not how Russia fight and yet everyone bought into it. I think there are about 1,000 men or so total in those 3 encirclements left cut off. The third is an encirclement by drones. Something to understand about how war is fought now, is drones create a barrier, and this barrier is getting bigger as drone technology grows. Its the same across the Korean border, they create their own buffer zone, and could potentially freeze the conflict, or all conflicts eventually for many years, or escalate them with a long reach and little defense against it.

As most people are not aware of how many drone incursions are going into NATO from Russia: When NATO finally decides enough is enough and finally starts sinking the ships doing this or shooting down planes we'll all know why. Russias gas situation is critical now. Ukraine is doing an excellent job of crippling this. If some countries won't stop buying it they are just imposing their own sanctions.

One greater truth I have had to come to terms with is: Might decides. Force is paramount to decision-making and thus consciousness. While I always accepted this, I never integrated it fully and made it a part of who I was. This is universally true across the planet, and no matter if we want to say we'd not like this, or its more evolved/enlightened/integrated to be otherwise, it's simply the case. That force doesn't have to be physical, although it is most easily demonstrated to be. I feel spiritual communities, by their nature, resist this, and this is in part why the feminine aspect of consciousness has been the dominant one in society for so long. With many corrections, we overcorrect, something I loathe about consciousness or humanity in general, that rather than take measured steps, we are forced into large overcorrections, with large fallouts, and then we walk that back to a balance.

Tell you what is odd. For decades the Americans built up this image of the FBI being a flawless, clean, trusthworthy organisation through its media, so much so we overseas believed it, it did a good job of painting America in the light of being on the side of Truth, Justice etc. And now in just a few years, I think they are a joke and wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them

Criminals were pardoned and rewarded in Russia. Both from the jails but also those who committed these kinds of acts. If American troops do it and its found out, they go to jail and are shamed. Men can behave like animals in war if pushed; that's why there is an officer corps to enforce discipline. The Russian military is an undisciplined farce and their government no better than an international mafia regime.

We can surmise many things in different forms depending on intent. My intent here was to highlight an aspect of life that is still largely unconscious and coming out only in the shadow behaviours of individuals on a mass scale. I could say this is a thought in my mind, I could say its all energy. What I can say with certainty is that decisions usually require more than just a single physical action to have any consequence. The only decisions that (sometimes) don't require force are to stop doing something. I can say this with experience because I have made thousands of decisions that went nowhere whatsoever, that I put insufficient force behind, or worse didn't adequately consider the forces that were structuring or resisting the decision I was making. Something everyone is guilty of time to time, and in part because of the ignorance of the principle I am describing. While you can build every door you enter through, most of the time we are not doing this and even if we are, it is within a greater structure. We live in a world that has many structures and forms that we interact with and decide upon daily. So the experience of decision-making not only requires force but is structured within it. All this is critical because, without it being known and accepted, it remains expressed (or inverted) in people's shadow or unconscious behaviours. I can highlight this in red pill communities, far-right groups, sovereign citizens, the manosphere, war etc. Both in some of their interactions but also in their reaction from others. I agree with your initial assessment on the application. I can decide now to be a spiritual guru, a businessman, or a political activist and then barely take any steps towards it. Without force, I go nowhere whatsoever; thusly to make a decision I have to understand both the force involved and required to make the decision meaningful or the right one. But it critically requires the energy to do so. and direction, as you rightly say. So i'm not going to say that wisdom isn't important. But I've had wisdom, intelligence, and good information on my side more than once and got nowhere. Force is the critical thing to get anything done. People call me intelligent but I am still broke and single lol (its actually annoying tbh). Without wisdom or intelligence, I think you can make bad choices and still achieve your decisions, taking a longer route just through grit and determination, gaining experience along the way. Its why people say just start, and that's often good advice. Whereas you can be the greatest sage in the world, but without some force somewhere assisting you, you're going to be sitting there alone getting nowhere. On your gender. We break reality down into labels for ease of reference in what is otherwise a continuous experience of events. I do treat women differently to men, until I know them better, then I treat them as I know them to be. I am a bit softer, gentler, and I am more conscious of giving their emotional reactions more space to breathe. I do this because after 40 years it has worked for me better at a surface level. While with men I am a bit firmer and more forceful which tends to have better results, again until I understand them more. There are, of course, many ways I interact universally with people, but these and other differences stand out. - For example, had you not told me to ignore gender, I would not be postulating this final paragraph to you; i'd just be giving you space to express what needed to be said. (Which is often the far better choice for a man BTW!)

I've defined force well in the post above yours. Particularly in relation to structure, decision-making and will. Though I am open to expanding the discussion if you'd like to engage more deeply. On your question, Energy is a field, the raw potential, light and vibration. Force is directional energy, energy given a target or course. Shaped into impact, without force, energy disperses; without energy, force has nothing to do, so they are distinct, and each arises the other. I will certainly honor your request and respect your profession. Men have varying amounts of the divine feminine in them also, me included, it's not a binary thing or a negative critique to embody degrees of the opposite of what I am describing here. It's just as necessary to the planet to have these energies in balance within all of us. I specifically mentioned it when you said force had never worked for you. But you work in construction, working with literal force, pressure, gravity, resistance etc. You structure force into form. That is the divine masculine principle at work, regardless of gender. The force required to form and maintain a large structure is a perfect example. It's not abstract and easily defined.

