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Hardkill
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I know that stage Red, stage Blue, and Stage Orange each involve the idea of having a strong work ethic.
Stage Red has the values of action, hard work, willpower, ambition, pragmatism, and taking initiative & ownership.
Stage Blue has the values of hard work, discipline, duty, structure, rules, and order.
Stage Orange seems to have all of the values of both Red and Blue including action, hard work, discipline, duty, obsessive desire for achievement and success, determination, pragmatism, and independence & sovereignty, structure, rules, and order.
Is this correct?
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13 hours ago, Tim R said:The vaccines are still the most powerful weapons we have against COVID.
Prevention is better than treatment. This is the key difference that must be understood.
Pfizer is 95% effective in preventing infection, Moderna 94% and J&J 66%.
And all all of the above are extremely effective at preventing serious illness, hospitalization and death.
Paxlovid (Nirmatrelvir) and Molnupiravir are what are called "antiviral drugs". They are of course extremely valuable as a further asset in our toolkit against COVID, but they are not a replacement for the vaccines (but of course, people will treat them as if they were).
If people don't get vaccinated, the pandemic will go on. And they will very, very likely be infected at some point, if not multiple times. Yes, we can treat them with antiviral medication after they got infected, but that's not the goal.
The goal is that they don't need any treatment in the first place, and that will only by achieved by getting vaccinated.
Yeah, that's what I am saying.
10 hours ago, Leo Gura said:I wonder what it costs.
They may run out of it too given the Omicron surge coming.
Yeah, I wonder about that too. Though this source says that the pill will be available at no cost: https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/covid-19/fda-pfizer-antiviral-pill
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Great news! The Covid pill created by Pfizer, called Paxlovid, which is an antiviral pill that you can take home and reduces the risk of hospitalization or death by 89% for high risk patients who have been infected by COVID-19 finally got approved by the U.S. FDA today!
I am not sure if we have to wait for the CDC to give the final sign off for it before it can be used by anyone in the US who has at high risk of having a severe level of COVID after being infected by the disease. However, according to sources such as NPR "The federal government has a contract with Pfizer to buy 10 million courses of the treatment for $5.3 billion. But initial supplies of Paxlovid will be limited. The company says it will have 180,000 course of treatment ready by the end of the year."
As for whether or not this pill will work against the Omicron variant, NPR says that "Although it's not certain, Paxlovid's efficacy is unlikely to be reduced in treating people infected with the omicron variant of the coronavirus virus. The drug, which belongs to a family called protease inhibitors, doesn't target the virus's spike protein, as the vaccines do."
One important caveat to taking this antiviral pill, is that it is not to be taken as a substitute at all for any of the current vaccines that protect you from this deadly virus. In order to have the very best chance of surviving COVID you still absolutely need to be fully vaccinated, boosted, wear a hospital mask indoors (ideally an N95 or higher version), and take Paxlovid (if you got infected by any COVID variant).
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So, then how come India has a democracy even though it's much poorer than both Russia and China, has much worse quality of infrastructure than both Russia and China, and have many more religious people in its country than both Russia and China have in each of their countries?
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Okay, I see what you guys are saying. I didn't know about the Treaty of Versailles and how and why fascism was not able to take over in countries such as the U.K. and US. After you guys mentioned those things I did some reading on Wikipedia on both the Treaty of Versailles and fascism that occurred in both Europe and the US during the 1920-1930s. Now I understand a lot more as to why a dictator never came to power in either the US or the U.K. during that era.
Thanks guys.
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53 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:Because the purpose of it was nothing more than to exploit for the benefit of the British.
If there was some higher purpose, then it could work. But there was no such grand vision in that case. And also, the members of that empire were not at similar levels of development to make something like that work. It's important that all the member states are on a similar level. The EU works to the extent that the member states are at similar levels of development, otherwise there is too much tension.
The US is also facing this problem as Blue states outgrow the Red states. Keeping a union together is difficult because all the divided parts want to pull in different directions, refusing to subordinate for a higher good.
Nationalism is still a powerful force that most people are unwilling to surrender in order to create a truly benevolent empire. It will take another 100+ years for mankind to transcend nationalism.
Ahhh, I see. Okay that make sense to me.
