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@Apparition of Jack Yeah, I agree, I hope Bernie wins the nomination, but it's not guarantied yet. @Bno I know, there's a lot to talk about questionable past interventions on foreing countries or conflicts and there are hidden interests under the carpet always. But what may happen in Iran is more equivalent to what happened in Irak or Vietnam, it's on the USA to start it or not, it has to be avoided. Hillary Clinton was an awful candidate for that reason too, even Trump used that against her, although now he is the one doing it. But we are not in 2016, we are in 2020. Let's hope Bernie wins, the nomination and the election, both will be difficult though.

I agree to some extent, because I would not be very satisfied with a nomenee like Biden or Warren. Trump is a symptom, but is also a problem himself, he is red, very unstable and volatile and he has authority as president. I think a war with Iran will continue to be on the table with him and may happen on his next term, for this reason, I think it's a priority to take him out. That's over any other consideration for me, I don't think the Democratic candidates will trigger a war like Trump is doing. Iran has nothing to gain from this, see how they avoided to respond with American casualties for now. What's happening is on the USA, but if the USA continues provoking, in some point, even if it's for pride, Iran may respond more severily and then Trump and the interests behind having wars for profit, will go all in. Trump has to go, the faster, the better.

Well, I hope so, I'm pro Bernie and you can call me biased all you want, but those who do, just ask yourselves if you are not biased for whoever or whatever first, I think that's fair. I have heard what the different candidates had to say before making my choice, if that means something. I think he is the best candidate, he speaks well, he wants to balance power and economy inequality between low and middle classes and high class and big corporations. He presents the most ambitious health system reform, ambitious in the USA context, because in many other countries in Europe it exists and works, even conservative people love it once it's running. If it's not now, it will come later, in the future they will look at not treating people for lack of money as insane and inhuman, Medicare for all is at the right side in history, simple as that. His position on wars in general and potential Iranian, thanks to Trump, in particular is very reasonable. It's also humane, he makes a brief revision of Vietnam and Irak, their motivations and consecuences, but it's not naive either, he does not discard using military force when necessary. I'll link a video of some days ago because he spoke well about all this. He is not young, he is quite old in fact, but he still looks fine to me. We have Trump in front and my biggest concern is how easily he is able to inflame wars with foreing countries. Iran is clearly the choice they have made, after sounding out Venezuela and North Korea first. I guess it's still more popular to attack muslim countries in the Middle East and Kim Jong Un is just too crazy and would totally drop nuclear bombs to South Korea and USA if necessary, even if it costs eveything to them, because it totally would. I just want to say getting rid of Trump is a priority, for that, I will support whoever wins the Democrat nomination, but I'll go with Bernie for now.

@RevoCulture Thanks so much!!

I want to elaborate a bit my thoughts about the spiral stages, after reading the last two comments, because I think they both make really good points. @RickyBalboa I think what you say happen a lot to greens, because even in developed countries, the majority of people are still in blue - orange and so the governments and politicians they choose, at least we live in democracies, to give us some credit. So these governments establish the frame with the laws and rules where we all live and sometimes there is no escaping that. It's a bit frustrating for greens, they honestly think a lot of stuff they propose would help us to live better as a society, avoid unncecesary suffering and they don't understand how others don't see it like they do. Happens a lot about environmental issues, honestly, a lot of what greens say is reasonable, but they aren't able to connect with people stages below. @RevoCulture What you say is also important, most countries or societies are not in just one stage, but in different ones. A lot of economically orange organizations are open enough to include more modern inclusive green ideas, for example. Of course this applies to people too, one person can be in different stages for different aspects in his life. There is probably one predominat stage, but almost nobody would be purely one, I don't think that's how the spiral dynamics model works either. I would say I'm mostly green, have been for years and have experienced the frustration I was talking about before, among other things. I don't think I'm totally done with orange, neither with blue yet, there is value on those stages too and apparently they are steps in the same ladder that should be taken. Perhaps I'm starting to grasp a bit of yellow too, getting to know this model seems a big resource for that and I think it can bring some kind of serenity, I understand better people is just where they are supposed to be, as I am too. But I'm not going to rush it, I'm still integrating and enjoying some green aspects and I'm fine with that. Maybe I'm wrong, making self inquiry can be tricky, but this is what i think.

@RevoCulture Cool!! We do still get in wars and we've been doing it though all our history. But there is and has been a lot of healthy intercultural interaction too, from green cultural encounters, stage orange commertial stuff or even blue tribal sport competition interaction type. This is all good and fun, generally speaking at least, problems can come too. I think we are in fact doing a lot of what you say in your comment, constiously or unconsciously.

Transcend culture? What about writing or expressing your thoughts or ideas in a language others understand? What about all the cultural development that has brought us to this point in history where we can use cars, computers or even pencils? Being able to trascend it has to also include admitting how attached to it we are. We can't escape it really, a baby can't survive without at least a mother taking care of him for a few years, she will transmit her culture to him want it or not. I'm more inclined to see it as a value, multiculturalism is something that naturally evolved in humanity and if we were able to keep it as a way to learn from each other or even to have fun, instead of conflicting like we usually do, I think it would be good. Even in a globalized world, in fact globalization allows us to interact much better, if only we did in healthy and respectful ways. Then we have the monks, the nuns and the enlightenment seeking people in general. Perhaps they are able to transcend it momentarily in deep states of enlightenment, but they still have to continue living like humans later, so there's that.

