do you think i’m not being honest or open? Honest? Sure - to the extent that most people’s limited self-awareness allows. Open? When you said: tbh swaying comfortable imperial core people was never really at the forefront of my motivations, so i think you’re safe. That came across as preemptively dismissive, as if you assumed I was pro-capitalist and thus not worth bothering with. The fact is capitalism is all I’ve known, but that doesn’t mean I’m enamored of it. My life path has been… unusual, in some significant ways that both give me broader view of things than most, while also having limited my education about them. I’ve had to figure out a lot of things on my own, which inevitably means there are significant gaps in my knowledge. But it also means I’ve come to some conclusions about things that most people never think about, or are (self-)aware enough to realize. When I engage I try to speak what I know, and remain open to mulling over the responses if they contain something I don’t, or hasn’t considered. All I ask is that the same mindset be utilized in return so that an open exchange of information and perspectives may flow from it. This is how people come to understand one another, and that’s all I really want to do. If I learn something that helps me improve my understanding and perspectives on things, then all the better.