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Re: Is Counterculture Still Alive?
DIR By: HikariDude
Date: March 28, 2025, 11:48 am
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Ok so I’m probably at the receiving end of when I was nervous to
show up at the music topic back in summer 2023.
Speak of which, meet me at the music topic.
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Re: Counterculture and Western Civilisation
DIR By: HikariDude
Date: September 14, 2025, 2:29 pm
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HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/social-decolonization/msg21031/#msg21031
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> A better definition of "improvement" would be low body fat
(achievable through cardio exercises such as running/swimming),
which would produce a physique similar to Arno Breker statues.
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While exercise does make it easier for non-ectomorphs to look
like ectomorphs, most gym freaks would rather prefer to look
like mesomorphs (achievable through strength training
exercises).
This is in contrast to the most popular exercise of the
Counterculture era:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerobic_exercise#History
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> After World War II, health-oriented recreational activities
such as jogging became popular.[19] The Royal Canadian Air Force
Exercise Plans, developed by Dr. Bill Orban and published in
1961, helped to launch modern fitness culture.[20][21]
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> Physical therapists Col. Pauline Potts and Dr. Kenneth H.
Cooper,[22] both of the United States Air Force, advocated the
concept of aerobic exercise. In the 1960s, Cooper started
research into preventive medicine. He conducted the first
extensive research on aerobic exercise on over 5,000 U.S. Air
Force personnel[23][24] after becoming intrigued by the belief
that exercise can preserve one's health. In 1966 he coined the
term "aerobics". Two years later, in 1968, he published a book
of the same name. In 1970, he created the Cooper Institute for
non-profit research and education devoted to preventive
medicine. He published a mass-market version of his book The New
Aerobics in 1979. Cooper encouraged millions into becoming
active and is now known as the "father of aerobics".[25][26]
Cooper's book inspired Jacki Sorensen to create aerobic dancing
exercise routines, which grew in popularity in the 1970s in the
U.S., and at the same time, Judi Missett developed and expanded
Jazzercise.
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> In the 1970s, there was a running boom. It was inspired by the
Olympics, the New-York marathon and the advent of cushioned
shoes.[27]
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> Aerobics at home became popular worldwide after the release of
Jane Fonda's Workout exercise video in 1982.[28][29] Step
aerobics was popular in the 1990s, driven by a step product and
program from Reebok shoes.
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when ectomorphy was worshipped.
Aerobics/cardio can also be comparable to the stamina based
labor of Neolithic subsistence farmers:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/human-evolution/aryan-hearts/
What do you think of aerobics?
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Re: Is Counterculture Still Alive?
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: September 14, 2025, 5:59 pm
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"Aerobics/cardio can also be comparable to the stamina based
labor of Neolithic subsistence farmers:"
I agree, except the latter expends energy for labour, whereas
the former expends energy for the sake of expending energy,
which feels wasteful. For example, I myself dislike going on
runs (track/treadmill/etc.) that fulfill no practical travel
purpose. Instead, I prefer incorporating running into my grocery
shopping (empty backpack outbound, backpack filled with
groceries inbound), which achieves a journey that I would have
needed to go on anyway. I despise those who exercise in the gym
but also drive cars everywhere. If they are willing to expend so
much energy, why not expend part of it to drive less? Similarly,
I despise even more those who exercise in the gym but also hire
domestic help for cleaning the house. Why not clean the house
yourself FFS? And so on.
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Re: Is Counterculture Still Alive?
DIR By: HikariDude
Date: September 14, 2025, 7:16 pm
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That’s actually a good point.
Though for the point about cars, sadly not every
city/neighborhood is pedestrian friendly. Considering roads that
are relatively large and distant, no wonder why people drive. To
say nothing that some of them have crappy road management (which
usually attracts crappy drivers, traffic policing, DMVs, etc)
leading to more pedestrians involved in car accidents. Why do
Westerners make simple living so difficult?
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Re: Is Counterculture Still Alive?
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: January 24, 2026, 3:44 am
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Foul play behind death of Counterculture leader?