This is totally a green war, candidates using what they can against each other and in a very green topic. Warren wants to corner Bernie so it seems he believes a woman can't be president, for whatever he said about that years ago. Maybe he said it in the sense that voters in America may still not be open enough for that, like they wouldn't be to vote for a muslim president either, to put another example. If he said it, I think he was wrong, American voters would totally vote a woman president, but let me add the right one. Hillary was close, but couldn't, I don't think Warren is a great candidate either, but we would have to see. Bernie has said that he thinks that woman can be president, I don't think he is pretending, to be honest. Now it's on him to make it clear enough, this is candidates using all their weapons.

Sometimes when blues and oranges judge greens, they do it from they point of view. They have not transcended their stages yet, so they can only judge from where they are. Blues may think greens are very tribals and oranges may think greens are only after the money, surprise, that's where they are. Not to talk about reds, they accuse greens of being violent. Not saying all greens are saints, they have their own flaws and sometimes they may indeed behave like stages below. But just be careful about some stuff you read out there about them, a lot are just projections.

My experience travelling and living in other countries with different cultures is very positive. It's cool to see what's different, but also what's universal and common for everyone. I think it's good to travel with an open mind and heart. Don't overjudge whatever you may find underdeveloped, may happen comparing a place like England with India. You may also find the opposite, some things developed countries have lost and would be good to reintegrate. It can be a good place to set a business, why not. Just go, you can always return anyway!

I've been following him for a while, since 2015 actually. I think he is a man worth to listen. He has introduced me to self development, has expanded my knowledge to new ideas and has made me more openminded too. Not bad. He is a man wearing his shoes, as everyone else is, but he is putting good content in YT by working hard and he is enlightened in ways I'm not and I can respect that. Ok, enough of fanboying! The man is resting now, I think he deserves it.

The posibility to self actualize out of the safe spaces does not disappear though. People who use them, don't live permanently inside of them, actually, They have a wide world to experience whatever meanness it offers daily, they actually do. There can be people who find it difficult to fit in the conventional gender identities or roles. Boys that have been bullied during their childhood for being effeminate or whatever other reason. Same for girls for being masculine or other reasons too. Maybe people who have suffered violence or sexual abuse, in their childhood or later. You think these people have not experienced meanness out of the safe spaces? Maybe they have more than you ever did or will, give them a break, I say just let them have whatever space they feel they need, it doesn't harm me in any way. Maybe it does help them in their self development, different people develop in different ways.

No, that is not what I said, you can read what i said in my comments. I didn't speak on that terms, but you can if you want to.

@Bodigger What we gotta tell pro-lifers is that they can go on with their pregnancies like they want, nobody is going to stop them, but they don't have the right to decide for others. All those numbers you are putting there, we are all saying they are arbitrary, there are no real limits. It's like being an adult at 18, it could have been 20. We needed to establish one point for legal practical reasons, that's it. It's the same about abortion, just that the issue is more controversial. I wouldn't enrage if somebody stepped on a turtle's egg going to the clinic, I guess you are saying like in a hurry to save somebody's life, but not on purpose. I wouldn't like someone stepping on a turtle's egg on purpose with no reason, why would he do that? I would enrage someone stepping on a pregnant woman too, going to the clinic or not.

What Trump did was to escalate the situation threatening North Korea to make it a living Hell, with fire and fury like the world has never seen, he literally said. Behind the curtains, South Korea and his own inteligence and militars made Trump sign a peace agreement, because they knew Kim Jong Un is crazy enough to actually execute his nuclear threats too. Trump was very irresponsible to speak like he did about North Korea in the first place. He is no man of peace, he is inflamatory and what he is doing in Iran is horrible too. Iran does not want a war, but provoking a country like that, it was to expect they wouldn't stay still. They attacked two american bases and a plane full of civilians, not any american victim, this is no coincidence. This didn't need to start, but he did it. I'm afraid what the American military industry wants is Iran to really harm the USA and get the excuse to counter attack, that may be on his second term, after he is reelected.

I'm pro choice, but I wouldn't word it like that, I see some truth in both points you mention as beginings. Traditionally, we've always started counting life after birth, the first year in our life is the zero year, we don't count the pregnancy. But at the same time, everyone of us has been conceived in some point, after our parents had sex or maybe happened in vitro. It's not written anywhere that we need to respect life after birth either, although it's good we decide to do that in my opinion. But we cannot even totally or radically agree on that, war laws, killinf for self defense, random assassinations, death penalty, euthanasia, mercy killing to avoid suffering and so on... All those are cases were we kill each other after birth, some of them pro-lifers defend as legit and some I do too, others not. I just want to make the point of how arbitrary and complicated things like this can be. About abortion again, that would be the grey area from conception to birth, there are not real boundaries in there, it's a process where we develop from one cell, to a baby with all the organs formed and ready to take the first breath. Personally I'm in favour of letting a woman decide if she wants to go on with her pregnancy within a reasonable period we can arbitrarily agree, like about four months I'd say, before the fetus is too formed, but also letting some flexibility for special cases after that time, like for medical reasons. Now tell me this would be an arbitrary law, of course, all laws are. But this law would allow pro-lifers to go on with their pregnancies as they think is right and pro-choicers to make their decisions too, in any way they decided as best for them in that moment and circumstances, this law includes both options as possible.

