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Thomas Jefferson, a towering intellect, wrote in his Notes On The State Of Virginia the following about black people:

"They seem to require less sleep. A black, after hard labor through the day, will be induced by the slightest amusements to sit up till midnight, or later, though knowing he must be out with the first dawn of the morning. They are at least as brave, and more adventuresome. But this may perhaps proceed from a want of forethought, which prevents their seeing a danger till it be present. When present, they do not go through it with more coolness or steadiness than the whites. They are more ardent after their female: but love seems with them to be more an eager desire, than a tender delicate mixture of sentiment and sensation. Their griefs are transient. Those numberless afflictions, which render it doubtful whether heaven has given life to us in mercy or in wrath, are less felt, and sooner forgotten with them. In general, their existence appears to participate more of sensation than reflection... Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason, and imagination, it appears to me, that in memory they are equal to the whites; in reason much inferior, as I think one [black] could scarcely be found capable of tracing and comprehending the investigations of Euclid; and that in imagination they are dull, tasteless, and anomalous... I advance it therefore as a suspicion only, that the blacks, whether originally a distinct race, or made distinct by time and circumstances, are inferior to the whites in the endowments both of body and mind."

Why do I cite this? Because I want you to learn the lesson that even very intelligent people fall prey to self-deception and believe ridiculous things thanks to their biases — which are absorbed from their culture (The Social Matrix).

This kind of thing still happens today within universities, academia, science, medicine, and law. The most intelligent people today hold positions which will look equally absurd as the one above in one hundred years. The only reason those positions are not obvious today is because the majority of intellectuals hold the same positions, and most intellectuals still operate on group-think.

Materialism is one such position. Further generations of scientists and academics will laugh at the notion that consciousness is the byproduct of atoms or brains, wondering how 21st century scientists could have been so stupid.

This is how The Social Matrix warps your mind.

If Trump wins the 2024 election he and his minions will for sure attempt to create an authoritarian Christian state using a Blitzkrieg strategy. This isn't my speculation, they published a 900-page document which outlines their entire plan. It's called Project 2025. Read it, if you dare.

This is Trump's actual Christian Nationalist policy agenda for 2025. It's absolutely batshit stuff. Just flagrant corruption, authoritarianism, corporate pillage, and minority rule:

More:

• Project 2025 Christian Nationalist Global Reach

Trump's 2nd term will be uniquely worse than anything in his first term. All the restraints will be gone because the entire administration will be filled with degenerates, ideological Christian morons, and capitalist wolves. Americans have no idea how disastrous a 2nd Trump term would be. Nobody is seriously talking about this. This is a plan for pure corruption and devilry. People are still in denial about this. They think Trump will just do the same old stuff, an entertaining clown-show. No! This time will be totally different. He's going hog-wild authoritarian. This will do decades of damage to the basic functions of American government. It is insane that anyone would vote for this. But most voters don't even know what they're voting for. They think they're just voting for some pro-American business tycoon who has more energy than sleepy Biden. That is complete delusion.

MAGA has told you exactly what they plan to do: turn America into anti-democratic fundamentalist Christian authoritarian oligarchic hyper-capitalist machine.

This is not a joke. If Trump wins, expect corruption on a scale you've never seen, erosion of the entire government at all levels, chaos, and finally market collapse along the lines of 2008. Because whatever these MAGA people do, only one thing is guaranteed, that it will all eventually collapse because it is utterly out of touch with reality and human decency. These Christian conservatives themselves will live to regret the demon that their ignorance has unleashed upon America.

There's been much hand-wringing of late about how Biden is too old and maybe Trump is better after all.

It's easy to get distracted because the zone is flooded with shit. I just want to remind you of what MAGA actually wants for America. MAGA wants Christian Nationalism. That's what Trump has aligned himself with. Christian Nationalists believe that America is a fundamentally Christian Nation and should be refashioned in that image, where Jesus is the #1 value. They don't merely believe in God, they believe that Jesus is your one and only King. You bow to Jesus. These people do not believe in democracy, they believe in theocracy. These people believe that the Earth is 6,000 years old. That humans and dinosaurs lived side by side. That sex before marriage should be banned. That porn should be outlawed. That birth control should be illegal. That all abortion is murder. That homosexuality and trans are demonic sins. That fundamentalist Christianity supersedes the US Constitution. That all schools should teach Jesus. That the military should be run by Christians. That only Christians should hold public office. That each household should only have one vote, that of the head of household, who is obviously male. That Jesus wants you to conceal-carry a Glock. And that God will send you to Hell if you don't follow their ways.

This isn't a joke or a strawman of their positions. This is stuff they honestly believe. They even have a slogan for it:

"Jesus, and nothing else."

