I am really starting to understand itâs not so much that people are actually stupid, but that they have been so thoroughly brainwashed and conditioned that the form of callowness in which they exist overrides all forms of thought so that the very idea of taking courageous action is fundamentally impossible.
Itâs quite sad really.
Learned helplessness
Very true, and sad to see. Especially in ppl you care deeply about.
Divine light exists in all: some are dimmer, others brighter, a few radiate brilliantly, and many flicker faintly.
some are fluorinated, the light is on but nothing comes out of it
Sadly true. Plus they have been intoxicated by the food industry and made ill by the medical-pharmaceutical complex. Weak ppl are easier to govern & milk. Panem et circenses is all they needâŚ
For most people. Some professions really select for cowardice, though - finance being the one I know personally.
What do you think about the Holocaust and AIPAC?
Itâs a complex question that I resent people think can easily or sensitively discussed on forums like this because of the extremely nuanced nature of not only the conversation, content and deep historical knowledge needed to discuss such things; but also the very real bigotry and hate that is directed in both directions for either trying to question, or accepting the historical narrative. Itâs rather infuriating as it is a needed conversation that seems nearly impossible because of how much it has loaded itself and the aggressive nature in which questioning isnât presented as sincere questioning, similar to how defending the narrative doesnât seem to have legitimacy beyond its own defense. So frankly I canât really comment on any of it without opening a can of worms that needs a 5 hour podcast format just to get the preliminary view to understanding the very nature of the question itself.
That sounds like an excellent opportunity to open a discussion. Just refuse to engage in the fallacy and shitthrowing that will ensue. I would watch the heck out of that podcast.
I would too, but still would advise against doing it.
Are you AI or Zionist?
Itâs this kind of shit that you clearly fail to understand works against you. If you want a real conversation that could actually be productive in a meaningful way than be willing to put in the effort towards it rather than just being as asshole.
âHey, letâs go shopping!â
Very. Look at this response that I got today nostr:nevent1qqswc8dunt83kqk9jlxz662qqefuy68wra7x2efpkk8vgyd2uluhwlgrd9q2f
Yeah they have turned their intelligence against themselves. That's what evil does. It teaches you that you're worthless, it teaches you to assume instead of confirm, it teaches you to remove yourself from opportunity.
you just described the plot of wicked đ
Agreed, but also a lot of people are actually stupid.
I think the fear of realising you have been wrong for so so long is also a huge barrier
because that fear presents as courage.
the ultimate symptom of a not free people
Last weekend I had a discussion with my father about free speech⌠heâs a good guy, youâd like him, he definitely isnât stupid, but institutionalised⌠22 years British Army 26 years National Health Service⌠he said âI donât think anyone should have free speechâ⌠itâs tough to hear that⌠I love that guy
It's a matter of breaking free from conditioning first by seeing that the individual and their world view is shaped through mental, emotional, social, and environmental conditioning. First they have to see it, then recognize that this is not the self. The conditioning is just habit energy taken to be a self.
Don't forget that people usually don't have time to stop and think. The rat race is 24/7.
12 years in state ran indoctrination camps on still developing brains is a hell of a drug
They are under a spell. Itâs the starting operating system most people begin their life running.
You only really break the brain washing once your own mental operating system has crashed and you reboot a new one.
It takes an existential crisis to even begin thinking for yourself and running your own code.
Itâs sad, but their ignorance bliss is temporary if the world continues on itâs trajectory.
Our academia-heavy culture rewards intelligence and conformity. Those who come out on top are the smartest who color within the lines.
If youâre not smart enough, you wonât make the grades. If youâre too free-thinking, you wonât pass the tests. The system ejects nonconformists.
This explains the bell curve meme. The left-curver is sufficiently disagreeable to reject the dogma. The right-curver is intelligent enough to see past it. But we both look crazy to middle-core normies.
Youâve reached Ayn Randâs epiphany (Atlas Shruuged). Itâs both sad and liberating at the same time.
The liberating part is, it frees you from wasted compassion for the unthinking and allows you to focus all your attention on the producers.
Was having a conversation with an intelligent family member and was blown away that they flat out refused to acknowledge how someone with an infinite money printer didn't have a huge advantage over everyone else. WTF?!?!
they have been brainwashed into thinking the inflationary growth model is necessary - cant see outside the matrix. maybe if they had a clear view of the answer they could make the courageous choice. its like they can feel something is wrong but not pinpoint the root cause
It's mass domestication.
Definitely both. Some are straight up stupid. Others are so programmed from a young age that breaking the pattern is nearly impossible.
It requires a need to change, something dramatic or extreme to break and create a new pattern.
Intelligence can be suppressed by ideology. Independent thinking and the recognition of objective laws are fundamental conditions for maintaining intelligence.
Is a cow stupid for being bred into domestication over thousands of years?
Is a human stupid for being psyoped into domestication over the past 100 or more years?
Probably not. We're got a big hole to dig ourselves out of as a species with a small group of predators trying to devour us.
I agree. It seems to have resulted in irreversible wide scale brain atrophy and even stunted peopleâs brain development at critical phases of their lives. The window where this development could occur has since closed. Just about everyone living in a modern society seems to have been affected to one degree or another.
Friends who are "successful" in the fiat economy and are near retirement (planning it with their financial advisors) cannot see why they'd shift direction and risk their plans that have been so carefully mapped out over years. They're unwilling to study BTC because they believe they're all set up and ready to flow into that beautifully planned retirement. They have outsourced their "education" to their financial advisors and banks and share market positions, believing they're are safe because life's good and it's worked for them to date, why "fix" what ain't broke. đĽ´đŤŁ
Itâs also a form of living that is somewhat convenient. Itâs much easier to bury your head in the sand then to go against the grain and question the existing paradigm when you start to see things that contradict it.
The mass man will always exist and will always be conditioned by those who rule over him. It is the quality of the ruler that matters more.
đŻ - ultra processed foods, indoor environments, blue LED lights (room lights and tech screens), and a semi-centuryâs worth of âtrust the expertsâ in healthcare and finance have fucked up a lot of human CPUs. Not sure why some are able to see it and reject it / red pill faster than others. Is it nature or nurture đ¤ˇđźââď¸
No. The problem is that people overestimate their own intelligence and that of their circle while underestimating the intelligence of people who have demonstrable achievements
batteries in the matrix
this is why we must help and guide with empathy
they donât know what they donât know yet
The allegory of Platoâs cave is so apt for this exact insight
Even if you show someone another way, they turn right back around to familiar territory (even if it harms them and you can prove it)
I came to that same point. They know what the problems are. They can see what's happening around them. But there's no will Im them to move a finger and do something about it.
But, all it takes is a spark to break them out of it. We just need to set off as many sparks as we can to give them a chance to find the right one to break them free. I have hope.
Didnât you get in bitcoin super early and live in the woods and all that cool shit why you always so angry bro whatâs the problem lol
They donât see it as a lack of courage. They see it as alliance to the right side of history.
The reason the good guys havenât won YET is because of the stupidity and jingoistic tendencies of the easily betrayed.
