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       Re: Buddhism
       By: rp Date: April 21, 2024, 10:56 pm
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       Hmm. I think I see what you are saying. Do you think Vivek
       Ramaswamy is an example of this? He is a vegetarian, but his
       involvement with Western pharmaceutical ventures makes me
       suspect he may support animal testing (although to be fair, he
       was mainly playing the role of an investor, and not a Western
       scientist, so I don't know whether he himself supports animal
       testing). Similarly, he has married a "non White" woman but is
       okay with pandering to racists (although to be fair he has not
       explicitly come out in support of WN himself).
       I have known some vegetarians I grew up with who were fascinated
       and excited about the chance to do dissection on frogs (although
       to be fair, the animal was dead) because they liked the "gore".
       I myself was horrified of this, perhaps you could say
       "squeamishness", but I would say Aryan blood memory (as the frog
       was probably killed. This is similarly why I was uncomfortable
       sitting next to people eating meat).
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       Re: Re: Buddhism
       By: 90sRetroFan Date: April 22, 2024, 12:23 am
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       "Do you think Vivek Ramaswamy is an example of this?"
       I don't think we have enough information yet. He is definitely a
       Duginist, though:
  HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivek_Ramaswamy#Foreign_affairs
       [quote]Ramaswamy said he favored "some major concessions to
       Russia, including freezing those current lines of control in a
       Korean-war style armistice agreement" to end the Russo-Ukrainian
       War.[125] He favored ending U.S. military aid to Ukraine,
       excluding Ukraine from NATO, and allowing Russia to remain in
       occupied regions of Ukraine in exchange for an agreement that
       Russia end its alliance with China.[126][127] He expressed
       support for Taiwanese independence,[128] and floated the idea of
       "putting a gun in every Taiwanese household" to deter an
       invasion by China[/quote]
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       Re: Re: Buddhism
       By: rp Date: April 22, 2024, 1:34 am
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       Weird, as he comes from elite neoliberal circles. I honestly
       liked his ideas before he ran for president (aside from "anti
       woke", although it was mainly directed toward quotas/affirmative
       action): pro market capitalism, pro American , acknowledged
       climate change, anti meat eating (although framed as "animal
       rights"). All these positions would have been easily advocable
       for in the 90s/pre-9/11 world (a la Clinton/Gore), which I think
       is the positive view of America that Vivek has (one where people
       from all different "non White" countries are able to become
       Americans and integrate into American society, and are afforded
       economic opportunities, ultimately shifting the focus to bigger
       issues like factory farms and the environment ). In fact, this
       is the picture of America my parents probably had when
       immigrating here, as my dad was a Gore fan back in the day.
       That America has been firmly buried by Jews/Gentiles, but I
       truly believe that despite all the negativity, we can resurrect
       it through demographic blueshift and a revival of the
       counterculture. I think entryism into elite neoliberal
       institutions is a good way, and being pro markets and pro
       American (unlike the Bernie Sanders/Chomskyite left) is ok, and
       even beneficial (as there is a strong economic case for open
       borders from a nationalist/pro market standpoint), but we must
       also be firmly "anti White" and "anti Zionist" which is where
       Vivek falls short.
       My thinking was that entryism into elite institutions would
       allow us a better form of organization in our movement and
       ultimately allow us to promote higher ideals such as veganism,
       as opposed to stupid "street protests", which are almost always
       infiltrated by Jews due to their anarchist nature and which more
       often than not attract low lives (violent criminals, lazy
       socialist bums, reproductive Eurocentrists, carnists, etc.).
       But unfortunately, I have yet to see the kind of Aryan idealism
       I wish to see in elite circles, as most "non Whites" become
       apolitical after becoming economically affluent, or end up
       pandering to rightists like Vivek.