These are not just some fringe powerless nutcases. These Christian Nationalists include powerful, rich, and politically-connected people already sitting in high places within the government, courts, media, think-tanks, law firms, lobbyist groups, etc. They are highly organized in networks amongst themselves. People like Speakers of the House Mike Johnson and Kevin McCarthy, backroom Supreme Court manipulator Leonard Leo, justices on the Supreme Court, the wives of Justice Alito and Thomas, judges across federal and state governments, and members of the House of Representatives and Senate such as Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Kari Lake, Matt Gaetz, Devin Nunes, Jim Jordan, Charlie Kirk, etc. These people are ignorant corrupt ideologues to comical levels. Many of them are criminals, sexual abusers, scammers, thieves, propagandists, and corporate wolves. And as crazy as these people may seem to you, they take their mission of turning America into a Christian Nation dead serious — it is their sole purpose in life aside from making themselves and their friends rich. Because, after all, God wants you and your friends to be as rich as possible as you go about turning the world into a kingdom for Jesus.

So, when you vote for Trump, these are the people who you are voting for to populate the federal government. These people fundamentally believe that the separation of church and state is a sin unto Jesus. And of course, all of this Christian dogma is deeply intertwined with rampant unchecked capitalist manipulation on behalf of their rich and powerful business and corporate friends in the oil and gas industry, military industrial complex, big agriculture, big pharma, etc. They are not just going to create a Christian Nation, they will do it while making themselves, their families, and their friends filthy rich at the expense of everyone else. Oh, and sex. It's also about them getting sex. Ideology, power, money, and sex. That's the real game they are playing. That's what the whole MAGA movement is about. Of course! What else would it be about? Truth? Goodness? Helping the weak and oppressed? LOL. Don't be stupid. That would require hard inner work, consciousness, selflessness, and integrity — which none of these rats are interested in. These people are the bottom of the intellectual barrel. All they know or care about is survival.

Just last week the Louisiana government passed a law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in all public classrooms across the state. Louisiana is the stomping ground for some of the most radical Christian Nationalists, like Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, who covertly spread their delusional ideology across the land, into every place of high office they can find.

Just last week the Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine, breaking a 40 years precedent and crippling the government's ability to regulate any corporation. This is all part of the Christian Nationalist plan. The doors are now wide open for their corporate wolf friends to pillage the commons and destroy any regulation that cuts into their profits. This is bald-faced corruption, bald-faced elitism, bald-faced oligarchy, bald-faced corporatism, bald-faced minority rule. A deluded, underdeveloped, radicalized Christian minority wants to rule the majority of Americans in the name of Jesus while extracting ungodly profits for themselves. That's what MAGA really is.

This is what you're really voting for:

If you think Trump is merely a narcissistic blowhard, that's just the surface level. Trump has aligned himself with the most ignorant, corrupt, unconscious, delusional, criminal, and sexually dysfunctional segments of American society. America's fundamentalist Christians have signed a pact with the Devil in their effort to turn America into a Christian Nation. Like amateur necromancers in a cliched video game plot, these Christians resurrected the demon of Trump in the hope he will deliver to them their fundamentalist dream. Of course the Devil is no one's servant, he will just use these gullible and morally-bankrupt Christians for his own gain, but in the meantime he will allow them to do much damage to the country's bedrock institutions because that suits the Devil's own needs. For you see, healthy and robust institutions prevent the Devil from wielding his full power. The goal is to let these deluded Christian Nationalists hollow out America's regulatory agencies so that the corporate wolves can rob the public blind. And while these cretins busy themselves with grabbing money and sex, and preaching Jesus, the Devil will assume his final form and throw them all under the bus, much to their surprise and horror.

It's classic. It's Biblical. It's diabolical.

The level of depravity, corruption, and ignorance fueling this whole political movement is so shameless and audacious in its arrogance that it's hard to believe that it's afoot. And yet this is exactly what's at stake in the 2024 election. Be under no illusions, a pact has been struck between the Christians, the Devil, and the corporate wolves to hollow out the America government for their personal gain at everyone else's expense. The only question is, will you let them? Will you be their useful idiot?

NPR Article: Tracing The Rise Of Christian Nationalism

So, on the one hand you got Sleepy Joe, on the other hand you got the Devil and his minions.

The Devil never does his work alone, he recruits the gullible and the depraved to multiply his corrosive influence. And the Devil's favorite way to accomplish his work is through religion and spirituality — because no other way could be as devious and ironic.

Ta-daaa!

