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Mathew, it was a great honor to have the conversation, and we sure went deep down the philosophical rabbithole1 Thank you.

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Always a pleasure.

One day I'd like to have you on to talk about language, and how it steers the mind. If you're game.

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Oh absolutely! Id love to.

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My impression lately has been that Russia is like an evil twin of America; like what we would be like if not for our Constitution. I'm not saying that I approve of American imperialism or the Nazi-ridden Zelenskyy regime in Ukraine, but one has to note that Putin is posturing as an "anti-fascist" and is using "denazification" as a pretext for invading Ukraine. Could also be used as a pretext for genocide. Now doesn't the US also fancy itself as anti-fascist, particularly in its role as the world police? As Russia does imperialism in the vicinity of its borders too, the main difference between the two is how the government handles its own citizens. People can be banned from spreading Nazi propaganda in Russia, and jailed or otherwise punished by the government for dissent. As much as most Americans loathe such views they are not allowed to arrest you for being a Nazi in America or for spreading Nazi propaganda unless it openly calls for violence (probably the only country more hospitable to Nazis is Ukraine by the way; Nazi propaganda is a lot more open there). Corporations are allowed to punish and discriminate based on your perceived views though (except in California where political discrimination is illegal) and there are loads of useful idiots on the "left" that seem willing to do their bidding (Antifa was much worse under Trump though). Maybe when the corporations completely take over the US this country will turn into something like a clone of Russia.

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"My impression lately has been that Russia is like an evil twin of America"

I suspect that this is more literally true than many people realize. Western banks funded a group that stepped into leadership of the Bolshevik Revolution. Was this some sort of experiment in subjugating populations? What did they learn, and how will they use that knowledge?

Similarly, Western banks funded the Nazis, and the U.S. State Department funded Mao over Chiank Kai-shek. Why? And are these relationships still steering world events?

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Yeah and another thing - America is tight with Israel, we all know that. Yet Russia, our mortal enemy, is also friends with Israel. In fact Israel is home to more Russians than anywhere in the world outside of Russia. Russia intervened in the Syrian War which was probably started by Mossad though so maybe not as completely controlled as the US. But maybe there was Israel collusion that got mistaken for Russian collusion because of how many Russians there are in Israel? Only it's not politically correct to demonize the Israelis for obvious reasons so we demonize Russians instead. It may be more the oligarchs with citizenship in both countries that are controlling our elections than the government of either country. I mean Russia can't afford to just print unlimited money like we can, and Israel is frequently getting handouts from the unlimited money we print out. Putin is tight with Chabad Lubavitch, the same extremist group that Trump's daughter married into. And I mean extremist - they are warm and friendly on the surface but if you look at their esoteric literature, supposedly they want to install a global Sharia like theocracy, only it would be more Sharia + apartheid. Depending on how they interpret the Talmud you could possibly be beheaded for celebrating Christmas, getting an abortion, or eating any meat other than bugs. A lot of Christian groups, I suspect, are a crypto- version of this, or will over time be transformed or converted in such a direction anyway.

And I have to wonder if even the CIA is infiltrated by the Russians. They were infiltrated by the Nazis, after all. Maybe the most vocal Russiagaters doth protest too much? I have suspicions that the Nazis had connections to Chabad as well. A Nazi apparently rescued the Rebbe and his father from a concentration camp (the Rebbe is their Jesus figure, I mean they literally believe he was HaShem in the flesh, and that he will rise from the dead one day, though he died nearly 30 years ago; and based on his hate literature, a pretty good candidate for the Antichrist). A supernova will supposedly herald the coming of Moshiach - and speaking of space, you know Epstein funded a lot of cosmologists, and pretty much all of our leading cosmologists have been to his island, and if you've been paying attention to the latest in astrophysics and cosmology, you probably suspect that a lot of it is at best unprovable (Michio Kaku even compared it to Kabbalah) and very likely wrong. The Rebbe was also a physicist, and supposedly quite brilliant. Now suppose he discovered something about how supernovas work and endeavored to keep it a secret. This would require getting the Israeli government to hire Mossad to selectively fund cosmologists with certain views to set the narrative in such a direction that this secret about supernovae will never be discovered by mainstream scientists, so that when the Moshiach comes back (cloned the Rebbe? I dunno) he will use this secret knowledge to predict a supernova to happen in a particular place at a particular time that no scientist will be able to guess. So people will think he is literally God or a prophet at least since that is supposed to be unpredictable by science, and maybe even atheistic scientists will think that... but that's all just crazy speculation. I thought that if it was going to happen it would make sense for it to happen in April of this year, and it didn't. But that's just one theory on how you could brainwash a modern, post-religious world into accepting a new religion.

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Sorry to hear of your back injury and hope you are better soon.

If you know of a good TCM acupuncturist, I’ve found them to be very helpful.

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Love love love all of you!

Thank you ever so much ♥️

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Thanks so much for sharing this conversation. Good to hear each vantage point. I enjoyed the meanderings! :)

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Nice speakers on the Russia and Covid issue. On the issue of the Ukrainian conflict, the discussion was not sufficiently informative for those who are looking for the overall context, possible resolutions etc. https://www.amazon.ca/Ukraine-Battlefield-Memories-Alex-Posoukh-ebook/dp/B071F4556G

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I wouldn't expect our 90 minute discussions to unravel all aspects of world geopolitics. But it's flattering to suggest the possibility.

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In a 90-minute segment on this issue alone might be a good start to delve into the alternative explanations/speculations that are not necessarily centered around the Great Reset. I am originally from Soviet Ukraine and my take on this whole business is a bit outside of where the discussion went today. Maybe next time.

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I think the reason Russians tend toward pessimism is because they know their destiny is determined by larger forces beyond their control, whereas Americans think their future is in their hands. The truth is in the middle but in the west eyes will be opened soon.

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thanks for this great roundtable discussion!

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Thank you Matthew, you and Tessa were wonderful in this.

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Russia? It's a riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped in an enigma, blowing you up with a thermobaric multiple rocket launcher.

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Sounds like much of the entire world, and understanding Russia would help us understand that.

Knowing that there are opaque connections between power, and trauma that shields the full view is a start.

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I'm a distinctly terrible promotor, and always have been. My hope is that I find ways to have conversations that need to happen that aren't happening. I hope there will be an audience for that because I think it's part of the needed resteering process.

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