Comments by "Curious Crow" (@CuriousCrow-mp4cx) on "Why Rebellion in Russia is Far More Likely Than You Might Think" video.
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@ImperialDiecast It's an anomaly until it isn't. America itself was an anomaly. So was Haiti's independence. So your point about anomalies is half baked, because it's essentialist in nature. And comes from a perspective that your part of the world is the norm. It isn't. It's specific to you. And it would be an error to describe your world as an anomaly, wouldn't it? Because that would imply that other places aren't. And that they are the norm, and that your place is abnormal. And that would not make you happy, would it? So let's get real. Human nature because of how our brains evolved, likes recognisable patterns. So much that we like to impose patterns and structure where arguably none exists. We do that with people too. And to save processing power, we order our lives around familiar shortcuts, but that is not the way of nature. Nature relies on novelty, evolution, and adaptation. Our weakness is this tendency to fall back to ideological patterns that are truly specific, and try to generalise them. Russia's "pattern" is specific to Russia. America's "pattern" is specific to America. And China's pattern is specific to China. And so on. And, truth be told, everyone should just think for themselves how to make the best of the circumstances they find themselves in. No one shoe size fits all. No one ideology fits all. And the only thing that truly exists is the present. Pretending otherwise is folly. And we need to escape those stories that no longer serve us. So our people can live in peace and have a real chance at a good life. And the real enemies of that goal are those that cling to the stories that elevate them over others. Folly. Discard the old patterns or accept a Darwin Award. That is the choice for the whole of humanity right now, because we cannot control the climate, and the damage that is coming down the line. So we have a simple choice: hang together or hang separately. And the Big Bosses can rule over a hill of bones, and history can do nothing about that.
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