Progressive Politics

Well thank you stranger-friend, that's a kind thing to say, and I feel the same way.

we’re not loving each other anymore. We are all scared of each to the degree that we’re even resisting our desires to connect and have emotions and intimacy, and that’s a huge red flag for our society that isn’t getting enough attention.

I agree, and I think the issue is very complex, but could be significantly reduced by just teaching boys what healthy masculinity is. Buut as with all things, capitalism gets in the way - who will teach these boys anything if their parents (and other relatives) are working all the time? Who will be their role models when the worst, most misogynistic behavior is so often rewarded and glorified?

I focus on masculinity specifically because, while it's largely true that everyone is afraid of each other, the fears of feminine people are generally more founded in the actual danger presented by men, while the fears of men are often artificial. (Not always though, like the whole parental custody controversy, but often.) Reduce those artificial fears, and hopefully men would behave in less of a manner which culminates in actual danger, ie no incel rage if you realize you really don't need to be an incel if you're just... a decent person.

Birth rates, I am not sure what to think, in all honesty. Aging populations are bad for the obvious reason of, there won't be enough young people to take care of all the elderly, at least not to the extent which they deserve. But the resulting lower global resource use isn't a terrible thing, maybe even a vital thing as we transition to more sustainable systems capable of supporting more life. Maybe it's just humanity returning to levels of population which the earth is actually capable of sustaining, which we deviated from only as a result of the aberration that is the industrial revolution? I genuinely don't know though, I'm not saying I believe that, I'm just thinking out loud here.

Bringing people back to love and connectivity is one reason why I'm a major advocate for psychedelic drugs. They dissolve social norms and make you question your conditioning - at least, I would say, if you're listening to them. They still need to be reinforced by a strong, loving, human culture; they're not a silver bullet. They had LSD, MDMA, and psilocybin available for purchase on Epstein's island ffs, and Peter Thiel and Elon Musk have both tripped. So psychedelics alone aren't THE ANSWER, but I do think they can be a major aid in the fight to return humanity to western cultures. ~~But microdosing doesn't count lol~~