So, it’s because of a number of things including some of he reasons that you just mentioned now up above that have caused empires throughout history to fail. You’re saying that one of the reasons that empires in previous history didn’t work in the past was because those empires such as the British empire had rulers or leaders that neither had a higher vision nor the interest to establish a widespread democratic system throughout their own entire empires. Another reason you’re saying as to why empires in previous times like the British empire couldn’t work for long was because each of those empires had too many different kind of societies that were too different from each other in terms of the development that each of the societies were at. The reason a country has always worked and still works to this day is because everyone within a particular is close enough to each other in the level of development they are all at. The third reason you gave was because for millennia most people throughout the world have been too attached to the belief of nationalism which also prevents benevolent evolved empires from happening.
You say though that perhaps the only exception or the possible time throughout all of history that an empire may not have failed was the formation of the EU.
Thank you, Leo. That really helped me a lot to understand better how societies work and develop.
So, do you think that given how divided the US has gotten, that the US will split apart inevitably?
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13 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:Because they tend to be too exploitative.
An empire would work if it treated all the states with genuine care rather.
You can think of the EU as a benevolent sort of "empire" which is working.
True. Empires are or were indeed exploitative.
However, let’s take the British empire as an example for the point I am trying to make. Instead of having that empire break apart, why couldn’t that entire empire turn into a democratic empire throughout the whole world just like how the entire country of Great Britain changed from being a country governed by monarchy to that being governed by democracy instead of breaking apart into various different tribes? Am I wrong? I am open to seeing my understanding as being possibly incorrect.
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I remember Leo saying in his Stage Red video that one good thing about Red traits is that “it allows unification of squabbling tribes” for creating a cohesive nation. Obviously this has worked and states, provinces, countries, etc. will continue to hold together as they are for probably centuries longer. However, why did empires such as the British Empire, French empire, Spanish empire, Roman Empire or other empire throughout history never lasted for long?
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As we all know, the Great Depression of the 1930s was the longest, worst, and most widespread economic downturn throughout the entire world that ever happened since the very beginning of the 20th century. It was one of if not the main reason as to why countries such as Germany and Italy became extremely nationalistic and allowed two of the worst fascist dictators ever in the 20th century to not only take over their respective countries as fascist, but also expand the size of their empires as much as possible. This of course caused both Germany and Italy to have severe democratic backsliding to the point of having 100% authoritarian regimes in each of their countries. Yet, the sort of opposite happened in the US and the UK didn’t suffer from any degree of autocratization at all during or after the 1930s Great Depression. Why is this?
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On 12/15/2021 at 4:01 PM, Girzo said:Russia is super-poor for European standards. It is even poorer than Poland per capita. Considering most of their wealth comes from gas and other natural resources, and not i dustry and services, that makes them even poorer, more akin to Saudi Arabia, than Germany. They are poor per capita and even then that money is unevenly distributed. Building institutions and infrastructure takes time, Russia doesn't have roads in many place while Austria can afford to renew their asphalt every 4 years. It's crazy, I haven't seen a pothole in Austria once when I been there. Stupid amounts of wealth, Russia not even close. Russia also has low-density of population in most regions, it's basically Moscow, and the rest of the country is an abandoned 3rd world country. I am exagerrating, but Russia has a lot of work to do.
Ah Okay, I see why. Thank you for your response. Actually, I just rewatched Leo vid on "How Society Evolves - Introducing The World Values Survey" and basically explained what you just said up above. I also already added more info. about this on my thread "Why do Russia and China still have authoritarian political systems?" Thanks again.
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Actually, after having rewatched Leo's vid on "How Society Evolves - Introducing The World Values Survey," I am now starting to understand why both Russia and China still have authoritarian regimes. It's because even though both of them have the 2nd and 3rd militaries in the world, have the 11th and 2nd largest economies in the world respectively, and have the 6th largest GDP (PPP) and the 1st largest GDP (PPP) in the world respectively, the GDP (nominal) per capita and GDP (PPP) per capita in each of those countries are much lower than any of westernized countries, island nations, city states, mini states, etc.. Also, both Russia and China are still behind all of the westernized societies with the regard to the secularization process.
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8 minutes ago, Yarco said:The forum guidelines literally prevent me from telling you without risking a ban, it's one of the things we aren't allowed to be radically open-minded about here.