HTML https://www.visiontimes.com/2026/01/22/from-screen-hero-to-silenced-dissident-bruce-leungs-mysterious-death.html
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> For generations of Chinese audiences, the 1980s television
series The Legendary Fok (Da Xia Huo Yuanjia) remains an
insurmountable cultural peak. Streets emptied as viewers
gathered to witness the spirit of Huo Yuanjia and Chen Zhen.
Above all, Bruce Leung Siu-lung’s portrayal of Chen
Zhen—unyielding, righteous, and intolerant of evil—left an
indelible mark. His flying kick shattered not only the infamous
“Sick Man of East Asia” signboard, but symbolically struck back
at a century of national humiliation.
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Previous Leung coverage:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/media-decolonization/msg31051/#msg31051
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HTML https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1AF411w7m2/
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Back to first link:
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> In life, Bruce Leung closely resembled Chen Zhen himself:
sincere, passionate, and deeply patriotic. Tragically, that
devotion was misplaced.
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> As early as 1984, Leung traveled to mainland China filled with
hope, publicly declaring: “As a Chinese person, I silently wish
for the economic takeoff of my motherland.” This heartfelt
statement, uttered against the backdrop of the Cold War,
triggered a total blacklist from Taiwan. At the time, Hong
Kong’s film industry depended heavily on the Taiwanese market,
and directors no longer dared to cast him.
>
> From stardom he fell into hardship. He sold goods at street
stalls, hawked socks, and endured nearly twenty prime years
without meaningful roles. What he never seriously confronted was
the fatal misconception underlying his sacrifice: the CCP is not
China, and the China he loved was never synonymous with the CCP.
This misunderstanding cost him a lifetime.
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> Believing he had suffered for his “country,” Leung failed to
see that the regime he defended never protected him. Only in
2004 did Stephen Chow’s Kung Fu briefly return him to public
attention as the “Beast.” He could not have known that his
turbulent life would end in such a grim and unsettling manner.
>
> For decades, the author argues, Leung lived under the CCP’s
united front influence—only recognizing the regime’s predatory
nature at the very end.
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> Bruce Leung’s death: one forbidden video
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> By all accounts, Bruce Leung remained physically strong. A
lifelong martial artist in his seventies, he practiced boxing
and shared hotpot with friends the day before his death, showing
no signs of illness. Yet death arrived with chilling precision.
>
> The timeline is key:
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> Jan. 13, 2026: Leung posted more than twenty emotionally
charged videos on Douyin (China’s version of TikTok), speaking
out about the Ningbo “Xiao Luoxi” child trafficking case. He
declared: “I hope more people pay attention to trafficked
children… I suggest severe punishment for traffickers,
especially those who mutilate children. They should be sentenced
to death. It’s too cruel.”
> Jan. 14, 2026: One day later, Bruce Leung died suddenly.
> Jan. 14–17, 2026: News of his death was comprehensively
suppressed.
> Jan. 18, 2026: Friends quietly disclosed the death. The family
announced that the funeral would be handled “low-key,” with
burial scheduled for Jan. 26.
>
> One day he calls for the death penalty for child traffickers;
the next, he himself is gone.
>
> Why did those words prove fatal?
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> In today’s China, the phrase “crack down on child traffickers”
carries an unspoken implication: opposition to forced organ
harvesting. According to allegations long circulated in overseas
Chinese dissident circles, the CCP has transformed organ
transplantation into a lucrative “pillar industry,” supplying
elite longevity projects often referred to as the “150-year life
program.”
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Recall:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e0W_VQzLaio
Back to first link:
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> By explicitly condemning the mutilation of children—what the
author equates with organ theft—Bruce Leung, a highly
influential public figure, was seen as striking directly at one
of the regime’s most secretive and profitable black chains.
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> The comment that appeared almost immediately under his
video—“You’re in danger”—was not a joke, but a grim warning.
>
> A bizarre ‘farewell’ and Jackie Chan’s coded message
>
> After Leung’s death, a series of unsettling anomalies deepened
suspicion.
>
> On Jan.18, the day his death was made public, his Douyin
account posted a strange message dated Jan. 14: “Please forgive
my sudden departure. Just think of it as me going far away to
shoot a film… I like a bit of mystery… Remember that I love you
all.”
