Comments by "Bill Petersen" (@billpetersen298) on "Alliance for Responsible Citizenship" channel.

  1. It’s good that he clarified. That faith, doesn’t have to mean religion. It’s bigger than that.
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  2. Ask how China monopolized the processing of rare earths and other metals? By polluting. Closed loop processing is far more expensive. We have to pay more, to make these things at home.
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  3. He didn’t do mainland China. Singapore, is a different country. The other two choices, have administered themselves till recently.
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  4.  @blackandgold676  Of course, it is good to feel life and spirit move through you, alone and with others. It is when one group claims superiority, and as can be a result, excuse for ungodly behaviours against others. I'm not a stranger to the powerful feeling of a cathedral, or group prayer in unison. For me it's a private mossy glen in the forest. laying on the ground, feeling, hearing, smelling, the vibration of the life force all around. The joy of a child, or an old person who has found grace.
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  5. The action part, is up to us as individuals. To be tolerant, and plant a garden.
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  6. Universal healthcare, and a social contract, to provide basic care without judgment. Can go a long way, to reduce anxiety. Also a safe society for children/parents, where they are not thinking about guns and violence. (I’m not saying more police, but concern for others, as a fundamental part of our upbringing) Lastly, our phones are designed to entrap our attention. Isolating us from even those around us. My wife and I travelled around small island communities in the Philippines. The children didn’t have phones, they didn’t have parents hovering over them. But a community watching out for them. The kids ran around doing imaginary play, or with a ball. They were happy, to pose for pictures, show us their rooster, ect. They didn’t know that they were poor, they were free, safe, and loved. I can still feel the full happy feeling I had. When around those people. Stop letting the extreme views in our societies, control the narrative.
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  7. DOGE, is not going for the real savings. Cutting the corporate lobby, out of politics. Cutting all the middlemen out of healthcare, and other services. Not a peep, silence?? While they cut crucial security, science, education, and social services.
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  8. Leaders? We all need to consume less, and not from China.
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  9.  @francefradet2116 Can you tell me why, the young Russian’s of the money’d and political class. Are on semipermanent holiday, in south east Asia? We were here two years ago, and right now. There are lots and lots, of young Russian families here. Not like ten years ago. Are they avoiding something, back home?
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  10. A beautiful poem. We are gardeners, on a spiritual journey through SE Asia. Experienced a great Chinese Buddha, carved out of a mountain. It survived the devastating cultural purge of Mao. Batu Caves, of Kuala Lumpur, the Tamil Hindu temple in Malaysia, on a holy day. (The oldest organized faith). Visited Taoist, and Buddhist temples in Ipoh. Joined in on a service, at the floating Mosque, in Penang. Were invited home, after a Buddhist lady, rescued us from a storm. Today we are in Bali, in a small town, it is a celebration day for them. Life here is a shrine, a temple. They are a tolerant, peaceful people. (Look where that got the Tibetan’s). I’m reading Siddhartha, to my wife. It is the life long search for meaning, of a Brahman’s son, it is very touching. What has stuck me most on this trip. Was the sincerity of the Muslim brothers all together as one. It created a strong energy. That trembled my heart, for in that strong sense of certainty. There was thinly veiled tolerance, for those who chose to dress or love differently. Sadly, along with many of the major religions. An insistence to believe in evil. Justifying evil to be done. My good Christian Serbian friends, feel that they were the victims. Despite the mass graves, of their neighbours. Love yourself enough, to love everyone, and everything. Yes, plant and tend to a garden.
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