to tell whether somebody is worth following ask yourself two questions:
1 - are their positions logically consistent with their other positions ?
2 - are their positions consistent with some known ideology ?
the answer to 1st Q should be Yes and the answer to 2nd one should be NO
in fact if we were to give the answer on a scale of 1 ( least consistent ) to 10 ( most consistent ) then the ratio of the two would give you the quality of that person's philosophy.
that is to say a superbeing ( me ) would be almost completely internally consistent in their ideology while being completely inconsistent with any existing ideology because my ideology is based on original analysis and not on blind acceptance.
a subhuman ( anybody on Poa.st ) would be completely inconsistent in their own views but 100% consistent with some known ideology ( Neo-Nazi / NRX in their case ), because they are dumb tribal animals totally incapable of critical thinking - all they can do is choose which herd to be a part of.
in this way a reject from Poa.st is exactly the same as some Liberal college chick with Purple hair - they would both score the same on the Formula. they would of course tell you that they are "literally the opposite" but they are only opposite in terms of swallowing different lies - the process by which they passively absorb lies wholesale out of desire to belong to a group is exactly the same.
some people say i am a contrarian - and it is true. whenever i discover a new ideology ( or a new diet or anything ) i allow myself to be absorbed by it for a year, then i begin to poke holes in it, until eventually i reject it completely. because all idols are false, but you must spend some time on the inside of any movement, truly immersed in it, before you can properly dismantle it intellectually.
the other strategy i use is i deliberately join the most demonized and most absurdly outrageous groups. for example that's how, being a Jew myself, decided to join Neo Nazis. then being a Vegan i decided to join Carnivores. and finally being a Nazi i decided to join Pedophiles.
essentially you must always falsify your own beliefs and accept those of others only for a short period of time - long enough to fully understand them - before falsifying them. never stay in one place and always explore the most extreme positions.
as Mark Twain said "whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority it is time to pause and reflect" - i have been living by this before i ever heard that gem. Mark Twain never missed.
the downside to this approach is your friends will be few, but the upside is you will be, intellectually, the best you can be.
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