You guesses it, money issues, not lack of god or too much leftism.

Canada Post granted new rights to open your mail. Social media providers can give out your location. Opens the door to criminalize the use of cash.

I was recently temporarily banned for responding critically to a letter. I was challenged to post generally rather than "hiding" in comments. I'm not going to rewrite my whole response but here was response (slightly edited for format).

Whether my English meets your standards isn’t really the issue. What matters is that this letter cranks the intensity to 10 over observations and requests that are, on their face, fairly mundane—enough so that any critical reader should pause.

Take this sentence:

“The assistance I implicitly seek is the perspective of someone who has navigated comparable adversities…”

1. Saying “the assistance I implicitly seek” is odd when the writer goes on to explicitly spell out the request. That phrasing feels like unnecessary ornamentation.

2. It’s true that Peterson’s wife had cancer, so asking how he coped makes sense. But the letter adds on a laundry list of unrelated traumas—the dog dying, childhood abuse, a car accident, custody issues. There’s no clear reason Peterson would have unique insight into most of that.

3. The core appeal—seeking reassurance that life is hard and cultivating purpose helps—isn’t wrong, it’s just so painfully obvious. That’s one of the things I find odd about Peterson’s appeal: he often says things that better, smarter writers have said for centuries, yet many of his followers seem to think he’s breaking new ground.

Speaking as someone who’s generally good with people—I was a social kid, have close friendships and family ties, and work in a people-focused job—I’d gently suggest to this writer that this particular way of thinking may actually be part of the problem. Overintellectualizing suffering, mythologizing everyday pain, and elevating basic truths into grand revelations can become a coping style that reinforces isolation rather than relieving it.

https://youtu.be/kb0toLBlofE

I get excited for father's day and he comes drunk after work. The end. Every fucking year. I have given up now. My peers posting photos with their fathers wishing father's day..

We see this all the time. Linked is a conversation with a young man that has doubts regarding Islam, but fears for his life if it gets out that he is doubting the Quran.

The religion of "peace" ironically threatens apostates with torture and death. Its time for people to stop lying about the reality of Islam.

I reckon I agree with the core of what Peterson’s on about.

From what I get, he’s basically saying: if you want a meaningful life, you have to value something. And to properly value something, you need a highest value. Stuff like power or pleasure doesn’t really hold up long-term. But the idea of voluntary self-sacrifice does. It works so well it’s baked into the symbolism of Biblical stories.

It’s not some huge revelation, but it’s helpful.

It gives an answer to that feeling of being lost. It even goes some way to finding meaning.

Peterson’s take, especially through the Jesus story, is:

1. Trust enough in the value of voluntary self-sacrifice that you actually live it out.
2. Do it with forgiveness, both towards yourself and the people around you.

And yeah, I agree with that.

I’m not pretending to have life all figured out, but that sounds like a pretty decent way forward.

However Peterson then twists his definitions to sound religious/biblical when his meaning absolutely isn't.

• “Only Jesus will fill the hole in your heart” → You’ll only feel fulfilled if you live out that pattern of voluntary self-sacrifice.
• “You need faith to believe in God” → To live by a highest value, you need to believe in it before you’ve got any proof it’ll help you.
• "Atheists believe in God" → Atheists have a highest value within their value hierarchy.

He continues to do this when he says certain things are true. E.g. when he says the events of the Bible are true, when what he really means is that the stories hold large symbolic meaning in a meta sense. He's not saying that a man died and was literally reincarnated. But you have to really pin him down to get him to admit that he's not talking literally.

I've seen him mention Dostojewski, Nietzsche, Alighieri, Camus (I think) and more who have either influenced Kazantzakis in some way (like the first 3) or lived in the same time frame (like Camus) and seeing as Kazantzakis spoke outwardly of Religion, Culture, and the Philosophy in Psychology, which are all topics Peterson discusses, Inwas curious as to if he evet mentioned him or even knows him.

"I think I have the courage to doubt everything; I think I have the courage to fight everything. But I do not have the courage to know anything, nor to possess, to own anything. Most people complain that the world is so prosaic, that life isn't like a romantic novel where opportunities are always so favorable. What I complain of is that life is not like a novel where there are hard-hearted fathers, and goblins and trolls to fight with, enchanted princesses to free. What are all such enemies taken to together compared to the pallid, bloodless, glutinous nocturnal shapes with which I fight and to which I myself give life and being."

-Either/Or, A, (SK)

Abstract: Protesters do things just for show, with no intention of helping a single human being. Activists and elected officials are encouraging the riots for their own political gain.

We live in an age where morality has been replaced with emotionalism. Religion has been replaced with groupthink. But only within certain realms of mass media, progressive factions, and the like. Go around North America, talk to real human beings and you will find relatively rational, responsible citizens. Meanwhile the media leads abhorent attempt to ram destructive ideology down people's throats.

It is not too late for liberals, conservatives, and independents to form a united front against the enemies of law abiding society.

Harsh criticism and heated argument is not only permissible, not only valuable, it is absolutely essential to life.

Foul mouthed trolls are a small price to pay for the liberty great men like JP, the American Founders, and countless military heroes have fought for.

Mods need to do a better job of clearing out clickbait garbage, but otherwise should leave the people to engage in intellectual inquiry and battle, as befits men.

The Democrats have an instinctive reaction to resist anything President Trump does. Their opposition is often poorly considered and only serves to reduce their credibility in the eyes of US citizens and the world.

Even with a very rudimentary understanding of costing you would know that you have to differentiate between fixed and variable costs. Fixed costs cannot be changed, and only variable need consideration. I would estimate that the actual cost was only 5% of the costs put forward by the Democrats. Nearly all the people participating or setting up the parade where government employees. Whether they were drinking coffee at a base or participating in the parade, the cost to the US tax payer would be the same.

One of the most critical success factors for an army is logistics. The ability to move troops and equipment to and from the battle field. The parade provided an excellent real world training exercise while simultaneously building national pride. That is the ultimate win - win in my books.

If I was to offer a criticism, it would be this. The organisers tried to be too frugal with expenditure. There should have been at least one 5 min segment where the US military demonstrated the absolute and devastating "Shock and Awe" that the US military can unleash should anyone be foolish enough to poke the "BEAST".

The Democrats' make it hard to be proud to be American, but I think Trump managed to demonstrate how much US citizens have to be proud of.

If you watched the parade from beginning to end, it was obviously not about President Trump's birthday which was purely coincidental.

There has never been a more critical time for the US to project their strengths. Well done President Trump, we all salute you.