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This forum's quality dropped a lot since I first joined.

With the above said, I don't support Neoliberalism or Marxism, but people lump me into that category, anyway, just for calling them out on abusing their over-simplistic and ignorant views on sex and gender. I think the "woke" crowd is genuinely dangerously authoritarian, but here's the thing...

RJM, I am so disappointed in you. No man wakes up deciding to be a woman. Trans women have existed for a long time. You're right, they aren't cisgender women, but they also aren't cisgender men, either. You're essentially denying that gender exists when you say this, which I hope is mostly out...

Twitter hates everyone. That's social media for you. The bigger issue is denying kids proper healthcare.

If someone genuinely suffers from gender dysphoria, then it is important to diagnose and treat that as early as possible. Misdiagnosis is something that should be avoided, granted, but denying teenagers medical treatment because you think their issues are just a fad is... not great.

Yes, Jungian psychology has mostly fallen into irrelevance. Concepts like the "Persona" are no longer considered clinically valid. Trans people suffer from gender dysphoria. It's not a fashion statement, but a psychiatric illness. The treatment for people with gender dysphoria is to help them...

According to Socrates, the wise will do good simply by virtue of their knowledge and wisdom. Initially, this is a notion that confused me, but now I think I'm beginning to understand it. Even if we came up with a "bad actor" who desired nothing but to benefit themselves, through proper wisdom...

Another new song that I enjoy so much that it almost feels like cheating, released in October 2021, "DIE." by Johnny Goth:

Coupled with London's surveillance state, I am thankful every day that I was not born under such an abusive government.

I would add that, for personal defense, there are a variety of non-lethal means that work just as well, such as mace or tasers. It's part of why I don't advocate for concealed carry for the means of personal defense. It creates unnecessary risk. It makes more sense for home defense, but I don't...

I think you are in error. The founding fathers believed that a revolution of everyone in office should occur about every 20 years and, if this failed, that the citizens should be prepared to take matters into their own hands. This is why we had militias, because the militias were supposed to be...

I think that would be an accurate comparison. Schopenhauer wasn't advocating for detachment or meditation.

I work security. If you think your home is secure from intruders, you are probably wrong. I have seen even well-secured buildings get broken into. In particular, I myself am a target simply due to the fact that I work security for other organizations. If my physical security fails, then I need...

No, that's the police, but I can see the confusion.

Yes, if I thought doing so would benefit the greater good. I am prepared to do literally anything as long as it benefits the greater good, because I am a consequentialist. It's not about self-defense. It's about having a civilian-regulated militia. It's like a separation of powers. Judges and...

Here's a good introductory site that was quite big a couple of decades ago and remains fairly influential: http://theisticsatanism.com/ Of course, it does not cover all of the varieties of Satanism out there, but as the site itself explains, Satanism is highly eclectic and individual even...

Schopenhauerian Pessimism should be seen as distinct from the colloquial understanding of "pessimism." He wasn't complaining about how awful society was. Rather, Schopenhauer pointed out that the default state of humanity is suffering. When we're happy or content, Schopenhauer argues, this is...

Many Satanists venerate Satan as a pagan deity, even as far as identifying him with figures like Set, Enki, Pan, or Loki. Plenty of Satanists have a private shrine where icons of Satan sit beside icons of other pagan deities. "Polytheistic Satanism," as popularized by Diane Vera, is essentially...

They are occultists, not Satanists. Most occultists are Christian or Thelemite, with a variety of forms of Neopaganism behind them. Satanic occultists are quite rare, both in occult circles and in Satanist circles, since most Satanists are LaVeyan or Satanic Temple Satanists and view Satanism...

Do you see any overlap between dukkha and Schopenhauerian Pessimism?