MeisterEckhart wrote on Mar 2^nd, 2022 at 8:24pm:



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As 'evil' (note: my human construct) as when it appears    in any human society. 

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You are tarring the entire group with the primitive beliefs of certain individuals within the group.

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You shouldn't make that assumption, whereas this (Taiwan-based?)  Fox News-like ideological rendition of reality can certainly be discarded as fake news.

I see she raves about international law which I have shown many times doesn't exist at present: it was destroyed by deluded individual rights ideologues in 1946, when they forced the veto onto the UNSC.

On the other hand, I did some research into your background:

"Meister Eckhart believed that God was present in all living things, though he differentiated between the Absolute God, which was beyond all form and the manifestation of God in the world. Selfless service. Though Eckhart was a mystic, he also advocated selfless service in the world to help overcome the selfish nature of man."

An incredible 13th century German genius, it's a pity you have degenerated into a deluded self-interested  sovereign individual' inherent rights ideologue, at the present time.

thegreatdivide wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2022 at 8:43am:

He also ate a lot of fish.

What is the great divide? A chasm? A good metaphor for the CCP's insistence that the only truth is what the CCP says it is and is not; it maintains state control over any Chinese national from bridging that chasm, hence VPNs being illegal in China.

Outside of CCP apparatchiks and prisoners, all use of a VPN in China is illegal but illegal access to one can be procured by bribery or sex.

MeisterEckhart wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2022 at 11:36am:


No, I already pointed our she is a deluded individual rights ideologue, probably Taiwanese-Chinese, not
"one of your own".

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Yes, it's still being discussed in GT and elsewhere in China,unlike the Witness K prosecution-cover-up.

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See how far you have degenerated from your 13th century  incarnation, who was well aware of the disastrous effects of the self-interested ego in human affairs. 

The CCP is not immune of course, but at least the CCP  is committed to engendering common prosperity, while the democracies exhibit  the disastrous economic consequences of ego-driven self-interest unmitigated by a goal of collective well-being.   

MeisterEckhart wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2022 at 11:32am:


Nutrition science is progressing apace, since the 13th century. But I'm glad you can critique his eating habits.

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How do you want to described the sort of hyper-partisanship that led to the Capitol riots and shows no sign of abating, in the democracies?

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Wrong; "truth" based on consensus of the nation's finest minds is likely to be more accurate than "truth" based on a majority vote which includes the nation's least capable minds. 

...hence  you would rather have eg, the Capitol riots based on a blind-leading-the-blind rabble of conspiracy theorists and know-nothings, rather than "truth" arrived at by consensus, drawing on the nation's finest brains.   

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As explained the chasm between the least knowing and the most knowing...

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China is dealing with corruption. Moreover, China is not imposing its system of government on anyone else.

The question is whether the internal contradictions of your own system of government, based on delusional individual 'rights" ideology, can survive, when the Chinese economy becomes the most powerful in the world. 

MeisterEckhart wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2022 at 1:05pm:


..and where is she living now? Surely not in the mainland....surrounded by all those CCP operatives...

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Of course reaching back into a past of degeneration and absolute poverty will dredge up all sorts of flotsam.

The CCP has to raise the nation's morale by eradicating such anachronistic behaviours. To what extent are the rumours true and how are they related to the present?

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Oh it does alright, you should hear the greedy Western- influenced 'prosperity for the rich' ideologues  screaming about it, both within and outside China. 

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You are becoming an increasingly unhinged and paranoid "freedom" ideologue, as Chinese wealth including for the least well-off advances as planned.

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The delusional "freedom"/individual rights ideology is alive in China, just not in power (as we discussed in another thread: "rights" are those which can be maintained by government). 

MeisterEckhart wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2022 at 1:45pm:


Ah, explains everything. And what would have happened to Edward Snowden if he returned to the US?

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Terrible. Something should be done about it.

Meanwhile a society-wide  occurrence of domestic violence against women is raging in Oz, unabated despite government intervention. 

PZ547 wrote on Mar 3^rd, 2022 at 2:16pm:


Actually ...highlighting the nature of the problem. The Muslims try to deal with it by dressing their women in tents, doesn't work either.

It's gonna take time to make it work for women all the time....