What do you mean Deep State? The Maiden revolution was people rising up against a president who campaigned on aligning with the democratic and prosperous EU and then switched to aligning with Putin (probably after a massive bribe or threat to life). American money backed the uprising. Sometimes the US does the right thing. This was one of those times.
What do you mean Deep State? The Maiden revolution was people rising up against a president who campaigned on aligning with the democratic and prosperous EU and then switched to aligning with Putin (probably after a massive bribe or threat to life). American money backed the uprising. Sometimes the US does the right thing. This was one of those times.
It was a US sponsored coup. We are at opposite ends of how we view Ukraine. Putin repeatedly warned US not to put NATO bases near the Russian border, they consider it a direct threat, yet the US did it anyway. That’s what this war is about. Russia is not our enemy, and US is partially at fault for this fiasco.
Yes they are partially to blame AND as Chomsky says the invasion was just as egregious as the Nazi invasion of Poland and the US/UK invasion of Iraq. The Ukrainian people preferred to be closer to the EU, a propersous, liberal and democratic group that the kleptocratic Russian dictatorship. The Ukrainian president campaigned on going closer to the EU then was bribed or strong-armed into making ties with Russia. If you were Ukrainian would you rather be part of the EU or Russia?
I mean that your claim that the US is sometimes wrong and sometimes right is too nuanced for internet debate. You're supposed to collapse it into a simplified version where they are always wrong or right. Ironically this is what CE is constantly cautioning against, yet by using the term Establishment and painting them as all bad, is himself doing.
I agree :) thanks for explaining. Yes, Charles seems rather confused and is projecting his inability to face the objective reality of who Trump is, what he's promised to do and what he has done and STILL feel the warm fuzzy compassion-buzz he's tripping on.
Upton Sinclair: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
I am actually comprehending more deeply what is meant by 'cognitive dissonance' when I think about this situation he's got himself into. One part of him wants it to all be love and light, another part wants the money, another part wants to protect his reputation as an independent thinker, and so on. There is a fragmentation, a lack of integrity. This is probably the effect that getting involved in institutional politics always has.
Pretty sure he's not consciously lying in the way that DT himself does, where he just doesn't give a shit what is true. CE is lying to himself about who Trump is, painting over the reality with 'who he might become if x happened', despite the fact that DT is 78 and VERY unlikely to change now, given he's been a grifter and a liar his entire life. Of course nothing is impossible, but to base your whole worldview on something that basically requires a miracle is probably not going to work out. Other than financially, of course.
Yes. He seems to have a deep epistemological and ontological confusion. I imagine that the company he keeps simply doesn't give him sufficient intellectual challenge when it comes to moral philosophy and politics. Libertarianism - beloved of uber privileged Austin elites like Aubrey Marcus who he also works for/with - is a very adolescent ideology.
This is the trap of becoming popular and loving the worship, you gradually start to think your thoughts are valuable simply because they are coming from you, and dismiss any pushback, because 'all those people who love me can't be wrong'. Well I'm sorry, but they are wrong (at least from my current perspective it looks that way).
People have to actively seek contrary opinions, and understandably, they usually don't. I am not burdened with any sort of popularity, however, so don't have to manage these challenges lol
What do you mean Deep State? The Maiden revolution was people rising up against a president who campaigned on aligning with the democratic and prosperous EU and then switched to aligning with Putin (probably after a massive bribe or threat to life). American money backed the uprising. Sometimes the US does the right thing. This was one of those times.
It was a US sponsored coup. We are at opposite ends of how we view Ukraine. Putin repeatedly warned US not to put NATO bases near the Russian border, they consider it a direct threat, yet the US did it anyway. That’s what this war is about. Russia is not our enemy, and US is partially at fault for this fiasco.
Yes they are partially to blame AND as Chomsky says the invasion was just as egregious as the Nazi invasion of Poland and the US/UK invasion of Iraq. The Ukrainian people preferred to be closer to the EU, a propersous, liberal and democratic group that the kleptocratic Russian dictatorship. The Ukrainian president campaigned on going closer to the EU then was bribed or strong-armed into making ties with Russia. If you were Ukrainian would you rather be part of the EU or Russia?
sorry that's too nuanced, try again :)
I dint know what that means
I mean that your claim that the US is sometimes wrong and sometimes right is too nuanced for internet debate. You're supposed to collapse it into a simplified version where they are always wrong or right. Ironically this is what CE is constantly cautioning against, yet by using the term Establishment and painting them as all bad, is himself doing.
I agree :) thanks for explaining. Yes, Charles seems rather confused and is projecting his inability to face the objective reality of who Trump is, what he's promised to do and what he has done and STILL feel the warm fuzzy compassion-buzz he's tripping on.
Upton Sinclair: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
I am actually comprehending more deeply what is meant by 'cognitive dissonance' when I think about this situation he's got himself into. One part of him wants it to all be love and light, another part wants the money, another part wants to protect his reputation as an independent thinker, and so on. There is a fragmentation, a lack of integrity. This is probably the effect that getting involved in institutional politics always has.
Pretty sure he's not consciously lying in the way that DT himself does, where he just doesn't give a shit what is true. CE is lying to himself about who Trump is, painting over the reality with 'who he might become if x happened', despite the fact that DT is 78 and VERY unlikely to change now, given he's been a grifter and a liar his entire life. Of course nothing is impossible, but to base your whole worldview on something that basically requires a miracle is probably not going to work out. Other than financially, of course.
Yes. He seems to have a deep epistemological and ontological confusion. I imagine that the company he keeps simply doesn't give him sufficient intellectual challenge when it comes to moral philosophy and politics. Libertarianism - beloved of uber privileged Austin elites like Aubrey Marcus who he also works for/with - is a very adolescent ideology.
This is the trap of becoming popular and loving the worship, you gradually start to think your thoughts are valuable simply because they are coming from you, and dismiss any pushback, because 'all those people who love me can't be wrong'. Well I'm sorry, but they are wrong (at least from my current perspective it looks that way).
People have to actively seek contrary opinions, and understandably, they usually don't. I am not burdened with any sort of popularity, however, so don't have to manage these challenges lol