Show Notes
- We discuss Black Lives Matter, Looters, Riots, Antifa, and if the root of it all is ENVY.
- Everyone agreed, across the board, that the George Floyd incident was horrible, but then they violated their argument.
- Was the goal to take down the oppressors? But then the oppressed become the oppressors or the oppressors.
- Elites were helping until they became targets.
- Three things are being conflated: Police Brutality protesters, Looters, and Antifa.
- Is Antifa organized? Probably not at the ground level.
- The mystery of the "palettes of bricks" just showing up 20x
- Antifa is anarchists - We disagree on the definition.
- The Shadows vs. the Vorlons (obscure Babylon 5 reference - creative destruction vs. status quo - Vorlons rebuild after the devastation)
- People cannot organize without purpose.
- Are cities done? Is the upside of living in a city over? Is it not worthwhile to live in a city anymore? We need to look at the number of people leaving cities.
- Isn't everything driven by envy? Maybe not the BLM folks, but the other 2, for sure
- Revolution is hard work.
- The difference between Anarchists and Libertarians.
- Leadership Lessons from the Dancing Man
- Envy is one of the most potent emotions - is that the root of Buddhism - Buddhism says that the world is full of suffering (Duḥkha), and the reason people are suffering is due to envy. Eliminate envy, and you eliminate suffering.
- Living within yourself - leads to enlightenment.
- Determinism to Free will? Or is it Locus of Control - is it within or without?
- You have to be accountable for what you believe is right.
- You can experience anger via sporting events - but how can you socialize envy? How to bleed off the excess envy? Is there some other way, without giving them what they want?
- Learning Calculus, Blender, or Japanese? Do we need to climb that mountain?
