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jamenta's avatar

A favorite quote of mine is by Teilhard de Chardin, “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”

I've decided to live my life with the assumption it's true. It may not be and if it is not so, then the world does seem like a hollow sad place.

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Patrick Powers's avatar

"It’s easier to understand what’s going on in the world when you mentally “mute” people’s narratives about what’s going on and just look at the material movements of wealth, resources, weapons, and people."

I do that. Read Fortune's list of the biggest and most profitable companies. The biggest first world companies will get what they want. Biggest second world companies will be vigorously opposed. For example, in about 2013 Russia's Gaszprom was the most profitable in the world. Nowadays US foreign policy revolves around screwing over Gaszprom, while in 2022 Russia gave equally mighty Exxon Mobil a five billion dollar shafting.

In short, government is all about winning with whatever means are feasible.

It's impossible to hide the movement of trillions of dollars. Following such is a lot more effective than messing around with QAnon clues.

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