the closer one is to the heart of a value system the more sensitive one is to destabilizing elements that threaten that system. in exchange for power and influence, the price is increased sensitivity through an expanded scope of radicalism
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gurus who sell magic methods of making tons of money on shopify/amazon/etc... for e.g. don't make their money through what they sell, they make most of it through selling their courses
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the leaders of groups that commiserate on how to get girls (either through the negativity of red-pill or the positivity of psychology of feeling expression) don't seem to be in significant relationships themselves (otherwise they would have no need of the group anymore)
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this is not to say that the information isn't true or insightful. there ARE tips and tricks to make money online. there ARE useful ideas from the fields of psychology-adjacent things like non-violent communication, social manipulation, cbt, spirituality, etc..
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it is just that at the heart of it all there is deep confusion on whether or not Power or Freedom is desired because the first feeling of Limitation felt is limitation on personal POWER the desire is for power but the actions strain half-heartedly in the direction of freedom
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alignment requires honest acceptance of where you are and where you want to go. want power? have the courage to admit that you want it to yourself first. (eat shadow) admit that you don't actually WANT freedom.
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admit that you just want to be king and tell others what to do. admit that you just want to be queen and tell others what is right and wrong. follow through the thought experiment and test it in the real world and see what you *really* want.
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most people want power the same way a child wants to be firefighter growing up. it's a naive desire seen as immature in retrospect. but that insight of feeling "naive" is locked behind desiring the "right' thing to see clearly it is the "wrong" thinghttps://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1302153496498548736?s=20 …
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