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.
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.
I still see at least some people masked up in stores in Texas.
Stuff like this is why my faith in normies is so low.
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.