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Constantine Markides's avatar

Sounds like you’re ready to run for office! You’ve at least got your campaign strategy in place

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Mark Taylor's avatar

A good summary of what has become of the West. Check out the Native American concept of Wetiko. It is known by other names by many indigenous cultures whose existence depended upon living in harmony with the natural world. It is seen as a kind of mind virus where consumption becomes over consumption and evolves into cannibalism, where the society essentially consumes itself.

American author Paul Levy has written several books on the subject. This was the first: "Dispelling Wetiko: Breaking the Curse of Evil"

From the Amazon write-up: "There is a contagious psychospiritual disease of the soul, a parasite of the mind, that is currently being acted out en masse on the world stage via a collective psychosis of titanic proportions. This mind-virus—which Native Americans have called "wetiko"—covertly operates through the unconscious blind spots in the human psyche, rendering people oblivious to their own madness and compelling them to act against their own best interests.

"Drawing on insights from Jungian psychology, shamanism, alchemy, spiritual wisdom traditions, and personal experience, author Paul Levy shows us that hidden within the venom of wetiko is its own antidote, which once recognized can help us wake up and bring sanity back to our society."

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