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It's kind of obvious that the west is more developed broadly. There are more countries like Somalia than there are countries like Sweden. But they all want the fruits of Swedish development like money and stability (except maybe the gay stuff). It's not about putting the West on a pedestal, but about having an accurate view of the world situation. If you are born in a developed nation you are you so extremely lucky. Besides just a general quality of life, you have so much opportunity to change you situation compared to developing country. So much more freedom to align your life with your values. Your more free from being stuck in raw survival mode. A tier 1 bias would be to reject stage orange as a whole.

A kinda good check to see if a country is more developed is to ask yourself if you would rather live in one country over another. For example, Somalians would rather live in Sweden than Somalia.

Developed countries are much more isolated from the harshness of reality because they have handled base survival so effectively, relatively speaking. So people can get away more with immaturity and magical thinking. Mental health is luxury which developed countries can afford to care about which is why you see them better record it (in addition to having more better infrastructure and bureaucracy enabling such). Life is so much harder elsewhere that mental health isn't even considered. You have a lot less options to attain happiness in developing nations. Most people are just scraping by. I think Western nations being largely stage orange suffer from cultural hollowing and broadening inequality which leads to a lot of unhappiness, as humans need community, purpose and to be politically and economically included. This isn't a mistake but a sign that the current stage of development is nearing exhaustion.

There is a growing sentiment that authoritarians have it more together as a state. In China, the nation own the corporations while it is more the other way around in the US.

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Bro just wants a harem.

This is actually not entirely correct. The Ukraine War is about regime security primarily.

@Joshe This girl has likely serious mental health issues. It's atypical.

I haven't heard many good things about Tokyo or Japan in general when it comes to gaming.

It's hard to justify kids from a purely extrinsic perspective. It's expensive and throws your life upside down. You can no longer live for yourself or your your values to the same extent. You live for others at a base level in terms of needs, which is largely just survival. You should have kids if you can feel the desire for it. If the thought of it fills you with love. Love and emotional desire will help make the decision. If you don't have it then you are probably going to regret the sacrifice, I bet.

Survival incentives shape our behavior to a large extent. That doesn't mean people can't be kind, but there's a real and usually unconscious assessment of value and threat between people. That is natural and something you have to engage in in order to survive to a certain extent. Hate the game not the player is my stance. I think your problem is that you are categorically a vulnerable person, so you feel it the most when people don't act in kindness. The selfishness becomes apparent. The silver lining is that when you meet genuine kindness you can appreciate it more. You also aren't completely powerless to change your current situation.

Big blunder. It weakens trust in the Ukrainian government. Soldiers are going to question why they put their life at risk and it is a cringeworthy look to Europe, who's support Ukraine depends on. Russia's goal is the destabilization of Ukrainian democracy, but when Ukraine themselves are removing checks and balances it is like they are doing their work for them. It's a big bruh moment.

1 bear vs 100 liberal women.

I'm just spitballing, but do you have to actually live in the inner city? Isn't sufficient to live in the suburbs if it's cheaper but close enough? From my experience, living in the inner city is too noisy and lacks nature.

Ukraine war was started by Russia. The gaslighting is crazy. Current NATO investment is reactionary to Russia's escalotory war path. It's not that complicated.

Nationality becomes less relevant for our sphere of concern but higher orders of identification will still matter in a relative sense if they matter to survival. You can get pretty sci-fi with it, but imagine for example the West vs an Asian conglomerate (for example a future union between China and other Asian countries). Or Earth government vs outer planets. Or humans vs aliens. Differences matter to the degree that it matters for survival, broadly speaking, untill our survival gets refined to the point where certain differences no longer matter in a relative sense.

Hunting can be very expensive depending on where you live.

It is an assumption that life has any particular point, in my opinion. Meaningmaking is relative to human sensemaking. You'll be more happy as a person if you strive to live closer to your values as an individual, though. That doesn't have to be limited to consciousness but it definitely can be part of it. I think it is to a certain extent biological to strive for greater consciousness. Just look at human advancement over the centuries.

Damn, the Chat is grilling 😭.

Therapy isn't for everyone. Just throwing yourself at something can be what you need if you are in a rut. Not everyone is blessed with the mind and character that is suited for intense self-direction and that is fine. I'm not saying that he definitely should-should go to the military. I can't decide that, but I disagree with this notion that it has no intrinsic value for the people in it. I do think that perhaps some more research would be a good idea before making a decision.

Who said you can only do one? Plenty of ex-military who lead great lives post service. And in my experience they are very active and disciplined. It's about prospects and gaining experience. The military is a viable option if you are in a rut and not academically inclined as a young person. Being completely self-responsible is an incredibly big ask. If it was so simple then we wouldn't need public education for instance. People would just teach themselves. But that is a goofy libertarian kind of thinking. People crave and benefit from structure. If you can run your own show, go for it. But don't be so arrogant as to think it is the only option.

One advantage of AI is that it is good at rewording you arguments to be more precise and clear and introduce subtle nuances that you didn't think of as well as challenge the weak links in your argument and oversights.

The military is a very important job and responsibility. You can't have society without soldiers. And being a soldier isn't exactly known for being comfortable or easy. Its not a failure of character to desire the structure something like the military provides. It is a bit like volunteering for the fire brigade or choosing to become a cop. It takes a special kind of person to be highly entrepreneurial and driven which most people aren't. Don't treat it like it is a given because it is not.

@Someone here The military will add a lot of structure to your life and push you to be more resilient.

Symbolic education. Education that is lacking in real life applicability and therefor lacking educational substance and purpose, IE. education that is largely a waste of time because it is useless. Like symbolic politics, it is meant to signal action without necesarilly being of substance. Note, any education is more educational than no education, but it is a matter of relative substance. Learning Latin is relatively useless compared to essential math and calculus or topics that are life changing but not taught at school like socializing or spirituality. The purpose of symbolic education is to exclude people who lack particular credentials from getting certain jobs/educations. It is a gatekeeping tool for institutions to reduce applicants. As a society, we don't talk much about the degree to which our education system is essentially symbolic as opposed to truly educational. We ignore it because it is too convenient to set arbitrary standards for excluding people that we can control.