Hello all, how have you been. I'm happy to see this place hasn't been banned yet, even if it seems slower than it used to be.
I think my last post was 2-3 years ago when I gave a little update on how my journey into self-improvement had been going. I figured it's way past time to give another one. Hopefully someone gets a little boost in motivation from this.
For anyone interested, I joined ConPro about when it migrated here from reddit, although I was never really all that active. I doubt even the old users that are still around remember me. This place inspired me to reevaluate most of my life and gave me the push I needed to start actively working on getting better at it.
I started working out a lot more actively. I can confidently say I'm now in the best shape I've been since I was 18. I regularly go out hiking and mountain climbing with people in their early 20s (I'm in my 30s) and I'm consistently one of the last ones going.
I learned a lot of woodland and bushcraft skills. I go camping by myself for days at a time. I picked up a bit of hunting and I'm currently working on navigating off the landscape with minimal tools and supplies. It's been huge fun, I highly recommend it! Still haven't picked up gardening. It brings me no joy and I've the privilege of having access to quality home grown food I can purchase (including meat). Maybe some day.
I also started learning basic skills like cooking (I make 95% of everything I eat), mechanical (I've not called a handyman for anything for a couple of years now) and electronic repair (phone and computer) and am currently wading through learning how to fix serious issues on my own car. I just finished rebuilding an entire VW with a couple of friends.
I also got into basic programming, image and video editing. I'm by no means great at it but I know the basics. I'm planning on focusing more on coding at some point in the coming year since it'll be useful for work and I only really know the basics of a couple of languages (HTML, Java, Python). I really don't enjoy it very much, though. Definitely not for me. Photo and video editing, on the other hand, is quite fun and I've been enjoying it immensely. I even set up a YT channel at one point to get feedback on my video edits, although I've deleted it since then.
I learned how to draw pretty decently and hopefully soon I'll have time to start learning an instrument properly. I'm actually completely talent-less when it comes to any of the fine arts, so this is extremely slow going but an hour or two every other day gets visible results.
I started trying to build up my own business in the field I've always wanted to work in. That failed. Miserably. So I had to go back to working my old job last year which pays well but is incredibly boring to me. At least it gave me a lot more free time to work on things. I've not given up, though. I'm currently gearing up for another try, hopefully with the experience I got the first time around I'll be able to do it better this time. I'm not fucking quitting.
On a personal level, having you lot challenging most of my ideas and worldview made me go back over pretty much every single thing I believe and support, reevaluate it and actually inform myself on the issue. I haven't changed my views that much (although I did skew quite a bit towards what normies consider far right and some libertarian views) and I still don't agree with everything most of ConPro believes but I can confidently say most of my opinions are now informed and logical, rather than basic and emotional. I might still be wrong about some of them, since I'm not God and don't have all the information but such is life. Thanks for that!
That being said, changing that drastically made a lot of people around me uncomfortable and I've lost quite a few relationships I had. It also strained most of the ones I still have quite significantly but I think they came out for the better in the end. It also showed me exactly who I can count on when things get serious which is priceless. I also got to "redpill" (not a fan of that term) a few of my friends and family, so I consider it well worth it. That being said, whoever claims people like change is absolutely fucking lying! Turns out that I can count the people I know who like change on one hand and still have some fingers left over. Keep that in mind.
Anyways, overall I feel better physically, mentally and emotionally than I ever have. Most of my efforts have been directed towards improving in the field I want to succeed in professionally but I've managed to get a decent spread of other skills going. I'm not the happiest I've ever been, that particular peak was when I was a clueless teen who didn't care for anything serious, but I am content with my life and the direction it's going in. The world might be going to shit but I'm not, at least not knowingly.
That's about it. I can go into greater detail if anyone is interested, these are just a few of the highlights. Turns out, you can actually pack a lot of living in a year (or three) if you're not glued to useless things like the TV or games.
On ConPro, like I mentioned, I'm glad you lot are still around (mostly). I'm a bit sad I only recognize a few of the usernames on the current threads but hopefully everyone who left did so for the right reasons. I'll be around for a few days to answer any questions or anything and to get a feel for how the site is doing but I'm probably going to focus on real life again come the new year.
To all the Kings here:
Live well, never falter, never quit! If I can do this shit, so can you!
P. S. I get that things are shit in many ways but that's no excuse to forget the self-improvement posts, the gardenposting, the shitting on blind consooming and, most importantly, the goatposting. WHERE'S THE FUCKING GOATPOSTING?
I think my last post was 2-3 years ago when I gave a little update on how my journey into self-improvement had been going. I figured it's way past time to give another one. Hopefully someone gets a little boost in motivation from this.
For anyone interested, I joined ConPro about when it migrated here from reddit, although I was never really all that active. I doubt even the old users that are still around remember me. This place inspired me to reevaluate most of my life and gave me the push I needed to start actively working on getting better at it.
