I'm convinced if your entire personality revolves around one thing, it's performative. Who you're performing for could be debated and I think we forget that people perform for their own sakes too. But, it's a performance, people are naturally nuanced.
A good investigator or researcher can and should be willing to talk to anyone. This policing of association in the "research community" is some of the gayest shit I have ever seen. Questioning or attacking someone's credibility, not on the veracity of their work, but bc they talked to someone you don't like is childish and embarrassing behavior, especially for grown adults.
Carl Jung was right when he said if the path in front of you is clear, youre probably walking someone elses. the clear path is for people who come later and need an easier way, but the man who wants to forge his own spirit better learn to love the brambles, better learn to name each thorn that cuts him, because only blood prints can mark the way for those who follow, or else your path dies with you.
the first candidate to fix our healthcare, make it possible for a family to live on one income, make it so americans dont have to compete with the entire world for a job & not suck netanyahus asshole will be president for 1,000 years