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Was the 2024 US Presidential election irrelevant? Yes and no.

Was the 2024 US Presidential election irrelevant? Yes and no. If Trump and Kennedy do end the war in Ukraine, as promised, that will be a giant victory, because it will greatly reduce deaths, while reducing the risk of nuclear war. Any sane person should want that. If Trump and Kennedy do begin a clean up and anti-corruption campaign targeting the Deep State, EPA, FDA, etc., that will be hugely…

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My Views, Summarized

In an open letter to two of the best analysts alive: Excellent as always, Hrvoje, only more so. You two are stellar, although, I am less pessimistic. Who am I? My instincts were always left libertarian, though I knew only my core principles for years: freedom and compassion, or freedom with voluntary mutual aid. Instinctively, I mistrusted all forms of authoritarian, or even concentrated or…

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Do You Have A Political Philosophy? And Are You So Sure?

Everyone has opinions, most of them dogmatic, as if the holder of such opinions was utterly certain that they held the unquestionable word of God Herself. Usually they are grossly misinformed. Very few seriously question their own dogmatic beliefs. Even fewer have ever given the slightest thought, reading, reflection or study to political philosophy. Their views are castles made of sand, built…

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Fascist Twitter?

Letter to X (Musk) Letter To Elon Musk, Re: My Suspension From Twitter Twitter, “X”, “bastion of free speech”, suspended my account today, saying this: We’ve temporarily limited some of your account features J. Todd Ring@prajnaseekWhat happened?We have determined that this account violated the X Rules. Specifically, for:Violating our rules against violent speech.You may not share abusive…

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What The World Needs Most

Great discussion, as always, and a great song. (See the link below, to a podcast interview by one of my top three sources.) Now, maybe a song about sisu, the Finnish word for a courageous strength of spirit. The world needs that now, along with inspiration, vision, strategy, working models of better ways, parallel systems, decoupled from the dying, collapsing Western Empire and Western…

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Uniting The People

I wish “the West” had a powerful anti-aurhoritarian left, but currently we do not. Am I the only one left of the real left? Surely not. But things are shifting culturally, fast – the global awakening continues, and the authoritarian faux left is going to be discredited and lose its power and its popular support. When that happens, the pro-nationalist and anti-authoritarian left and right can…

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A Pivotal Crossroads: Two Choices For The US Now

A Pivotal Crossroads Two Choices For The US Now: Cooler Heads Prevail,Or The Nation Explodes Into Civil War * Best analysis so far, on this pivotal evening, when US Presidential candidate and former President of the United States, Donald Trump was shot: From a few profoundly important posts and threads on Twitter/X: J. Todd Ring@prajnaseek1h ago:One of my most thoughtful, erudite, lucid &…

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How To Build A Better World?

See my four decades of published work as a philosopher & social-political analyst – on:AmazonRumbleSpotifyYoutubePinterestFacebookTwitter/XWordPressSubstackBlogSpotGood Reads… Especially: Enlightened Democracy The People vsThe Elite The Collapse of the West And Manifesto For The New Renaissance Summary:Tom Paine meets Jesus, the Buddha and Lao Tzu J. Todd Ring,June 18, 2024

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Raw Power

All of nature is beautiful and sublime. How can you appreciate a snow flake, a drop of dew in the morning sun, moonlight on a lake, autumn leaves, or a sunset, if you cannot also appreciate the raw power, and sheer majesty of a storm? Do we enjoy the valleys but not also the hills and mountain peaks? Peaks and valleys go together, like the crests and troughs of a wave – you cannot have one…

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Miserable People Sow Misery (Or fascism, genocide, violence, hatred, war...)

Miserable People Sow Misery:Be Compassionate To All Beings – Including Yourself Miserable people often love schadenfreude – evil joy: taking delight in other’s sufferings, failures or faults. It’s disgusting. No compassion at all. No empathy. Sheer, petty narcissism, self-centredness, stemming from a pathetic and delusional inferiority complex and hidden self-hate. Learn to have compassion for…

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Enlightenment Now

“Alan Watts – Trust the Universe”, on YouTube. Here is a brilliant talk. A bit one-sided, but the point is clear. Thou art that! Realize your true nature, as it already is! But, paradoxically, that does take effort! Then, one day, non-dual awareness dawns in the mind – and becomes, not just a glimpse, a taste, but continuous. Then only, are you fully enlightened. Until then, even in the most…

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Hockey! Yes, it's really on now - and yes, it requires ice!

Amigos! Stanley Cup Playoffs! (“Hockey”) 😉 Down to two teams: Canada: Edmonton Oilers Vs Panthers Panthers? Wtf? Do they even have ice? Who the fuck are they? New team, probably from the Las Vegas fucking desert, i’m guessing! Or Florida. Ya, lots of ice there! Ugh. There should be a rule: you don’t get a pro hockey team unless you have real, fking ice! LA, FLA, no fking way! Get real!…

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The Failure Of The Intellectuals: On The Elusiveness Of Truly Lucid Big Picture Thinking

Here is an example, from a seemingly good-natured and honest, intelligent man, who is grasping at a big picture view, but is in reality a specialist, with no depth of understanding, at all, in several major fields of fundamental importance to such a big picture view. The video talk link is below, but it could have been dozens, hundreds, or millions of other intellectuals who would have served…

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The Dark Secret That Will Bring The Fascists Down

Epstein Island is the tip of the iceberg. Watch this interview, below, on the now undeniable, documented fact, that the US is now the biggest trafficker in child sex slaves in the world. This is Satanic. This is true evil. Make this viral, people – this interview, and the documentary! And critically: read and make immediate use of my strategic essay: Flash Drive Revolution, now – because free…

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Mexican President Obrador (AMLO) Leaves Office With Overwhelming Popular Support

Brief thoughts on the Mexican federal election, being held here today – and the plague of propaganda, which now infects the world: Mexican President Obrador, known by his initials, AMLO, leaves office with 80% popular support – making him one of the most trusted and popular political leaders on Earth. Question everything. Propaganda is now the pervasive norm. JTR,San Cristobal de las Casas,…

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The Decline Of The US Empire & The Rising Star Of Mexico

I’ve written extensively and in depth, for decades, in two published books and over a thousand published articles, with tens of thousands of references, on the rapidly shifting state of the world, the causes and major factors and historical unfolding of these changes, what it all means and entails, and what we must do about it. The following brief set of thoughts is the most concise possible…

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