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Surely, the end result is America isolating itself and relinquishing its influence as a result. A lot of states will exert their own influence either as a matter of basic security or opportunity, leading to a more multipolar world.

There is no politics without an "I" .

It can take over a month of straight waterboarding to get any intel out of somebody. With that cost in mind, do you think its ethical if the intel isn't guaranteed to be even true?

@Daniel Balan It sounds like your under a lot of stress. Do you think that is perhaps a contributing factor?

Conservatives generally prioritize equality of means over outcome. Affirmative action is an attempt at equalizing outcomes so conservatives are naturally going to dislike it based on that factor alone. The main critique is of the hiring and promotion of people who may not be qualified for the job. You can find plenty of critique of accidents or poor performance blamed on DEI personal who supposedly didn't know what they where doing. The overweight Secret Service lady caught a lot of flak for being a "DEI hire" after the Trump shooting for instance. Most of it is just vibes however though I agree with the principle that hiring someone should prioritize competency first. I can see a rebrand happening in the future.

Certain topics being divisive doesn't mean the forum as a whole is low-conscious. It's quiet peaceful and tolerant compared to many other forums in fact. You don't get banned for having the "wrong opinion" here unless you go way overboard. The diversity of worldviews and people is a testament to that. Just ignore annoying users and avoid getting bogged down in empty arguments over semantics, etc. If you are constantly inundated with low quality brainrot than that is partially on you. You are going to have to make up your own mind of who is worth listening to. The quality of discussions to be had begin with you. Any appraisal system will instantly be abused as a agree/disagree button and the forum will turn into an echo-chamber. Less is more for the purpose of having a good faith discussion.

Of course. Predators target the weak and vulnerable.

The crazy thing with many cults, like with Tate, is that there are legit helpful advice in between the exploitation and brainwashing. Its how they hook you. The first two steps here are more or less great basic advice for men who don't have a lot of success. @Unlimited More masterspells? These are hilarious.

Shaking your dick by holding it by its base while slapping it on a surface helps excite an erection in my experience. Are you also into eroticism? Do you have a lewd mind? Engaging in sexual art can energize your sexuality. Like writing an erotic story with all your fetishes or collecting images. I can imagine that if you are not all that into sex that you would struggle keeping an erection on top of health issues.

I feel like most question are too petty compared to god and can be answered by one self in due time.

Banning homosexuality has nothing to do with god. It's an outdated decree of survival by humans for humans.

It's likely that it was pre-meditated to jump him. Trump wanted Zelenskyy to sign away his rare minerals with no security guarantees. There wasn't going to be a peace deal regardless because Ukraine can't sign a deal like that.

In my experience, growing up my parents emotions dominated my reality. Not necessarily in a bad way but such that it is not possible to truly be yourself completely without being inundated with that karma. The only way to be yourself more is to physically move away. There are pros and cons though, primarily the added cost of moving out which will mean that you will have to work and change your lifestyle most likely. Moving out is about seizing opportunities for personal growth and prosperity so determine what your goals are.

Interesting analysis and future predictions. Accordingly, if true, Trump's plan was to humiliate Zelenskyy in front of the world and have him sign away the minerals despite being a bad deal, setting a precedence of American domination over foreign affairs (America first).

Europe doesn't need less countries. It needs a stronger European collective identity and integration and there need to be more inter-European business opportunities that make it easier to cross language and cultural barriers. More incentives and reasons to be "European" broadly speaking.

Hopefully disillusion with Trumpism, isolationism and oligarchy. Depends on how bad it gets. If the factors that lead to infighting in the first place aren't changed then fighting will resume post a war that demands cooperation, like a war against aliens. I think its possible however for a war to demand fundamental change on the political landscape such that there is continuous peace as a result post-war, like with Western Europe after WW2.

He talks a lot about Trump intermittently in his political/developmental series if I remember correctly.

Russia will test NATO after the Ukraine war I bet. See how far he can push it. The end goal seems to be to reconquer the old territories of the Soviet Union at least.

If there's going to be a resurgence of communal religion in the west it needs to be Christian. Religion and culture are inextricably enmeshed and many core western values are Christian in origin.

They are never going back to Romania I bet. That suit is over.

AI seems like an interesting and inexpensive/accessible tool for working on one's neurosis, insecurities, etc. Have anyone had any luck using AI for self-improvement? In which, case what program did you use, what prompts, methodology, etc. I think one of its weaknesses could be that the AI just tells you a bunch of feel good shit or ends up being moralizing instead of constructive.

It should really be obvious why abject suffering reduces one's capacity for deep spirituality. If that wasn't true then there's no reason for you to care about your own survival at all. Of course that is impossible because you'll suffer if you do. That's the crux of the human condition. Some of you guys live in your heads too much.

The greater security needs that Europe faces now in the absence of US support has lead to introspection of how to form a stronger Europe it seems. I don't think changing borders is a good idea if its a top down mandate because people are attached to their national identities. It would feed secessionist thought and only serve to weaken the European collective. You don't want the EU to appear as the big bad globalist technocracy who rapes your culture and forces you to eat bugs. If people freak out you risk another Brexit in the long-term. The only reason to change borders is to improve productivity somehow, but you could arguably accomplish a lot already just through quality bureaucracy and cooperation. A collective European army could bolster security and cut down on costs for instance.

So easy to say when you are not suffering. How aware do you think concentration camp victims are of god's creation while they are starved and abused? Try living one year in a prison camp and you'll very quickly see why fairness and survival matters while you are still here.

Morality is a social construct in part but its also informed by our base survival needs that all humans share. We have an innate sense of fairness. If you are suffering its not possible to appreciate an absolute perspective so fairness and survival is absolutely vital. On the cosmic scale, your basically a rat.