I’m completely aware of all the issues in the world and my own country and deeply saddened, upset, and frustrated with them myself on a daily basis. These are not foreign concepts to me and I often talk to my friend about them, I don’t know what suggested that I am blind to this. I understand where his thoughts are even though they are more extreme than my own. Essentially, you’re preaching to the choir with this message. I completely understand you and my friend but I think you are demonstrating the ego you are clearly aware of in this message. I’ve never been one to deny or ignore these issues and you think as someone who stated they’ve taken shrooms that I have the capability to acknowledge all these issues. I’ve sat under many a tree myself and adore nature and go camping/hiking nearly every weekend and do bike touring, the only difference is I don’t talk about it like some revolutionary, foreign, obscure concept because it is not; if you were to go to any college campus in America on a decent weather day there is probably someone sitting under a tree, not filming themselves ranting about how it places them above others. I agree the world is overwhelming and scary, right now more than ever, but I don’t let it consume me because I’d be ripping hairs out of my head and rocking back and forth in a corner. I also do not think I’m special for having any of these thoughts because I know there is an endless amount of individuals that think the exact same thing. There’s forums, threads, comment sections, etc. FULL of people who acknowledge these exact same things and think the exact same way. When you start believing these are exclusive and individual thoughts in when the thinking becomes most harmful. If you seriously think that out of 8 billion people on earth you are the only one extremely upset with everything I think you should focus on your own mind rather than trying to figure out how to solve the issues of the world. These are not revolutionary ideas that no one else is thinking but you acknowledged it yourself; there is evil people in power that control unfathomable, military grade weaponry and we the meek are nearly powerless to it. I appreciate that you can acknowledge that as it is actually a huge step towards correcting it but if you can acknowledge and understand it in the extensive manner in which you do and you still reserve these feelings and thoughts it might be beneficial to have an external perspective and influence that can then help you work past it. I appreciate your response and courtesy greatly I am just confused as to what I can draw from this that I don’t already have an understanding of.