Basman

It's essentially true that the planet is finite, but with technological development we keep discovering new resources. The earth today has a lot more resources than the earth of the middle ages. Oil used to be worthless crude untill we discovered a use for it. Aluminium used to be more rare and valuable than gold. We figured out how to synthesize diamonds. If we figure out how to harvest meteorites from space then our resources become a hundredfold.

There has essentially been two kinds of value exchange throughout human history, trade and pillaging. The latter has largely completely fallen out in favor of trade due to its superior long-term value and being antithetical to one another (cooperative vs coercive). Trade favors complex societies whereas pillaging undermines the trust and stability needed for expansive trade. Society flourished with modern capitalism in terms of living standards. We developed the complexity to support surplus trade coupled with technological advancements via science and an underlying belief in progress (which was a relatively recent development). Capitalism requires immense societal evolution to work and has enabled cooperation on a global scale. It's a huge reason for why we live in one of the most peaceful eras in human history. Capitalism has its excesses which needs to be worked on in earnest, but people who see capitalism as a dirty word tend to be out of touch with survival and spoiled, ironically via capitalism. They can only see the bad and completely take for granted all its done for them. The solution to the excesses of capitalism is to keep refining how we do trade, like we've already done for ages. Nobody really cares that there exist billionaires. They just get mad when there exist billionaires and they can't afford groceries.

There's nothing inherently immoral about trade. Nobody has an alternative to trade. Collectivism is just trade with differenent rules, which is exactly what I'm talking about.

There has been found remains of old cro magnon settlements in areas which couldn't naturally support human life. They surmize that the people in this settlements survived off trading sea shells. The first written languages where partial languages who's purpose was first and foremost to record ledgers. The oldest human texts are ledgers, bill of ownership, reciets, etc. IE. Business. The concept of money is just a refinement of less universal currencies that have been used in the past, like grain or shells, which are itself a refinement of bartering goods directly with items, which has the issue of being a temperamental affair as both parties need to have something the other wants, whuch isn't always the case. Business is something we've been developing and refining since pre-history. Capitalism is just a highly refined form of trade, which comes natural to us as we are a cooperative species with the ability to provide different kinds of value to each other that allow us to more effectively survive. By trading value, strangers can cooperate bit like a family unit. It allows us to specialize. What is unique to capitalism is the degree to which you have to specialize in order to provide value. In the past, you had do more of everything in order to survive, like growing your own food and making your own entertainment.

Update your Spotify, or the dog gets it.

Asians are like built to be submissive and breedable. They are beautiful ❤

No one mentioned how pretty she is ❤️ And she's an original thinker too. You always get a unique perspective from her, and she can talk about a lot of things. I always found her analysis of the psychology of different countries in her travel blogs fascinating, as she touches on deeply unconscious dynamics. Quiet insightful when it comes to relationship dynamics. She doesn't tend to qualify her statements much though. I find myself asking a lot "how do you know this?", which makes her philosophically weaker than she'd otherwise be in my opinion. Ironically, she also seems a bit out of touch with what it is like to be a normal person. Most apparent with her political takes, which are hilariously bad. The new age mysticism I find uninteresting and implausible. I think Teal is categorically a crazy person, but personal development made her more level headed than she would be otherwise. I think all the hearsay surrounding her essentially comes down to her rubbing people the wrong way since she's kinda crazy at a certain level. Apparently she's quiet controlling of her inner circle members, needing them to orbit around her all the time like a teddy bear collection.

Where I'm from we call it mating press. Loud, ass to ass action that goes plap plap plap, penetrates deeper and with greater force, especially if you thrust from a squat position like the "thank you" dance. It's the optimal position for impregnation.

I genuinely just don't have that degree of compassion for animals. Vegan ethical arguments just come off as hollow to me.

Leo/Teal: "Thank god I'm the normal one here."

It is a genuine issue of modernity that there are less organic avenues for socialization. We as a society largely have prioritized efficiency and individuality. You have too take way more responsibility for socialization nowadays as opposed to it being happenstance of every day living.

Americans boomers have an undying hatred of alternatives to cars. They see cars as a symbol of freedom and independence. They don't see how the need for cars is partially a self-reinforcing paradigm.

Have you ever been to Belgium? When everyone drives, no one drives, since roads are completely congested. No exaggeration, in a city like Gent it takes literally half an hour to get from a location to the grocery store, which takes you on bike maybe 10 minutes.

Cars have some significant deliterious effects on society. When everyone drives you have build cities to accomodate cars, which then caused distances between A and B to increases, which further necessitates cars. Cars are like mycelium in how they alter their environment to suit their spread. For what is collectively a highly inneficient form of transport. You need so much space, create so much pollution, just to transport on average 1-2 people. A line of cars at a stop-light is a fraction of the amount of people one buss can carry. All while congesting traffick, eating up real estate, making cities noisy and making society less social, unhealthier, more stressed and more isolated. Car centrism is like an addiction to us. A quiet city where everything is within walking distance is a dream. Increases to foot traffick is also good for local economies, like mom and pop stores.