>
> The tone resembles the “stability maintenance” scripts seen in
numerous unexplained death cases—polished, sentimental, and
implausible. The author argues that such words are incompatible
with Leung’s blunt, martial temperament and appear manufactured
to suppress questions and soothe public emotion.
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> Jackie Chan’s condolence message added another layer. He
wrote: “Brother Leung, it’s snowing in Beijing. The sky is very
overcast. I miss you.”
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> In Chinese political language, darkened skies often signal
danger and unspeakable pressure. The author interprets this as
the faintest signal an insider dared to send: that day, darkness
ruled.
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> A bloody warning to Hong Kong’s cultural elite?
>
> Bruce Leung’s death, the author contends, was not merely about
silencing one man but about establishing terror. As public anger
grows over organ harvesting allegations and grassroots
resistance spreads, a figure of Leung’s stature speaking out
risked triggering a cascade of elite dissent.
> ...
> Bruce Leung spent his life portraying heroes who defeated
invaders, only to fall in reality to what the author calls the
butcher’s knife of his “own side.”
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The issue Leung championed:
HTML https://www.visiontimes.com/2025/12/30/3-month-old-baby-dies-in-china-after-being-hospitalized-for-nasal-congestion.html
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> Following two recent infant death cases that have rocked
China, the Ningbo “Xiao Luoxi” case and the 22-day-old baby at
Xiangya Second Hospital in Changsha, another tragedy has now
emerged from the country’s Heilongjiang Province.
>
> A 74-day-old baby girl died after being hospitalized for just
four days due to nasal congestion at Mudanjiang Women and
Children’s Hospital. The child’s mother alleges that the
hospital altered nursing records more than 1,900 times and
emergency treatment records over 60 times.
> ...
> The mother further claimed that many of these changes were
made more than a week after her daughter died, and that some
consultation records contained signatures from doctors who never
appeared.
> ...
> “The doctors claimed the surgery was successful and tricked us
into signing documents, but the incision between her ribs wasn’t
even stitched. She bled to death.”
> “This isn’t a medical accident. This is murder—and a group
murder. The entire Ningbo Women and Children’s Hospital
committed murder.”
>
> Her posts were repeatedly scrubbed and deleted from social
media.
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Leung has achieved the only immortality that matters, namely
becoming his own pop culture archetype:
[img]
HTML https://truth.bahamut.com.tw/s01/201310/f1b20ee20a47019f3233f4b69c182a4f.JPG[/img]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jyUHNKQ3dk
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Re: Is Counterculture Still Alive?
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: May 24, 2026, 8:33 pm
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slQSJ32dS1g
Comments:
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> I still don't know how Batman won The fight against Liam
Neeson on the train at the end of Batman Begins. Couldn't see a
damn thing.
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> I hate, hate "handheld" wobble cam being added to everything
these days. You shouldn't get motion sickness watching a scene
without motion!
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> This quick multi-cut type of editing is so bad.. it can serve
a purpose, like everything - Hong Kong cinema also uses it but
with different intension and much more sparingly. And that is
the big difference. There they use it to enhance actors that
know what they are doing, Hollywood uses it to hide actors who
don’t really know what they are doing
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> This is why I love Hong Kong cinema in the old days
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> Action these days seems like they took action pulp and
extracted the essence out of it and spray it on to give the
impression of action.
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> The 90s had heart and soul
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> Not just 90s action movies. Almost every genre had some peak
movies in the 1990s. Even romantic comedies were at their peak.
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> Everything from the 90s is my favorite
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> I reckon you can pinpoint when the look/feel changed was
around 28 days later time and digital movies really took off.
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Re: Is Counterculture Still Alive?
DIR By: Sunlight
Date: July 7, 2026, 6:34 pm
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I too have noticed a difference in quality, feel, and visuals in
movies from the 1990s and the ones made today. Relevant videos:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qehsk_-Bjq4
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYJtb2YXae8
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvwPKBXEOKE
Often I'll go on Letterboxd and find a hidden gem from the
1990s, and feel genuinely confused as to why there are so many
amazing movies from that era that are outside of popular memory.
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_Sunrise
Today's Hollywood is so detached from heartfelt romance that
they could never make a film like this.
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