Because there is barely any leftwing extremism to speak of. You quote one group, I could give you a hundred, no joke, on the right with about 5 minutes of google. (Probably 30 seconds with Chat GPT these days) The left has been suppressed and deconstructed effectively for over 20 years now. If there was a healthy left with a structure and organisation then the world wouldn't be in the sorry state it is heading for. Also I don't know if you've ever tried to post as a communist, leftwing radical or just moderate (non liberal) socialist, just to see what happens on youtube. You'll be shadow banned inside a week, and have most of your posts deleted.

Decision for me requires: Information: Raw Material, preferably clarified. Wisdom/Experience: If possible, offering discernment. Structure: A context within which a movement can be made. A door cannot be opened or closed without a frame. A job, relationship or spiritual path requires form to be interacted with, entered or exited. This is maintained by a force of some kind. Force: An Indispensable Element. Energy, Currency, Momentum, Movement. The power to actualize what was chosen. Without that force, a decision is inert, it doesn't manifest. Intention and opportunity is nothing without enactment, be that physical, economic, emotional, social etc Efficiency, influence, and strategy are best reserved for other forums. At the core I am saying decision is a metaphysical act. It creates form and alters being, which structures conscious experience. I am directly saying force itself is misunderstood. As many communities are driven by trauma-healing (which is very healthy), but it exiles or softens the masculine principle. The ability to pierce illusion, ground, initiate action and provide structure to choice. What is allowed is usually neutered in language and thus in understanding.

Of course, and that in turn creates an opposing force, which in turn creates the duality. A better question is: How do you collapse that duality? Respectfully, and I realise how hard this is to say in the current climate, but femininity isn't forceful by design. It's precisely the opposite. This is the thread in spiritual circles or conscious communities that I am highlighting. Obviously I need to ground these thoughts more, but I understand a missing dynamic now. Universally. In everything. There is nothing that physically exists without some kind of force maintaining or creating it, and holding the structure to allow it. A decision is nothing without some kind of force backing it and structuring its existence. Let's say that force is economic, or social, or physical etc.

Yes they do. We should be at about 50,000 net migrants, as is historically sustainable, not 500,000 net. This is a position that can easily be argued on its merits and is largely accepted by much of the population. What needs to be defeated is the average, and the average in the UK says. I have no problem with migrants as long as they come to work. - That's what needs to be addressed for migration change in the UK. The working class UK acceptance of hard working people, needs to be considered below the amount of migrants coming in. Musk telling far right lunatics to go commit violence isn't the way to solve this. He should tell them to go picket parliament for the next year, or better yet, put all their funding into moderate migration candidates, who have far more chance of success than people trying to ban it outright. Because the fringes don't decide anything. Fringe positions are cumbersome to change anything. Always, always address the average, because that moves the vote.

Its odd though. Decriminalise use, with a guarantee of no time and no record if they give up their dealers. - Make this widely known. The addicts will keep coming back, and you'll keep nailing dealers. This is done to extent, but it should be a common policy, and zero time no questions asked, if they are true to their word. Criminalise Dealing - If they rat out their suppliers make a sweet deal, if they don't give them a lot of years. Same principle and somewhat practised already. Supplying and Producing - Make these sentences astronomical. Labor to pay back society, repay into the system they've drained for a few decades. These people should not leave jail for decades, more if they don't do prison labor.

The internet is cerebral; it gives voice to thought (or these days image and narcissism). Thought is fleeting, often ungrounded when it first appears. With tiktok or youtube, people say whatever is on their mind with little thought. 'They' or the concept of what they are to you, can only be seen in the pattern they keep repeating. That brings some inherent dangers, because this is for a return or profit, they tailor their responses to earn that profit, and thus we can see even more of an illusion is generated that people identify with, which wasn't grounded in reality in the first place. Industries set up around this fantasy, and they too try to ground the illusion in a reality it isn't fit for. This covers many modern-day issues. *If it wasn't for profit it might be for X, and X isn't guaranteed to be much better.

If you can step back. Are you more evolved than the part of yourself you don't like? It'd be better to ask, is this solution I am preferring to a problem better than another solution and if so, why? This negates ideology or blocking you from accessing solutions because the group (pattern in yourself) you don't like has them. In this time of increasing tension this can be increasingly difficult, as hatred comes more easily in and around force or violence. But beyond that, you'd be looking at these two pieces of yourself, and continually integrating.

And where in the violence does the talking start @Schizophonia And when have you never known me to talk about something? Its not like I don't post reams of text on subjects and talk people's ear off. Talking is not telling people to go and commit violence. That's a crime in the UK, I don't care what you think of it. And the person doing it is a terrorist. I thought the same of the Islamists doing it as I do as Musk. I thought the same of the opposing irish factions doing it as I do of Musk. I don't care what they call themselves, or what cause they wrap themselves up in.