UPDATE: Candace is keeping at this story and it’s actually pretty good. She is weaving in MKULTRA, military connections and an ancient cult that dates back to pre-Christian times. She might have caught a really big fish. ABN
Kirk was shot in the neck during a student Q&A at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. No word yet on his condition. The wound looks very serious. I do not see how he can survive it. ABN
Self-defense is a Buddhist virtue. Denying the need or avoiding the imperative for it is a wrong view. This applies to individuals and groups, where it is an example of group karma, which can be either good or bad, productive or deadly. ABN
Most of these guys are sent to the front where they are killed within a few days. This war is being waged to kill as many Ukrainians and Russians as possible. Mass death is the real outcome. Nothing else has been gained. ABN
I am posting this because it concerns religion and because Musk is saying it. I am not a Musk fanboy but I do recognize he is a powerful member of a somewhat amorphous faction of the American elite, and by extension the Western elite in general.
X is much better than Twitter and seems to have more actual free speech than any other major platform. The algorithm can be dicey and is not everything it could be but it is still pretty good by internet standards to date.
Notice that in the space of one week Japan’s PM resigned due to popular opposition to his open borders policy and that Nepal’s PM resigned over the banning of social media and corruption.
The voices of the people matter. The elite will always be with us and will always be affected by what the public thinks.
Musk is volatile and caused himself significant damage when he exploded over Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. Nevertheless, I like a lot of what he says and does, including his hatred of the woke mind-virus and the little bit he says above about religion.
It’s best to support the elite when they are doing good and oppose them mainly when they are not. ABN
American Buddhist Net 