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If I'm a devil, so are you. The oppression you see China doing to its citizens was done by the US all around the world. The US backed up a military dictatorship in my country for over 20 years. He also did it in Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela, all around the middle east, and in many Asian countries. I don't disagree that China has a very strict internal hegemony system, but the US exported its tyranny all over the world. You cannot compare the Chinese influence with American influence by any standard. For the last 100 years, we consume American media, use American currency, and emulate the political model of the US. Every time a country tried to create alternatives to this system, even if it was done peacefully and democratically, the US intervened. That happened to every socially inclined president in Latin America in the last 60~70 years. Using your own words: "Destroying those who diverge from you from an ideological standpoint because diversity itself poses a threat to your absolute control is nothing but paranoid and tyrannical oppression which is extremely unevolved. The devil creates distinctions, identifies himself with a fragmented part of reality and destroys that which he deems different because of a fear for its survival. This is the epitome of unconsciousness according to universal law." I guess you didn't study world history in your high school years and then defaulted to dismiss counter-arguments to the supposed grandiosity of your empire soaked in foreign blood. The US is "the land of the free" simply because you export oppression, not because of moral superiority.

Seems like an hell of a bad trip.

The state and federal police control arms trafficking. They sell weapons to gangs — the same shit with drugs. The institutions are stage orange, commanding police corruption, and heavy drug and arms trafficking. The gangs are absolutely stuck in stage red competition with each other, killing each other left and right, which triggers regular police intervention and absolute mayhem for people living in slums. The middle and upper class enjoy every good aspect of the city and there are people living in absolute hell, the bizarre thing is that they are side by side plenty of time. You get the image below, where the largest slum in America Latina is 2 minutes away from 2 million USD by the beach penthouses

I would seek professional help. Just know that you are deeply loved by this universe. You came here to experience life and its ups and downs and are welcome to do so openly and completely. I am rooting for you and hope you find love and light by the end of this ordeal. The same love and light that composes you and every other thing that comes to your senses.

That's the best thing you can do.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gun-deaths-by-country "Gun violence in Latin America is exceptionally high, due in no small part to the prevalence of criminal gangs and a vibrant drug trafficking industry. The Inter-American Development Bank released a report highlighting several critical factors in Latin American cities that contribute to increased gun violence, including economic deprivation, residential instability, family disruption, absence from school, the population’s age structure, and alcohol consumption. Gangs are much less of an issue in the United States, yet it is second only to Brazil on the list in total gun deaths. Many people understandably assume the high number of gun deaths in the U.S. is due to mass shootings, which receive frequent attention from the media. In truth, mass shootings account for only a small percentage of gun deaths in the United States. Rather, nearly two-thirds (63%) of gun deaths in the US in 2019 were suicides." Rio de Janeiro, for example, has corrupt police, that coerces citizens from many places to pay safety fees, which protects the citizens from the police themselves and overcharging these same people for internet, gas and electric fees. On the other side, huge gangs heavily involved in drug trafficking also violently control every slum competing against each other and creating one of the most violent war on drugs in the world. And Rio de Janeiro is the 9th safest capital in the country. You have no idea what violence really is. I can understand the reaction of the Asian people in San Francisco. This happens all the time here. People have a thorough contempt for thieves, gang members, and corrupt cops from the browbeating militias. It is completely understandable to do so when you're paid a 220 USD minimum wage and some 15-year-old with a gun steals your 12-month-financed phone which you have no means to replace. And they do it for adrenalin and to smoke weed. Most of them get government assistance and can probably work a minimum-wage job too. All these problems are interlocked. Corruption and violence are bad for the economy, and a poor economy increases wage disparities and general inequality, and this increases violence and corruption. I am extremely privileged to have had the opportunity to develop the education and critical thinking I've had. There are people here that got dealt a way shitier hand.

