PSYCHOLOGY – SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: “Eight Struggles of Being a Deep Thinker in the Modern World” / Learning Mind / Anna LeMind ☮

being-a-deep-thinkerBeing a deep thinker is a great gift as it allows you to delve into the very essence of things and be more conscious.

Still, in modern society with its materialistic consumer mentality, this constant inquiry and profound awareness that accompany being a deep thinker can be quite challenging.

Here are some struggles that only deep thinkers can relate to:

1. Feeling of detachment
2. You have no interest in mainstream culture and popular activities
3. You have a profound frustration with modern society
4. Others confuse you for being arrogant/weird/absentminded
5. The necessity to solve everyday problems can be a real challenge
6. Periods of introspection and causeless sadness
7. Lack of understanding
8. It can be difficult to get out of your head and return to reality

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POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “A Special Relationship: U.S.-Saudi Alliance with Madea Benjamin” / RT America / On Contact with Chris Hedges ☮

On this week’s episode of On Contact, Chris Hedges explores why Saudi Arabia remains one of the U.S.’ closest allies in the Middle East with Madea Benjamin, author of “Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection” . They examine why the U.S. overlooks the Saudi’s treatment of women, public executions and promotion of a fundamentalist religion that sanctifies violence. RT Correspondent Anya Parampil looks at the long alliance between the two countries.

WHITE-WING CONSERVATIVE DOMESTIC TERRORISM: “White Terrorist Bundy Group Goes Free” / The Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮

The Bundy family can do no wrong in the eyes of the law, even when they are pointing loaded assault weapons at law enforcement officials and causing millions in damages to federal property. It pays to white in America today, and that’s sickening.