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I'd add closing of loop holes that skirt around taxation by technicality. Like what Elon Musk is doing by being paid in stocks and borrowing money. Foodora left Australia without paying the workers the wages they where owed. Internationals shouldn't be barred from running their business in one country if they don't live up to their legal obligations in another country through an international coalition. The government needs to have corporations under control and not the other way around. There's too much corruption politically and a lack of political will to regulate big corporations. One thing that China does right is that they are a sovereign power over their corporation.

Now Trump has a track record. You think he'll invade Greenland as well as he said he would? And how is Europe going to react, since Greenland is technically part of NATO via Denmark? If he invades I have feeling that Europe is just going to roll over while meekly complaining.

Violet Evergarden is an anime that insists upon itself. Gas station cry bait.

The new-Age therapy speak is crazy.

Each stage builds on each other like a flight of stairs. You miss one step and your staircase lacks the structural integrity to take you to heaven.

Higher stages are functionally superior in terms of being effective societies. The higher the stage, the more technology and resources a society has, both in terms of raw materials and institutionally (knowledge, skilled workers, etc.) Something like Sillicone Valley is an indispensible resource for technological innovation unique to stage orange development. Lower stages can't create a resource like sillicone valley or NASA. Actualized is a resource that couldn't happen in a less developed country. Case in point, would you rather live in Norway or Sudan?

It's a common but mistaken criticism of spiral dynamics that it is about superiority. It's just a map of cultural and moral development. It's descriptive, not judgemental.

Damn. Exposed.

I always knew that academia doesn't have monopoly on what constitutes philosophy. Nothing stops you from just contemplating stuff. Jumping through their hoops is just groupthink.

Is it an issue of porn or extreme luxury? People average spend more time doom scrolling, streaming series and playing video games than watching porn, but you don't see the same energy for non-porn media consumtion because a certain part of our culture still sees sex as dirty and taboo to indulge in over a certain point. Porn addiction isn't an actual thing. It's more like a compulsion likely rooted in depression, loneliness, boredom, habit, etc. Why do you doomscroll excessively? Because its easy and your life is not that interesting. Same goes for gooning.

In a primitive world, each tribe is a society in of themselves and abusing the members of a different society can benefit pragmatically because only your standing in your society matters. You can literally hunt and eat the children of a rival tribe like animals and your tribesmen will cheer you on (which has literally happened). As we become more intertwined due to technological and cultural development and we rely on different nations for trade, we start to gradually become more like one big society. We might not see another truly seperate society till if we meet an alien culture. Then its hats off again. Maybe like the movie Avatar.

What really killed RDR2 for me is just how simple the gameplay is. There's next to no decision making present. It's a game made for people who don't play games. I don't mind slowness if it's interesting. The game was too slow and clunky and the story was uninteresting. I already know the story from YT and it's more about character development than anything else, but character development moments felt like NPCs bugging me while I'm trying to do shit. I've been playing a lot of Tarkov this holiday. Already logged 20 hours. You can spend 20-30 minutes wandering a wasteland, not seeing a soul, but your constantly making minor and major decision. You could die in less than a second and lose all your gear. Combined with the detailed mechanics, it has sometimes an overwhelming amount of depth and tension. Probably the most hardcore shooter on the market.

Incel terminology is pretty funny when you don't take it seriously.

One Piece and Red Dead fans are the same breed of fanboy goblin. They are the swifties/k-pop fans of their respective media.

Your not dealing with a different society in your every day. Within your own society we operate on trust. Law and order only exists for those governed by a sovereign power (IE. the government), but there is no sovereign power governing the governments. Between societies reigns the law of the jungle, IE. a zero-sum game. But survival is increasingly intertwined in the modern world, so you can no longer get away with acting like a barbarian like you could in the past. The externalities of a zero-sum approach are too costly these days.

"It gets good after 400 episodes bro, trust."

Sex negativity is more damaging than sex positivity. Historically, people are going to have sex regardless of how repressive a culture is, they'll just won't be open about it. They make up weird loop holes, like it is only sex if its vaginal. You can facefuck a girl till she vomits but she's still a kosher and halal unsullied and pure virgin.

Showing your age.

To put this in other terms, the game starts in the post-peak valley of the first story arc. It makes sense to calm down the story and let the drama of the previous peak settle, the boat heist, and slowly build up for the next arc. But it doesn't make any sense to start the game there. It's obviously bad writing to start a story in the middle of a story.

It gives them space to slow down and time for you to react if they suddenly need to break or crash. It's safer.

About 1/3rd of all games bought are never played. About half reach the midpoint of a game. Only about 1/3rd are invested enough to see end credits. These are normal numbers. The game starts you in the middle of story. Starting at the boat heist would be a much more interesting starting point and give players a reason to care about the characters. The game has very little to offer in terms of fun substantive gameplay.

A lot things energize during/after the fact. Not before or initially. Like exercise or making art. If your mind can't bridge the connection between making a down payment of energy for a greater return when doing an activity you become lazy and depressed. Develop a mindset that it doesn't matter that much how you feel in the moment and that your mood will change as you act. Acting on your passions can feel like work when your creatively cold as opposed to warmed up.

Why do people here make alt accounts if not to troll and flame?

Jujutsu Kaisen S2 is mindblowing. They sacrificed a 100 animators to make it. Chainsaw man is better than sex 🤌🤌🤌

The kind of stunts that Bonnie Blue and her ilk pull off are just marketing so they never have to work again past their 30s. It's boundary pushing for the sake of notoriety. Not because there is any philosophical thought to it. They have to keep upping themselves to keep people's attention. The downside of notoriety like that is that people will only know you for "that thing", like how Rebecca Black will forever be known as the Friday girl. She's a DJ and every set people shout "It's Friday Friday". Whenever people learn that your Bonnie Blue they'll only wanna talk about the same thing and think of you as a degenerate. At least be known for something cool I'd say.