So I'll just say that I don't think a stage yellow leader would be capable of drone striking children for corporate interests instead.
Yeah, I understand that argument. Yes, he was corrupted by corporate lobbyists including the military industrial complex. However, Leo said here on the thread "Tulsi Gabbard Joins The Forever War Machine On Tucker's Fox News Show":
On 9/22/2021 at 4:39 PM, Leo Gura said:Tusli has always been quasi-conservative.
However, the idea that drone strikes should never be used is silly. Drone strikes are a tool and they will continue to be used because it's better than other military options. Progressives are too utopian about drone strikes. Drones are not going away, they just need to be reformed and improved.
Now, I am not just agreeing with Leo just because I always take his word as gospel. I agree with what he's saying about that because from a both holistic viewpoint and practical standpoint drone strikes are the best thing that the US can do, for the time being, to protect the US and its allies from their enemies within Middle East.
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16 minutes ago, Yarco said:Even people on the far-left side of the spectrum are still only stage green. Don't give them too much credit.
Stage yellow people don't do status quo, they would revolutionize how we do politics. They're too ahead of their time to get elected at this point.
Then how did Obama get elected President even though he has a lot of stage Yellow and became the first black US president ever in history?
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Okay, I read everyone's responses and studied as much as I could on the first post on your systems thinking thread @Carl-Richard. I think I get what you are all saying and I think I see why now centre-left Dems probably aren't stage Yellow beings after all.
So, even if centre-left Dems aren't solid Yellow people, then perhaps they still have some Yellow traits in them because not only are still more open-minded than Republicans, Conservative Dems, and Progressives are, but also they have always been the most effective in bringing about actual significant progress socially and economically for the country.
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As if the situation with Omicron wasn't bad enough news, top economist Larry Summer says that given the situation with inflation, it looks like the US will having another recession either during sometime next year, if not the year after. He was one of the few economists out there who predicted that inflation would last than compared to other economists and the Fed who believed that inflation was transitory. Summers doesn't think that the Fed has been doing enough to tame inflation and that the Omicron variant is now adding more uncertainty to the fate of the economy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/16/lawrence-summers-fed-inflation/
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3 hours ago, PurpleTree said:because life has always been tough there and still is in many ways and places probably
Yeah, but why is it still so tough there?
If you could, please take a look at what I wrote in this thread that I created:
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8 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:Stop arguing.
Blackphil really isn’t getting it. It’s hopeless.
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On 12/13/2021 at 10:24 AM, Leo Gura said:Of course they will torture you. Russian police is like the most corrupt thing in the world.
Don't fuck with Russian police.
If even American officials torture Arabs, you can just imagine what Russian officials do for fun.
Why are most people in Russia stage Red/Blue?
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I know that each of them are mainly stage Blue countries. However, why do these countries need strong autocrats if they are not poor or weak nations at all? They are after all the two most powerful countries in the world after the USA. Russia has the second most powerful military in the world and China has the third most powerful military in the world. Russia apparently has the 11th largest economy in the world and is ranked 6th in the world for GDP (PPP). China has the 2nd largest economy in the world and is ranked 1st in the world for GDP (PPP). Also, these countries have had some of the most brilliant intellectuals in history. According to wikipedia, Russia has actually been ranked as "very high" in the Human Development Index.
So, why on earth are these countries still ruled by dictators? Why the hell is China still one of the most authoritarian countries in the world? Could it be that Russia and China have been lying about how successful their countries and that the living conditions of the vast majority of people in China and the vast majority of people in Russia are really not anywhere near as good as their respective leaders say they are? Could it also be possible that both Putin and Jinping have been lying about how powerful each of their militaries are?
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1 minute ago, BlackPhil said:Even you must have noticed how many times people like Fauci now has provided faulty information, changed his opinion and simply lied?
Some of the scientists I mentioned are even more qualified than Fauci to speak about this. Yet the media choose their specific icons/demigods that get all the space while censoring everyone else. It's just the same in my country, we have our own "Fauci" who has also been wrong about just as many things. Still he's almost the only one who get any space in the media while virologs and doctors of a different opinion all have been silenced.
Don't you think it's time to see through this charade soon?
Fauci didn't lie. Like science, his information on this virus had to evolve especially considering how new it was to all of us during the end of 2019 and beginning of 2020.