If you're trying to learn how to talk to girls, here's a good lesson of how to do it:

Things to notice:

• Notice how calm, relaxed, and casual he is. He's not anxious, he's not flashy, he's not trying to impress them. He's not acting like a drunk frat-boy or dancing monkey.
• Notice how slowly he talks. He's not in any rush to say words. He leaves plenty of room for silence and eye contact. He talks slower than normal, not faster than normal.
• Notice how he leads the whole thing with eye contact. This is key. Deep eye contact is more important than what you say.
• Notice how his opener ("American?") is so simple and observational. He starts off by making an assumption about her. That's one of the best ways to open. Make an interesting assumption or observation. You can do this with any girl. You don't need any fancy or clever opener.
• Notice how natural the whole interaction feels. He's not being "gamey". He's not trying to "game" the girls with stupid lines or jokes or gimmicks.
• Notice how he assumes they are already friends. He doesn't talk to them like cold strangers, he talks to them like old friends.
• Notice how ScarJo looks at him. That look from a girl is all you need to know to know she's attracted to you. You don't need to wonder if a girl likes you or is willing to sleep with you. Just look at her face and her eyes. If she can't stop looking in your eyes, if she's smiling, she's interested in sleeping with you as long as you don't do anything creepy to turn her off.
• Notice how bold and direct he is. He just invites them to travel with him. He doesn't waste time beating around the bush playing stupid games. It's obvious to everyone that this is a sexually charged interaction. There's no possibility of the friend-zone here. His intent is clear. He isn't ashamed of himself or his sexual intentions. He doesn't try to hide it from the girls. He is authentic and real. He owns his manhood.
• Notice that he's not being scripted or premeditated. He's not stuck in his head trying to recall some line he memorized at home. He's responding in-real-time to the situation. He's improvising and adapting on the fly. He is not worried at all about what he's going to say next, because he's present, relaxed, secure, and comfortable in this own skin.
• Notice that he's leading the interaction towards an insta-date. He's not talking purposelessly. He's not trying to settle for a phone number and maybe a date in 2 weeks. He's closing the deal right now! He's offering an instant adventure, right now! Let's go run away together right now! Today, tonight, right now! Let's go! Fun! Adventure!
• Notice that he's leading and offering value. He didn't break into their conversation like a weasel looking to leech attention and fun from them. He came in offering value. Offering free travel. Offering food and wine. Offering art. Offering to show them around a city they've never been. He's leading. Like a man should.
• Notice that he demonstrates his passions, values, and personality. He isn't talking about the weather, he's inviting them to see a sculpture — art — that he's passionate about. This communicates that he values art, beauty, travel, good food, good wine, living in the moment, free love. He demonstrates and offers value by saying he can pilot a plane.
• Notice that he doesn't ask them stupid formal questions like, "So, what do you do? What's your favorite color?" Because that would be totally out of place and unnatural in this situation.
• Notice that he's persuasive. He answers all her token objections and excuses. He makes an enticing offer.
• Notice how he handles her friend's shit-tests. She resists and tries to shame him, but he just plows forward with honesty and boldness without getting flustered or doubting himself. He makes her look like the fool for over-analyzing his authenticity.
• Notice, he is present enough to remember their names and addresses them using their names.
• He doesn't linger endlessly, he doesn't overstay his welcome. He presents the offer and then walks away. This demonstrates that he is not needy and he is not trying to "get in on" their social time.
• Notice how he comes across as grounded, rational, and reasonable, even though he's proposing something rather wild and adventurous. He comes off as sane, trustworthy, experienced, and responsible.
• Notice that he does all this in a tasteful manner. Even though he implies sex, he doesn't make the girls feel slutty or cheap for accepting his offer. He's not being a horn-dog.
• Notice how gentle he is. You can barely hear his words, but he delivers with confidently. Being masculine does not mean that you are loud, flashy, aggressive, or arrogant. Notice his lack of posturing. He's not trying to be alpha. He's not puffing himself up.
• Notice that he is not attached to the outcome of this interaction. If they reject him or refuse his offer, he's  not going to beat himself up or take it personally. He's not going to wonder to himself, "Oh man, they didn't like me. They didn't think I was good enough." It's gonna be like water off a duck's back. He's just gonna carry on with his day as if nothing happened. He's not even going to register this interaction as a rejection.

This video demonstrates the perfect, mature pickup. It's not some gimmicky pickup artist cringe. It's the kind of approach that would work on any single woman.

Of course he's good-looking so that makes it all much easier. But the principles of game are the same regardless of how you look. And you never know which girl will find your looks acceptable. Plenty of girls will find your looks acceptable as long as you do a solid approach. Also, plenty of girls are bored and horny and looking for an adventure, but they will not go out of their way to ask you, you must be bold enough to present it her in an enticing and tasteful manner. And you must also make her feel safe with you by not coming off as an unhinged, socially-miscalibrated creep.

The first publicly-traded multinational corporation in the world was the Dutch East India Company. They created a monopoly for themselves on clove and nutmeg spices which they sailed to procure from islands in Indonesia. By 1669 this company was so successful and powerful that the Dutch government gave it the right to make treaties and engage in war on behalf of the Dutch. This company was like a floating state, with 150 merchant ships, 40 warships, 50,000 employees, a private army of 10,000 soldiers, colonies from South America to South Africa to Iran to India, and an annual dividend payment of 40%. It was the richest company the world had ever seen.

