The Undertow of Kindness or Just Batshit Crazy?

[DooDiligence]

1 hour ago, james22 said:

 

Nah, that's a cop out. The solution is not to care less, but to recognize what you can and cannot change. Then accept the latter and be responsible for the former.

 

Read the Stoics (or just the Serenity Prayer).

 

 

Read Thomas Sowell's A Conflict of Visions.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Conflict-Visions-Ideological-Political-Struggles/dp/0465002056/

 

You'll better understand how others can think so differently without being hateful.

 

I have a jewel in my hand.

[james22]

2 hours ago, DooDiligence said:

I have a jewel in my hand.

 

Aaand some cling to believing others are hateful, because otherwise they wouldn't be quite so special.

[DooDiligence]

1 hour ago, james22 said:

 

Aaand some cling to believing others are hateful, because otherwise they wouldn't be quite so special.

 

Your logic is seriously flawed. Have you been asleep for the past decade?

[Charlie]

13 hours ago, DooDiligence said:

We are the wellspring of much of the world's sentiment and are currently exporting a lot of fear and hate. I want to figure out how to change that so that it spreads for the good of humanity. I'm afraid that I'm too late. The opposition seems insurmountable. We are swiftly spiraling into an abyss largely through the efforts of a few ill intentioned demagogues.

It is the manipulated mindset of Trump believers, that you are left behind or that everything is unfair, when you are by far the richest guy in the room

that is very dangerous. Trump spreads fear and hate and MAGA seems to believe him.

Also the mindset of not recognizing your mistakes and seeking the fault elsewhere is very dangerous.

Trump has a big tendency of not recognizing his mistakes and so it is always everybody else´s fault.

So mistakes will not corrected.

At the end of world war II, Hitler said something to the degree that it was not his fault....

 

America is/was great and is in danger to get hated from everybody.

 

 

12 hours ago, Vish_ram said:

Seek and ye shall find 
But who is seeking?  
It is the ego that is doing the seeking
For seeking to end, the ego should die 
The death of ego is the birth of enlightenment 
How to kill the ego?
Realize you’re not the doer, doing happens through you 
Quit the seeking, 
what you sought is already in you
But I still can’t find that. What then?
Let go the attachments, the craving and the wanting
Be still and empty the mind 
Abide in the awareness 
I am that I am. tat tvam asi 

great words!

 

On Friday my family and I will travel for 2 weeks to South Africa (mainly Garden Route).

I think it would be a great experience for some right-wing people here to see things in perspective and learn tolerance. 

The South Africans are very relaxed and not very rich. 

 

Edited April 2, 2025 by Charlie

[nsx5200]

6 hours ago, Charlie said:

It is the manipulated mindset of Trump believers, that you are left behind or that everything is unfair, when you are by far the richest guy in the room

 

It is true in many parts of the country where many are indeed left-behind from globalization/mechanization/obsolescence/whatever.  I remember driving to the area where the Zippo factory is located via local roads, and drove past many towns where you can see hallmarks of industries that was once thriving, but is now in ruins.  I suspect this happened over and over again all over U.S., and the towns that relies on the growth of such past industries have essentially declined.  The United States is very a big place.  One trip to the Grand Canyon or Alaska will give you that sense of awe in the vastness of that space.  It's easy to think the world from the perspective of a more modern environment like New York City, or a typical Simpson-style suburb, but there are still still tons of rural areas where the media ignore, so it's essentially forgotten until the politicians need their vote.  I can definitely see how those places can be attracted to a candidate that promise to rip the existing system down, and get back to those "days of glory".

 

Peter Santenello has a bunch of videos where he interviews people in these forgotten places, and just walk around.  It's worthwhile to check out a few videos, as it provides a different view into America that is typically not covered by MSM, left or right.

[Hektor]

2 minutes ago, nsx5200 said:

there are still still tons of rural areas where the media ignore, so it's essentially forgotten until the politicians need their vote.  I can definitely see how those places can be attracted to a candidate that promise to rip the existing system down, and get back to those "days of glory".

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