I started working out a lot more actively. I can confidently say I'm now in the best shape I've been since I was 18. I regularly go out hiking and mountain climbing with people in their early 20s (I'm in my 30s) and I'm consistently one of the last ones going.
I learned a lot of woodland and bushcraft skills. I go camping by myself for days at a time. I picked up a bit of hunting and I'm currently working on navigating off the landscape with minimal tools and supplies. It's been huge fun, I highly recommend it! Still haven't picked up gardening. It brings me no joy and I've the privilege of having access to quality home grown food I can purchase (including meat). Maybe some day.
I also started learning basic skills like cooking (I make 95% of everything I eat), mechanical (I've not called a handyman for anything for a couple of years now) and electronic repair (phone and computer) and am currently wading through learning how to fix serious issues on my own car. I just finished rebuilding an entire VW with a couple of friends.
I also got into basic programming, image and video editing. I'm by no means great at it but I know the basics. I'm planning on focusing more on coding at some point in the coming year since it'll be useful for work and I only really know the basics of a couple of languages (HTML, Java, Python). I really don't enjoy it very much, though. Definitely not for me. Photo and video editing, on the other hand, is quite fun and I've been enjoying it immensely. I even set up a YT channel at one point to get feedback on my video edits, although I've deleted it since then.
I learned how to draw pretty decently and hopefully soon I'll have time to start learning an instrument properly. I'm actually completely talent-less when it comes to any of the fine arts, so this is extremely slow going but an hour or two every other day gets visible results.
I started trying to build up my own business in the field I've always wanted to work in. That failed. Miserably. So I had to go back to working my old job last year which pays well but is incredibly boring to me. At least it gave me a lot more free time to work on things. I've not given up, though. I'm currently gearing up for another try, hopefully with the experience I got the first time around I'll be able to do it better this time. I'm not fucking quitting.
On a personal level, having you lot challenging most of my ideas and worldview made me go back over pretty much every single thing I believe and support, reevaluate it and actually inform myself on the issue. I haven't changed my views that much (although I did skew quite a bit towards what normies consider far right and some libertarian views) and I still don't agree with everything most of ConPro believes but I can confidently say most of my opinions are now informed and logical, rather than basic and emotional. I might still be wrong about some of them, since I'm not God and don't have all the information but such is life. Thanks for that!
That being said, changing that drastically made a lot of people around me uncomfortable and I've lost quite a few relationships I had. It also strained most of the ones I still have quite significantly but I think they came out for the better in the end. It also showed me exactly who I can count on when things get serious which is priceless. I also got to "redpill" (not a fan of that term) a few of my friends and family, so I consider it well worth it. That being said, whoever claims people like change is absolutely fucking lying! Turns out that I can count the people I know who like change on one hand and still have some fingers left over. Keep that in mind.
Anyways, overall I feel better physically, mentally and emotionally than I ever have. Most of my efforts have been directed towards improving in the field I want to succeed in professionally but I've managed to get a decent spread of other skills going. I'm not the happiest I've ever been, that particular peak was when I was a clueless teen who didn't care for anything serious, but I am content with my life and the direction it's going in. The world might be going to shit but I'm not, at least not knowingly.
That's about it. I can go into greater detail if anyone is interested, these are just a few of the highlights. Turns out, you can actually pack a lot of living in a year (or three) if you're not glued to useless things like the TV or games.
On ConPro, like I mentioned, I'm glad you lot are still around (mostly). I'm a bit sad I only recognize a few of the usernames on the current threads but hopefully everyone who left did so for the right reasons. I'll be around for a few days to answer any questions or anything and to get a feel for how the site is doing but I'm probably going to focus on real life again come the new year.
To all the Kings here:
Live well, never falter, never quit! If I can do this shit, so can you!
P. S. I get that things are shit in many ways but that's no excuse to forget the self-improvement posts, the gardenposting, the shitting on blind consooming and, most importantly, the goatposting. WHERE'S THE FUCKING GOATPOSTING?
I shouldn't, after all this place was one of the main drivers of my introspection and growth. That being said, while I have missed having discussions like ours, it's probably for the best if I still limit my time on the Internet. Although I will probably visit more often than I have for the past couple of years.
"I don't think they can be separated."
Perhaps I did not explain myself properly. I do not believe they should be separated. My approach to solving issues is to divide them into smaller parts until I'm left with a concrete set of steps that I believe I need to follow to get my desired result. With regard to that, I think issues need to be prioritized according to what the end goal is. In this situation, my end goal is the preservation and safeguarding of my people and their culture. When taking that into account, the groups and people that started these ideologies but do not, in my opinion, actively control them are less of a priority than defeating the ideologies themselves, especially since combating either requires actively involving regular people (normies) who are notoriously bad at multi-tasking and taking circumstances into account. As such, I believe these people are not the "immediate" problem, although they are still a problem.
