I was fortunate enough to get to meet and speak with Dr. Peterson shortly before he had his “health crisis” which many (and I think he did too) say was a nervous breakdown. Even then he was aware of much of the things he speaks out now, but I think he didn’t quite see how deep the chasm was. After his recovery I think that has a part of why he goes more into religious interpretation of some things. I would say from personal experience that having some sort of spiritual grounding to deal with the traumas and problematic parts of your life has merit.

Anyway, even back then I don’t think most people understood the situation he was in. I have never seen such extensive security forces in any public event as I saw at his talk. I don’t doubt for a minute that it was necessary. On my way into the theater, a protestor screamed “TRAITOR!” at me- presumably since I’m a woman.

During the first part of my life I was completely immersed in the art world. As Peterson has said many times, this woke shit has been going on for years before it hit mainstream. For too long I just accepted it as normal, shut up about what I truly understood, and tried to eke out a living. Then when the Great Recession happened, the illusion was just too much to accept when everything was falling apart in the real world. All around me artists were doubling down on fantasies of “making it” and selling out to the powers that be for the next crumbs of grant money. NO ONE can make a living off of grants. See how they describe the social ills injected into our minds. I’ve seen that happen for years in the art world. Artists who made art that was approved by the academic system, who can’t sell it to the public, desperate for “support”, will do pretty much anything for grant money-aka tax funds stolen from the public and private “nudge” money.

There doesn’t have to be some grand conspiracy. I’ve seen firsthand how a little bit of well placed “nudge money” starts a whole evil snowball rolling and people wonder how all this shit takes root.

BTW, back then I was involved at all levels of non-profit arts organizations. I know quite well about how they are used by govt. entities to accomplish things that would otherwise be compromising/unconstitutional for a bureaucracy to do it.

Just like the covaids did to so many people, the Great Recession made the stream of illusion run dry and I ran aground on the shores of reality. The last minute or so of this video explains precisely why since then I have cut ties with the art world/scene/industry. #grownostr #awakenotwoke #exitthesystem nostr:note193mn0wfgenvlwkwhd89y09qzvfhxsg3e9repgxvl5835flpn89kq8tvwjc