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>Oh, but it does. It is my opinion/argument, and I have been very polite in providing my a-priori assumptions so that we don't argue past each other like two ships in the night (or mores likely, dismiss the post out of hand). You may also challenge them, as I have laid them out, but my point is to discuss binary binning of people, and suggest that it is very unhelpful. I really do9n't want to dig into my a-priori assumptions, because I doubt you have the sauce to meet my criteria, and again YES it is my mind and my criteria. I've been here a long time.

you can use words however you like. it is your use of "a priori" that is incorrect. it is an epistemic term that is used to differentiate between knowledge that arises independent of experience from knowledge the status of which is dependent upon specific experiences of some sort. your raining outside example is perfect….if not a bit self destructive. that i know to put boots on because i know that it is raining because i heard the sound on the roof…….Sounds a lot like something based on experience. And it isnt known apriori.

and neither are your assumptions. and plenty of animals know plenty of shit about the weather long before i do based on my ability to hear, so not particularly warm on this point either. however, i do applaud your assumptions as they sound fair enough to me. obviously the black/grey/white hat thing is useless. and obviously the division based tactics of the cabal/ruling elite/whatever that they use(d) to capture and control the unwitting public are going to be related to the tactics they use for internal control which means a highly fragmented cabal/elites/whatever. so some of the cabal types might do good in one area because they arent comped in that area. the whole shitshow is rife with exactly that on both sides. it the kind of gerrymandered mess that you get when everything is political and facts are determined by whatever value system you happen to be espousing this week. no issue at all obviously with seeing that many of the players in this are complex and are playing varied roles (LG); being comped is likely a highly personal and compartmentalized thing - which can lead to some strange outcomes. so am wholeheartedly in agreement with your point that we miss things due to the roughness of how things get classified. in fact, i agree with most of it somewhat, i think, once it spelled out and cleaned up. just not your use of a priori….which was probably an overreaction on my part in this case.

this anon is less pessimistic about the west; or perhaps about what it could become or is becoming. the only baking i do is of the indica variety.