Yet, you're the one who looks up to guys like Robert Malone as an icon/demigod who cannot be questioned. You also have been brainwashed by all of the toxic right wing conspiracy theories on this issue. I've heard all of these theories before and they are the ones who have provided faulty information, changed their opinions and blatantly lied to us just like Trump did all because these right wingers are trying to promote political and business agenda because they have been totally corrupted by money and power.
Don't you think it's time to see through their charades?
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1 minute ago, BlackPhil said:If you think that the "elite intellectuals" (infact it's more the richest, most powerful people who pull the strings) have the greatest levels of compassion I genuinely feel sorry for you. I can inform you that most of these people look upon the masses as nothing more than useless eaters and rats. They mainly care about their own profit and power. This has been the case through most of human history.
It's unfortunately not yogis running the world my friend.
Dude! Most of the elite intellectuals of the world are not rich and almost all of them don't have that much of an interest in political or economic power like tons of business people and politicians do. You think that someone like Fauci is super rich or has much interest in having as much political or economic power as possible? If you believe that then I genuinely feel sorry for you.
Do you think that other intellectuals such as Albert Einstein or Noam Chomsky care or cared about their own profit and power? No! They genuinely care about improving our world.
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25 minutes ago, BlackPhil said:What exactly of what I've been saying has been misinformation? Please be specific.
If I see that you, collectively, have been led astray and are uniting (like one huge cult) based upon, what my research and intuition has shown me, is false information, manipulation through fear and mindcontrol, then I'm gonna question this like any sane person would. If you personally still refuse to entertain different ideas then that's up to you.
Yeah that's the words they try to use in order to discredit these very prominent scientists. The only thing they infact have gotten from speaking out about this has been character assassination, risking their careers aswell as being ridiculed. Not really the things you would strive after if your goal is selfish, political/business agendas, do you think?
Yeah that's the words that these very "prominent scientists" try to use in order to discredit the real legit prominent scientists.
21 minutes ago, BlackPhil said:You only have to look at history aswell as read some psychology. The majority/masses rarely have the wisest opinions and have over and over again been drawn into these kinds of collective-madness's.
No, this is a faulty logic. Yes, the majority/masses rarely have the wisest opinions. Most people in this world are not above average overall intelligence. The elite intellectuals of the world who are of sound mind and have the greatest level of compassion are the ones who are able to form the wisest opinions in the world. All of the top medical scientists and doctors in the world who have agreed that these COVID vaccines are absolutely vital are some of the elites of the world who are well above the majority/masses of the world.
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12 minutes ago, BlackPhil said:If you get irritated by someone questioning your point of view it's an unhealthy thing, and says more about you than what it does about me.
And no, not every scientist or medical expert are pro these mRNA-shots. There has been alot of whistle blowers so far. Some of them have been among the most qualified people in the world to talk about this stuff.
Robert Malone (one of the inventors of mRNA-technology) is one example. Peter McCullough (one of the most prominent cardiologists in the world) is another. We also have Luc Montagnier (virologist and the nobel-prize winner for discovering HIV).
These are just a few examples of a huge amount of experts who has been criticizing this "vaccine". All of them has immediately been censored from all controlled media and had their wikipedia sites changed in order to discredit their person. This censorship says alot about whats happening and also explains why not even more people has dared to speak out.
Perhaps that could be a flaw of mine. However, what most people on this forum don't like about what you're doing is that you're contributing to the spread of misinformation and creating more unnecessary division. We all have a collective responsibility to unite together against this deadly virus by following what the vast majority of the top scientists and medical doctors who are the best specialists for this matter have all agreed on.
Those guys you mentioned including Robert Malone and Peter McCullough represent only a small strange amount of corrupt scientists and doctors who are lying because they are the ones who have some kind of selfish political and business agendas of their own.
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6 minutes ago, BlackPhil said:Explain how I'm a troll.
Is this the normal standard here nowdays? Was a while ago I read here.
You're irritating everyone here and you're also deliberately undermining the trust in information from the top medical doctor and medical scientists int the world. You really think you know more than all of those brilliant scientific experts who have all reached a legit unified consensus amongst each other for the greater good of the entire world?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkbaH0n6RnQ
I see his point.