To secure their monopoly on spice, the Dutch East India Company fought wars against the Spanish, English, and Portuguese navies. The Dutch established the world's first stock market to sell shares of the Dutch East India Company and small companies like it in order to help fund risky trade expeditions around the world. The Dutch also started the biggest international bank. The Dutch East India Company paid an annual dividend of 18% for 200 years! This made the Dutch the richest country in Europe at the time. This was one of the first modern experiments in capitalism which resulted in massive material success.

Free trade, entrepreneurship, and massive wealth accumulation from merchant activities had existed since the dawn of civilization. But what is called capitalism only arose with the Dutch, when they invented the multinational publicly traded corporation and international banking.

I'm studying the history of capitalism and socialism. Pretty neat, huh?

Africa is absolutely massive! Typical maps are very misleading and do not display its scale properly.

Here's the true size of Africa:

Just consider, the Sahara dessert alone is larger than the entire USA!

Source: The Visual Capitalist

Imagine Cat Infinity — a singularity that contains a roiling soup of every possible cat-form that could ever be imagined by anyone within any possible universe across all of time.

That's what I illustrate here:

Now understand this: Any time you see a cat walking around in our world, it was not born, it was spawned out of this singularity of pure Cat Infinity. There cannot exist a cat without Cat Infinity existing first.

And now imagine that such a singularity exists for every possible object and thing you experience in the material world: Rock Infinity, Tree Infinity, Car Infinity, Math Infinity, Pizza Infinity, Crocodile Infinity, Jazz Infinity, Human Infinity, Alien Infinity, Psychosis Infinity, Demon Infinity, Goblin Infinity, Child Rape Infinity, etc.

And now understand this: God/Consciousness is the sum total of all of these Infinities. That is where everything came from. That is INFINITE IMAGINATION.

You were not born from a human mother, you spawned out of INFINITY.

That is what you are!

YOU. ARE. INFINITY.

This explains absolutely everything.

No other explanation of reality can be as powerful as this. This is maximum power. Infinite power. Omnipotence.

Unless you are directly conscious of this, your enlightenment is weak-sauce.

If you're looking for a theory of everything (TOE) this is the ultimate one. Only it's not a theory, it is what you are. And nothing anyone ever does or says can ever contradict it.

This is what I mean when I say GOD.

THAT IS CONSCIOUSNESS.

THAT IS LOVE.

Not anything less. This is what all of my work was for. To get you to understand this.

Meow.

The following 12 part series on the ancient Greek Antikythera machine is just incredible. This is the world's oldest surviving analog computer, at over 2000 years old. It was a kind of zodiac/celestial clock/calendar which meticulously tracked the movements of the stars.

This YouTuber explains how the device worked, what each part did, and he re-machines the whole thing from scratch before your eyes. Incredible!

I suggest you watch the whole series to appreciate the insane metalwork and craftsmanship of the ancient Greeks. It gets crazy good in the last third of the series.

This is YouTube at its best:

Full Series Playlist

I've been researching all sorts of ancient civilizations lately, just for my amusement, and found some great videos exploring the incredible stone work done in ancient Egypt which seems to show signs of advanced machining.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting that aliens made the pyramids. It just seems like there might have been a pre-Egyptian civilization with insanely advanced stone cutting technologies which might have been lost to time. Watch the following videos to really appreciate how impossibly perfect some of the earliest Egyptian stonework is. It's hard to imagine that large circular saws were not used to cut some of this granite. I'm not dogmatic about it one way or another. It's just interesting to speculate about how such stone work was done.

More videos:

• The Mysteries of Saqqara
• The Most Precise Granite Objects Of Ancient Egypt
• The Aswan Quarry
• The Colossal Statues Of Ancient Egypt

I'm not a fan of wild speculation and outlandish mystical theories about ancient Egypt. I think there are many bad New Age theories out there on YouTube about ancient Egypt. What I prefer are grounded documentaries. But even so, mainstream history and science may be underestimating the ancient Egyptians and especially their predecessors. It's possible that some very advanced people lived in Egypt long before the ancient Egyptians who are so well-known today.

In order to keep yourself from getting deluded on this topic it's important to remind yourself that all of this is speculation. This means you should keep an open mind to multiple alternative possibilities. Be especially wary of jumping to exotic and fantastical explanations where mundane explanations may suffice. Don't underestimate how much mastery is possible just through insane and clever work. One thing is clear, the ancient Egyptians were Lords of Stone.

This is a profound discussion of intelligence:

Michael Levin is doing some impressive and deep sense-making work for a scientist. I was pleasantly surprised.