Joel3102

Why all this talk of “Russia’s backyard” without regard for what Ukraine actually desire. They desperately want to join the western sphere, via economic arrangements. And Putin wouldn’t let them, so his puppet in 2014 got overthrown by the people and he invaded.

@Leo Gura Valid point, I can’t imagine how hard it’d be to leave that success on the table. I think you could have an awesome conversation with him. You disagree more on metaphysics than politics do I reckon set up a conversation based on that

@Leo Gura In one of Destiny’s streams, he mentioned he had a nightmare that all his counterparts were all part of the YouTube game and it was all a joke, and he felt like such a loser for being sincere lmao.

Indeed he does. Disagree with him on certain issues, but he has 0 tolerance for “centrist” bs. In a similar camp as Sam Harris, who could’ve easily become an anti woke Trumper, but alienated the left and the right wing of his audience.

It seems so hard for people to recognise excesses of the far left without going apologia for Trump bs. It’s baffling to think the the mainstream Dems are worse than the “anti establishment” MAGA crowd

@Leo Gura I’ve become more cynical as the years have gone on. To see someone like Anna mock a “centrist” like Rubin endlessly only to be come the same. Is it pure grift maybe I’m missing something?

Seems unrealistic no? A company’s goal will always be to maximise profit. Government’s role should be to keep them in check and regulate them

It’s funny how he has this reputation as a cuck/beta amongst his critics. He’s banged so many hot streamer girls it’s not funny. The guy has trouble controlling his hetro impulses

I’m not even American but honestly it’s gonna be so depressing if Trump wins. It feels like the illiberalism and fascism of MAGA is genuinely a threat to the western world. Will there be a reckoning or silver lining? It just feels like half the country is so far gone in their media echo chambers, distrusting absolutely anything that’s mainstream that we’re fucked.

I watched this video essay recently that hits on this point.

@Leo Gura I’ve never really had an interest in any animated stuff. Even “adult” animated TV like Archer, Rick n Morty, Family Guy etc

I’m pretty sure the people don’t wanna be under CCP rule over there. Plus they’re de facto seperate countries for about 70 years.

Not sure why so many people get hard for this “multipolar” stuff? Is the world better when China/Russia can get away with invading its neighbours? If the US backs off, someone is gonna fill the void why would we want authoritarian states to do that?

Has there ever been a more precise way of mass targeting militants in world history? I get it looks bad, but in any kind of other urban warfare with thousands of militant casualties you’d expect way more civilian deaths.

On his Bridges Podcast?

You’d be surprised though. He’s talked about the limits of scientism before. Also he said in his 10g mushroom trip, he thought he was the only being in existence, and realised that if that were true he’d rather just live in ignorance because of how scary that is

@Leo Gura As depressing as it is, do you think this will only end when one side truly wins? It seems like it’s a victim of occurring in the post war era where things like blatant ethnic cleansings or genocides aren’t allowed, so we’ve just been stuck in this middle ground for 70 years. Both sides seem as adamant as ever to achieve their goals.

@Hardkill The black community which is a core base for the Dems having conservative social values could be an issue on this

@Leo Gura what is your November prediction?

The Bulwark is great! I admire these people’s integrity for not succumbing to the bullshit

Fuck Pete seems like such a smart guy. It’s a shame him being gay will probably hold him back from ever being Pres

@Leo Gura Yeah they critique Trump only for the one good thing he did lmao. Operation warp speed was actually good.

Owen did say he disagrees with Trump on some issues….like the vaccines and lockdowns. Man he has lost the plot.

Destiny’s take. Makes you think….