@Leo Gura Yeah, I think I agree with that. This is an issue where legality should better be flexible enough to adapt to potential different or complicated cases, out of rigid boundaries too.

It's about the boundaries, different people see them in different ways. Some people are against abortion always, they put the boundary in the moment the spermatozoid fertilizes the ovule, I guess. No matter the circumstances, they say not even the mother has the right to choose to stop her pregnancy. Not even if she has been raped, there is a high risk for her life or the child presents deformities or diseases, the three cases usually accepted to go for it. Maybe it's just the mother does not want a child in that moment in her life, there may be many other reasons for that, the father may have a voice, but not a vote in the end. A legal limit has to be put in any case, about 4 months in many countries. Boundaries don't really exist, they have to be kind of agreed. I think four months is reasonable, in the end women will have the freedom to decide if they do it or not, there's no obligation in either direction. For those who are against abortion, fine by me, don't abort. We can agree on having different boundaries, can't we? Oh yeah, with some people, we can't.

Well, it's possible the problem is this. Porn is not a substance, but constant sexual image novelty makes our brains produce and release abnormal ammounts of dopamine and other substances that affects itself. Brainfog is a common side effect among porn addicts. I'd suggest you really going pornfree and also a period of nofap.

I hope you people stand up even louder than two months ago, no matter what Trump or the USA did, those deaths in that plane are unacceptable. The most authoritarian governments behave like this, in the past all mediums were on their hands, but Internet is not as easy to control by them, so they shut it down. People have phones with cameras, some things will come out and people abroad will be watching with interest.

Iranian people is protesting against the attack of the Ukrainian plane. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7876363/Iranian-protesters-Tehran-turn-against-regime-military-admits-shooting-plane.html This is good, people in both countries standing up against these horrendous actions by their politicians. Many US people also protested when Trump started the fire out of nowhere, has to be said. https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/04/iraq-iran-tensions-protests-condemn-u-s-actions-middle-east/2807176001/

No idea if you do it or not, but one of the effects of regular porn consumption on women can be the difficulty of obtaining orgasms with real partners. Also can help abstaining from regular masturbation or maybe even totally, and if not, try focusing only on body sensations as much as possible and keeping fantasy levels low and realistic too. This is not about repression, is about enjoying real sex in all its potential and as soft or kink as you want, but with real partners. Less can be more sometimes. There is another approach, is not what you are asking for, but worth to consider. It's called Karezza sex, encourages to have sex not pursuing neither male or female orgasms, but more about loving, caring and bonding. Can be too radical for most people, specially young, and it is for me too, but I think there is value on these ideas. The referential book on this is "Cupid's poisoned arrow", worth a read.

Do you masturbate to porn? Have you ever tried pornfree or nofap? I'm not saying this is what's causing your brainfog, but it's easy to confirm or discard it and it's free. Both of them.

Thanks for sharing. It's really sad, all those innocent people in the plane... I don't think there will be a war, not like in Irak. But I wouldn't say this is over, If Trump gets reelected and this kind of actions and confrontations work for his interest, as other industries close to him like the military, there may be more. They don't care about the human lives, they care about americans more if they can choose, but the death of american soliers or a bunch of citizens won't stop them either. I don't think the Iranian government made an agreement with Trump to sacrifice Solemaini, but you can bet they'll make the best from this, flagging martyrs must be as old as the first human wars. People will tend to defend the Iranian government now, the truth is they were attacked, one of their most important leaders assassinated and it was done cowardly and against all international laws, and nationals by the way, there's no way around of it. Iran looks deeply blue, as you say, actions like this make your development much harder. We need more conscious and less selfish people in the White House. Not saying Iranian leaders are saints, I'm saying exactly the opposite, but we need not to make it more difficult for the people living it there to work for a better situation. It will take generations though, but sooner or later will happen. Will be sooner if an international bully doesn't empower their retrogade government and really works with the interest of the real people in there in mind, not their own agendas.

Bernie on this events. Glad to hear he has a reasonable position, I think most people do as well. Trump made a bad step here, apart from his inconditionals, I think a lot of republican voters will question his recent trajectory. Causing an unnecessary war with Iran is a lot to swallow. I've also read a bit the comments on the video, I don't follow CNN or any US channel, but apparently Bernie's followers were quite dissatisfied with the coverage this candidate has been having there until this interview. He's given the opportunity to share his other propositions too, comparing to Biden and Warren, and they appreciate that.