Thanks, DB. One of your best teachings for me has been the questions: "who do you wish to be? who could you be? who can you be?" As you point out here, this is the central question for the election , both for us as individuals and for us as a nation. My 2 cents for Kamala: spend very little to no time talking about don...focus rather on how his policies (Project 2025...or the republicans' doom plans for the majority of American) will hurt Americans and how hers will help. don wants the focus on him which is why he went to the meeting yesterday. The media made the mistake of taking the bait in 2016. We should not "go back" to that mistake again.
When ruthless authoritarianism has risen across the planet at an alarming rate and seems to be more prevalent today than it was in the middle ages, what do we attribute it to, the Kali Yuga? It feels so “outside of us“ but I actually know people that seem to be hypnotized by a rakshasa What do I do? It feels as if I’m hallucinating. Personally, I show them love and affection the best that I can if they are far away, and I help them with difficult chores if they are nearby. They’re not going away.
Very much yes re the Black journalist asking him, in effect, why would you expect Black people to support you given what you have said about us? And your advice to focus not on him but of your aims and plans for the country and its people.
Thanks, DB. One of your best teachings for me has been the questions: "who do you wish to be? who could you be? who can you be?" As you point out here, this is the central question for the election , both for us as individuals and for us as a nation. My 2 cents for Kamala: spend very little to no time talking about don...focus rather on how his policies (Project 2025...or the republicans' doom plans for the majority of American) will hurt Americans and how hers will help. don wants the focus on him which is why he went to the meeting yesterday. The media made the mistake of taking the bait in 2016. We should not "go back" to that mistake again.
When ruthless authoritarianism has risen across the planet at an alarming rate and seems to be more prevalent today than it was in the middle ages, what do we attribute it to, the Kali Yuga? It feels so “outside of us“ but I actually know people that seem to be hypnotized by a rakshasa What do I do? It feels as if I’m hallucinating. Personally, I show them love and affection the best that I can if they are far away, and I help them with difficult chores if they are nearby. They’re not going away.
Some reading confluence:
Rollo Romig “ I Am On the Hit List“
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/623988/i-am-on-the-hit-list-by-rollo-romig/?ref=PRHC7D8631F16FF&aid=30724&linkid=PRHC7D8631F16FF
Andrew Cockburn “ The Hindutva Lobby”
https://harpers.org/archive/2024/10/the-hindutva-lobby-hindu-nationalism-america-andrew-cockburn/
Ann Applebaum “ Against Pessimism”
https://open.substack.com/pub/anneapplebaum/p/against-pessimism?r=62nzm&utm_medium=ios
Very much yes re the Black journalist asking him, in effect, why would you expect Black people to support you given what you have said about us? And your advice to focus not on him but of your aims and plans for the country and its people.