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       Re: Views towards America
       By: rp Date: April 23, 2024, 5:58 am
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       Posting enemy Hanania again, only for the cringe tweet by the
       enemy Weeb/sexpat in the screenshot
  HTML https://twitter.com/RichardHanania/status/1776123098909303035?t=jYMLE4Yw1S7oiEOOkqGJkg&s=19
       [Quote]
       I’m really curious on what basis a group of people thinks they
       can impose an idea of nationhood that practically all Americans
       disagree with and most are repulsed by.
       Greg Abbott is encouraging Indian immigration. Anti-racism
       unites American society. Racists are the outsiders.
       [img width=811
       height=1280]
  HTML https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GKYOi3SboAEdwK0?format=jpg&name=large[/img]
       [/Quote]
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       Re: Views towards America
       By: 90sRetroFan Date: April 23, 2024, 12:55 pm
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       So you agree with Hanania's pro-democracy comment? (Or, if you
       do not agree with anything Hanania said, why not just post the
       screenshot of the tweet he is responding to?)
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       Re: Views towards America
       By: rp Date: April 23, 2024, 12:57 pm
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       Didn't catch that, perhaps because when he said "all Americans"
       I implicitly excluded "Whites" from that grouping, even though
       Hanania himself would not.
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       Re: Views towards America
       By: rp Date: October 31, 2024, 1:28 am
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  HTML https://x.com/buddhimedia/status/1851480671774261475?t=mTJ2t_CWWTm-ilJgCv_NfA&s=19
       [quote]
       US is the greatest superpower ever. It has won the culture war
       comprehensively.
       The moment people start getting prosperous in any society, they
       get Americanized (exceptions prove the rule).
       Even the prosperous people in countries that hate America to the
       core and want to destroy it follow American culture.
       "Prosperity leads to Americanization"
       Yes, they retain some aspects of their own culture, but that is
       only for show. On a psychological and social level, they
       progressively start adopting American attitudes. The funny part
       is that many of these people might criticize US day and night.
       The same applies to India as well. It has lost the culture war
       comprehensively to the US. There is no coming back.
       It is not about dress, language, eating habits, etc. Those may
       remain Indian to some extent. It is about social attitudes, and
       those are increasingly getting Americanized, with no turning
       back.
       No other country in history has had as much influence as America
       has today. Truly astounding.
       (Americanization ≠ modernization)
       [/Quote]
       India has not lost the culture war to Americanization. On the
       contrary, if we consider that the counterculture was partially
       influenced by Hinduism/Buddhism (I do), then we can say that it
       won from a cultural standpoint, as it played a role in weakening
       traditional Western culture. This is why the concept of "soft
       power" should not be underestimated: compare the "coolness" of
       Bollywood, yoga, spirituality that India has contributed to
       America and which has been helpful in establishing friendly
       relations between the two countries, with the totally uncool
       culture of the suit wearing CCP in mainland China:
  HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/media-decolonization/msg26468/#msg26468
       And the inferior tastes that go along with it:
  HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/media-decolonization/msg27725/#msg27725
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       Re: Views towards America
       By: rp Date: November 16, 2024, 11:25 am
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       Islamophobia is anti American:
  HTML https://www.huffpost.com/entry/george-washington-was-a-f_b_2712606
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       Re: Re: Uniting Americans
       By: rp Date: November 16, 2024, 4:46 pm
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       The previous post illustrates why I consider the United States
       to be less Western than even France, for example, despite both
       being founded on "Enlightenment Values". Thoughts?
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       Re: Views towards America
       By: rp Date: December 30, 2024, 6:22 am
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       www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uH3gIzqnVM
       Comments:
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uH3gIzqnVM&lc=UgzvM58udcjOQ63vUbl4AaABAg
       [quote]Before 1939, the US Army's 45th division's symbol was a
       red square with a yellow swastika, a tribute to the large Native
       American population in the southwestern United States.[/quote]
       [img]
  HTML https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Patch_of_the_45th_Infantry_Division_%281924-1939%29.svg[/img]
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