No weapon form against me VI
The picture above highlights an incredibly stark contrast: an American who encouraged you to invest in emerging markets over the last decade versus a person of Vietnamese descent, born in Canada, who discussed algorithms and statistics as a precursor to using machine learning as a tool for markets.
Ask yourself: Which idea would you invest in?
Which idea is more limited?
Which idea is universal?
As a magician and an alchemist, you must always double invert. During my time in Asia, I was exposed to extreme monocultural ideas—ideas so heinous that I have no choice but to either refute or alchemize them.
For example, there was a monocultural narrative that “Asian” food is healthier than, say, Western food. FYI, these are surface-level cultural ideas, but let me delve deeper to show how such ideas can manifest so nefariously.
It is often said that up to 50% of your appearance is made in the kitchen. So why stick exclusively to the monocultural fake news of “health”? Particularly in a region experiencing increasing lifestyle diseases and, more importantly, where generations of such practices have produced some of the smallest men in the world.
One of the major criticisms of “America” is its obesity rate. Yet, what is a “small obese” person? They are what is called “skinny fat,” meaning they are obese relative to their frame.
So, is that the supposedly healthier diet that the monoculture touts as superior to “American” food?
I then explored some viable protein options in the region. For example, beef is less common in Southeast Asia. Most beef is imported, though there is some locally sourced, cheaper beef.
This got me thinking: why would a good source of protein often be drenched in liquid or stew? I then looked into the monocultures that follow this practice and observed, for example, that the Irish incorporate beef into stews, while the Vietnamese use beef in pho, letting it marinate overnight.
Why would these monocultures do this? Because they were colonies in the past, and most of the beef they had access to was not in its “whole” state but rather the excess leftovers from what the monarchs or rulers consumed—essentially, peasant food. This was the primary reason for liquefying beef.
Let’s not even get started on cultural ideas that remove beef from the diet by elevating it to the status of a deity, as seen in India.
Interestingly, swine might be popular in these cultures, and there are entire monocultures that categorize swine in the animal hierarchy far better than I do.
In tandem, if you take a bunch of misguided ideas, mix them together, and tout them as the monoculture, it could even impact your biological density. It’s better to expand your mind and avert such a disaster.
This is why multiculturalism is a reality in 2024.