"But is it even a moral question at this point? Or a question of survival, of necessity?"
Here is where I differ from many people. Everything is, or at the very least should be, a moral question, in my opinion. To be without morals is to be less than human. Morality is what makes us who we are as a species/race. To give up our morality is to give up our humanity. It is not, in my opinion, a question of gratification. I have not, in my limited years on this world, ever come across a situation where choosing the moral thing has led to failure or choosing the immoral thing has led to success long-term. Yes, in the short term one may have been more expedient and instantly gratifying (including materially) but over time those actions always lead to positive (moral) or negative (immoral) consequences. I have observed this not only for myself but when it comes to the actions of others.
Of course, it's entirely possible that I've simply been fortunate in my circumstances and I may be completely wrong, however we are our experiences, in many ways, and I cannot ignore what my personal experience has shown me.
"But isn't it already too late for "peaceful" solutions?"
I seem to have left you with a rather mistaken impression of my position. I apologize.
I am not at all advocating for exclusively "peaceful" solutions. While those would be preferable, I am well aware that different situations require different approaches. While my own country, for example, is not so far gone as to be unsalvageable, I think, others, like the UK, are on the precipice of violence being a requirement (although even there it is, I believe, not unavoidable yet). What I am against is what a lot of people would call a "final" solution. Lumping in entire populations with the truly guilty. While as you said, this usually leads to further issues down the line, I do not believe life to be so clear cut as to be essentially solvable.
There will always be issues. There will always be problem groups or individuals. It is human nature. Even if every other group were removed, fools within would still create these or similar problems. The solution to that is not removing others, it is in empowering ourselves and our own. A people more knowledgeable, more capable and more moral that work to counter any negative influences. Discarding our morality would not be a service to achieving this.
There is no utopia in our future, only an eternity of hard work. I, for one, do not see this as a problem.
As you gave NS Germany as an example, I would like to ask you to consider this: Did discarding their morals to pursue violent solutions work out for them? Would they, and us in current times, have been better served by acting as an example of a successful different approach to creating society? Would having a NS Germany in today's world not have been a counterweight to all the foolishness that is flowing out of the collective "West"?
Again, I do not have all (or maybe any) of the answers. I'm simply sharing my own thoughts and ideas. Perhaps I'm wrong and you are right. I don't know but discussing things is definitely stimulating my thoughts on these issues. For that, I'd very much like to thank you, especially since you've taken the time out of your holiday season for this.
Moral choices on the level of individuals is way more simple than large scale moral questions. I can't say I was much involved in moral dilemmas, but I figured that not adhering to law and etiquette was quite rewarding, and adhering to it turned out to be infuriatingly bad.
Also be reminded that reciprocity is essential when it comes to morality. You have no obligation to uphold moral principles to those who do not uphold the same to you. And you *actively should not.*
> Even if every other group were removed, fools within would still create these or similar problems.
Sure. Not all problems can be solved, but we have active arsonists and forest fires, and we have no time to deal with other problems other than the most glaring ones. 3rd world importation, its perpetrators and the crumbling economies are massive problems.
> As you gave NS Germany as an example, I would like to ask you to consider this: Did discarding their morals to pursue violent solutions work out for them?
They didn't discard their morality at all. The short version is this: Germany rose up against jewish tyranny, the jews rallied across the West against Germany, already dead set in 1933 to destroy Germany, as the communist jews rallied across the East. Then they fought Germany from two sides to reestablish jewish tyranny again. And as a reminder as to how good they were, they killed many millions of German civilians after the war via starvation, enacted indoctrination programs, established the usual usury systems, enacted heavy handed censorship, a little holocaust hoax to eternally guilt-trip Germans (and milk money from them forever) and to portray them as eternal victims, oh and the East occupied half of Europe, causing multiple decades of misery, basically confirming Hitler to be right about them all along.
The Germans did not commit genocides, they didn't use their huge amount of Sarin gas, they didn't allow their soldiers to rape or commit other atrocities. They were the most civil people across the world. France was way better off before the Allied "liberation" for example.
Germany didn't even start the war - Poland was emboldened by Britain to murder Germans in Danzig, forcing Germany's hand. They wanted war with Germany since 1933, and they did their best to provoke it.
> Would they, and us in current times, have been better served by acting as an example of a successful different approach to creating society?
If they'd actually have abandoned their morals, use Sarin gas, actually killed all the jews in the camps, aggressively went against their enemies instead of inundating them with peace offers, yes - they'd be much better off, might even have won, and even in defeat would have solved the jewish problem for quite a while. Guess what, without jews to come up with the holohoax, there would be no holocaust, there would be no movie about it, no eternal guilt-tripping programs either.
> For that, I'd very much like to thank you, especially since you've taken the time out of your holiday season for this.
Always a pleasure to have meaningful conversations.