They have learned that declaring a pandemic is a cheat code to curtail individual civil liberties.
I still dont think it is. In certain countries where they dont have the attitudes or beliefs to resist it (read: Most of Europe+Canada+ANZ). But at least the US? They managed to do stuff for all of a month or two before states started doing major pushback, people started ignoring the powers that be, and now no one will believe them when they do it again. And many states have even started putting in place measures to make it harder to try again.
They took their shot, and while they managed to wing us, they still missed. And now they are reeling from that because that was their only shot.
I know red states like Florida and Texas will not comply but at the national level they will try to push authoritarianism like lockdowns and vaccine mandates again.
I am not confident in most normies.
Normies don't have a good memory and I doubt they actually learned any lessons from the 2020 COVID response.
Must be a difference of location. Most of the normies where I live were some of the first to stop paying attention to the Covid stuff once it became clear the government was taking the piss. The only people who insisted on it were the Leftist.
Too many weak willed fools who will sacrifice liberty for a false sense of security.
Yes, I supported the initial lockdowns as well, despite knowing what Franklin said, despite remarking how eerily similar this looked to the plot of V for Vendetta. Many people were swept up in the hysteria and the uncertainty, and I think it may be justifiable if the intensive care may otherwise be overrun (if there is any accountability for the politicians who so neglected the IC). But I like to think that we learned some things, and that next time, we'll be a bit more skeptical when THE science starts making demands again.
Because people are fed up with all the restrictions, is my impression, and how they didn't last for two weeks but for years. Incidentally, the 'two weeks' Trump appointee is now spouting all sorts of bizarre crap online. Another piss-poor appointee by our favorite President.
Got a working theory that before 2016 there was a plan involved to slowly demoralise and turn us into drones
Then 2016 happened
And ever since they've been overreacting to try to compensate but it's making their position worse. It's like trying to catch yourself as you fall down the stairs which hurts you more than just falling quickly and getting back up.
Since 2016, more and more people are becoming skeptical of the "narrative" yet the reality is that the major institutions still have massive power.
People not trusting them sadly doesn't mean much when they have the backing of almost all major organizations in the public and private sectors.
I think less people will comply with authoritarian demands in the next "pandemic" especially in red states like Florida/Texas but I fear that in the face of widespread peaceful non compliance the powers that be will resort to using forceful hard power to clamp down on all dissent.
True there's a mountain to climb and the chance of things going brutal, but I genuinely think if 2016 didn't happen the way it did, more people would've complied with lockdowns, vaccines and boosters, trans and racebaiting compared to now.
Tell me what policy you would set for bioweapon facilities. You think women should be banned from them like you want to deprive them of Second Amendment rights?
That would be nice, but clearly, we can't have nice things.
But yeah, I think banning women from them would be a good idea. It would have prevented Covid!
Are you sure? Fauci and his buddy Draszak were funding it in the WIV. I see no reason to believe that they would not have done it, or that these dangerous experiments would not have occurred, if the head was not a woman.
Let's assume they're right.
How come it's now one crisis after another? I don't remember things being like this in the 2000s.
It is no coincidence.
They have learned that declaring a pandemic is a cheat code to curtail individual civil liberties.
Too many weak willed fools who will sacrifice liberty for a false sense of security.
The authoritarian COVID 19 "public health" response was a societal shit test that society sadly collectively failed.
It worked for Covid. If they keep doing it too frequently, even normies will revolt. (unless they release something that's actually deadly)
I think you are overestimating the intelligence of the average normie.
I fear that even another virus that has the same fatality rate as COVID would be enough for many normies to buckle down in fear.
I still dont think it is. In certain countries where they dont have the attitudes or beliefs to resist it (read: Most of Europe+Canada+ANZ). But at least the US? They managed to do stuff for all of a month or two before states started doing major pushback, people started ignoring the powers that be, and now no one will believe them when they do it again. And many states have even started putting in place measures to make it harder to try again.
They took their shot, and while they managed to wing us, they still missed. And now they are reeling from that because that was their only shot.
I know red states like Florida and Texas will not comply but at the national level they will try to push authoritarianism like lockdowns and vaccine mandates again.
I am not confident in most normies.
Normies don't have a good memory and I doubt they actually learned any lessons from the 2020 COVID response.
Must be a difference of location. Most of the normies where I live were some of the first to stop paying attention to the Covid stuff once it became clear the government was taking the piss. The only people who insisted on it were the Leftist.
Yes, I supported the initial lockdowns as well, despite knowing what Franklin said, despite remarking how eerily similar this looked to the plot of V for Vendetta. Many people were swept up in the hysteria and the uncertainty, and I think it may be justifiable if the intensive care may otherwise be overrun (if there is any accountability for the politicians who so neglected the IC). But I like to think that we learned some things, and that next time, we'll be a bit more skeptical when THE science starts making demands again.
Because people are fed up with all the restrictions, is my impression, and how they didn't last for two weeks but for years. Incidentally, the 'two weeks' Trump appointee is now spouting all sorts of bizarre crap online. Another piss-poor appointee by our favorite President.
Got a working theory that before 2016 there was a plan involved to slowly demoralise and turn us into drones
Then 2016 happened
And ever since they've been overreacting to try to compensate but it's making their position worse. It's like trying to catch yourself as you fall down the stairs which hurts you more than just falling quickly and getting back up.
Since 2016, more and more people are becoming skeptical of the "narrative" yet the reality is that the major institutions still have massive power.
People not trusting them sadly doesn't mean much when they have the backing of almost all major organizations in the public and private sectors.
I think less people will comply with authoritarian demands in the next "pandemic" especially in red states like Florida/Texas but I fear that in the face of widespread peaceful non compliance the powers that be will resort to using forceful hard power to clamp down on all dissent.
True there's a mountain to climb and the chance of things going brutal, but I genuinely think if 2016 didn't happen the way it did, more people would've complied with lockdowns, vaccines and boosters, trans and racebaiting compared to now.
I think if 2016 went the other way there would have been no pandemic at all in 2020 as they would not need it.
The pandemic was perfect for them because it destroyed the economy and cemented mail in voting. It was exactly what they needed to win 2020.
I think they would have only focused on race baiting and pushing gender ideology in the timeline where 2016 never happened.
cLiMaTe cHaNgE!!!!1
Because some idiot decided to give society's worst people access to bioweapon facilities.
Tell me what policy you would set for bioweapon facilities. You think women should be banned from them like you want to deprive them of Second Amendment rights?
Ideally, they wouldn't exist.
But yeah, I think banning women from them would be a good idea. It would have prevented Covid!
That would be nice, but clearly, we can't have nice things.
Are you sure? Fauci and his buddy Draszak were funding it in the WIV. I see no reason to believe that they would not have done it, or that these dangerous experiments would not have occurred, if the head was not a woman.