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Altered States of America's avatar

I read this with great interest because I also have great respect for Charles as a person and a philosopher and have also wondered about his evading all those elephants stinking up the room. I writing as someone who has studied the political assassinations of the 60's, was in New York city on the morning of 9/11, and was burned out of my home in the Santa Cruz mountains after the chem trail sparked fires of 2020. I am also acutely aware that a great deal of this modern, media driven psychedelic renaissance is an operation of social engineers. I'm called a conspiracy theorist frequently, and deliberately by those threatened by what I say. We all know that this term 'conspiracy theorist," is a linguistic weapon aimed at those of us who question mainstream narratives. A very effective weapon. I'm with you Josh, time to push back and defuse it. I also think that is not everyone's job. I've been glad to get to know Charles when I still lived in the conquered states of america. He is not one of those many who wields that weapon. He side steps it. Thinking now of that Zen saying: "When you meet a master swordsman, show him your sword. When you meet a man who is not a poet, do not show him your poem." While I have also challenged our friend on his seeming allergy to conspiracy theories, I also appreciate his own style of bringing injustice to light and inspiring a better world...

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Til Chamkis's avatar

"— not for profit, but for motives that are hard for people who are not sociopaths to fathom." Amen! It makes me feel self conscious just to suspect there are "people" like that as if it reflects poorly on me.

Reminds me of "Invaders From Mars" (1953) I was about 6 or 7 yrs old and that movie scared the shit out of me. Decades later I was visiting with a couple who had a ~6/7 yr old boy who's favorite computer game was something like "Kill all humans".

Time to watch John Carpenter's "They Live" again.

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