"According to the Small Arms Survey, globally there were approximately 857 million firearms in the hands of civilians in 2017. Of this total, only 12 per cent were reported as registered. In Latin America, one of the most violent regions in the world, the increased availability of firearms – particularly of assault weapons that began to flow south after the US federal assault weapons ban expired in 2004 – has been linked to an increase in homicides. Conflict zones attract stocks of weapons, and firearms from previous civil wars and armed conflicts continue to circulate in these areas due to their long life cycles. Many of these find their way into the hands of criminals who use them to inflict violence both domestically and abroad. Firearms enable criminal groups to fight for dominance, deter state actors and threaten communities into submission, to request extortion payments, carry out robberies and hijackings, engage in poaching activities and partake in a myriad of other crimes. The GI-TOC’s Global Organized Crime Index 2021 ranks arms trafficking as the third most prevalent criminal market globally, and is particularly rife in Africa, the Americas and Asia. By enabling organized crime and criminal markets more generally, the illegal arms trade represents a serious threat to community resilience and democracy. According to the Index, arms trafficking is linked to human trafficking and smuggling, as well as to the illicit trade of non-renewable resources. Violent crime in Latin America and Africa, and drug trafficking in Europe have also been heavily linked to the presence of illicit arms markets." https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/arms-trafficking-and-organized-crime/ Just look for "arm trafficking" on Google. That's the first result. You rent a handgun for 50 USD a day in Brazil. Maybe buy one for less than 400 USD. Criminals by definition don't give a fuck about laws. If someone puts a gun in your head and asks for your phone, will you lecture him about the gun policy in your state? The only thing that stops a bad person with a gun is a good person with a gun.

Let her go. she's not interested.

Are these people open to reasoning?

Drugs or Orange Juice?

If that's the standard for defining a country as stage red, the US is the reddest country in the world.

That is an assumption. As said, Chinese scholars are well-versed in both western and eastern authors. They have as much, or maybe even more, epistemic and metaphysical foundation to do serious consciousness work. Self-actualizing is influenced by, but not restricted to some cultures. I would even argue that it is easier to reach systems thinking if you have the orange theoretical background allied with the constant collective concern. In terms of international politics, the multi-perspectival element of finding alternatives to the western hegemonic forces also recognizes the values and cultures of other parts of the world, without giving up Chinese culture. China knows how dependent its economy and livelihood are on the rest of the world. No single country is self-sufficient today, and their recent political move is to bring together the countries that feed this planet but are relinquished to a position of the colony, by the still-prevalent imperialist mindset the west has. The first reaction the US had when Brazil said that wouldn't trade in dollars is that the US would take "necessary measures" to protect the reserve currency status of the dollar. Don't confuse being the largest bully in the world with being the most conscious.

No. Probably yes.

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The problem is not how people identify. The problem is exposing sexually immature people to sex. This by definition is minor abuse. What would you do if you knew I was showing porn to a 4-year-old? Certain themes demand mental and physical maturity to be properly developed. That's why we rate content. I'm no moralist. You can get into a 10-day alien orgy, and I would blink an eye at that information. I just don't think this helps people develop themselves properly. Understanding how concrete things work is the main purpose of childhood. Developing spatial notions, basic social notions, and physiological notions. Self-identity, and personality, demand maturity to be properly defined.

You have never tasted natural orange juice?

In most countries where guns are banned, you can cheaply and quickly get one. If you're a criminal, by definition, you don't care about laws, including the ones that outlaw weapons.

I experienced different perspectives my whole life, but I only transcended to green through psychedelics. If you're particularly inclined to adopt the scientific worldview, it's very hard to go beyond it without some boundary-dissolving experiences. Your ego will try to prevent that the hardest it can, by the way.

I taught myself design like this. I can 100% confirm this boosts creativity to an insane amount. The only problem I see in this statement is that math syntax is actually kinda hard to read if you don't know what the symbols mean.

And one from my country:

Will you boast about having sex with his mother next? Pointing out that you're overly invested in Tateism is just the general impression of people in this forum. Your defensiveness is telling a different story than your words.

Can you name a few of these?

Yes. The US doesn't get to decide what's developed or not. That's the whole point of sovereignty. People have the right to rule their own countries.