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Whoa! Thank you so much! That means a lot and I am trying my best to be a better communicator for the people. I go through a lot of the same things and I just want people to know that they're not alone and they are understood in this space. I really appreciate your kind words and encouragement and I will continue to hone my skills so that I can leave the world better than I found it! Love and solidarity!

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Sounds very interesting! Thank you so much for your kind words and feedback. I have a lot of improvements to make but I hope to be a better communicator for the poor and working people who are in the same boat as myself.

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Whoa! Thank you so much! That means a lot coming from you. You have been such a massive support and I can't thank you enough!

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Proud of my brother Jaybe for doing this.

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Hi Jay, good to see that you're starting this. Agree very much with your thoughts here. I just started a blog on here myself, at https://jeffmelton.substack.com/. Have written a few things so far, on Ukraine, Covid, and abortion. But speaking of collectivism and individualism, my colleague Bob Sinclair and I (we're psychologists) have done some research looking at how cultures of one or the other of those varieties have fared with Covid. As you might expect, the more collectivist societies have in general fared a lot better. That's at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355749968_Culture_and_COVID-19_A_Global_Analysis_of_the_Successes_of_Collectivist_Countries_and_the_Failures_of_Individualistic_Countries

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Gramsci wrote about working class self-education and, basically, home-grown working class intellectuals. You and the comrades in RBN *are* that. Don't apologise of diminish yourselves for not be credentialed and shit. Your credentials are your working class lived experiences.

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Wow, this is a massive compliment! Thank you so much! Sometimes I write stuff and it comes out jumbled but I try to make it make sense from my own anecdotal experience along with objective evidence that I discovered along the way.

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When you said, "I'm not a writer" it broke my heart. You're a writer, you write stuff, what's so hard to understand? :)

And more generally I do see RBN forging that working class consciousness and working class education. You people are doing very important work and knocking it out of the park.

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Nov 19, 2022Liked by Jaybefaunt

Bonjour JayB,

I just thought I would connect with you hear too. It looks like that you don't post here often, but you do have a lot going on!

Anyway, just thought I would leave you a note about another conscientious being like you. They have a youtube chn. "Andrewism" and they are writing a book as well about community collective power, eliminating capitalism, etc... They have some great insights as well. I think it would be great if you could interview him and talk about his book. Well, just an idea of connecting great people/thinkers. You are such a beautiful light in what can be a dark time for me and I respect and appreciate all that light and insight you share! Your Expat, and comrade in France, Michelita :-)

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Thank you so much for the information! I am trying to be more involved on different platforms so that I can spread this message further and wider than I ever have before. My apologies to you for being so late in my reply. My bandwidth for getting back is somewhat limited and I am slower than some but I am always happy to get back to you on issues relating to making our world better. Thank you for being such a compassionate and kind soul and I am grateful for your presence as always. Love and solidarity with you!

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