I hate this "you just didn't take it because of a mistrust of the government or big companies"
It demeans and tries to deny people having intuition, the ability to reason, etc.
I have a distrust of Google. I still use Google/YouTube knowing they're a nefarious company.
Because for now, there's usable things that are worth the cost. I can find free old movies on YouTube, etc.
With the vaccine, what I could tell you for sure is they used guilt manipulation tactics and propaganda.
Anything that does that makes me immediately know we've passed into a whole other category of "run away from this thing".
If there was a concerted effort by the government, late night hosts, celebrities, to try to peer pressure you into using YouTube or else grandma's going to die and you're selfish for not doing it, I'd stop watching YouTube YESTERDAY.
I don't need to be a scientist to see nefarious psychological manipulation tactics for a disease I have not known anyone to have died from (my late 80s year old grandma survived it, two other family members with auto immune diseases survived it)
So when the pressure FAR exceeds the threat and I see who's doing the pressuring and threatening, it's a simple matter of deduction.
I don't need to go get a degree in virology to learn everything under the sun. I can make rational conclusions from a sufficient amount of information.
It's why despite knowing nothing about geopolitics, I immediately rejected the narrative for Ukraine.
I saw that all the most evil entities on earth, Disney, pornhub, the Biden administration, the left in general, all supported Ukraine.
That was all I needed to know that there's far more to the story and frankly made me trust Russias version of events far more.
Trying to frame it as "you got lucky with a guess that was just a general mistrust of big government and corporations" is because people don't want to admit they acted foolishly and ignored very clear red flags that should cause someone's instincts, intuition to kick in to high gear.
Guilt tripping is something that has never worked on me and when it's done, it immediately makes me suspicious.
When I then see the same guilt trip manipulations being parroted by doctors I encounter and leftist family members, I now know enough despite sucking at science.
EDIT: wanted to add another piece which is assuming people can't possibly be privy to alternative places of information with varying legitimacy based on the circles they frequent whether online or off.
As an example, I don't really get into the whole Freemason, secret society stuff, but I don't necessarily discount it when I hear people talking passionately about it. Whether it's true or not true, I don't know, but I at least assume people are privy to sites chronicling things that I'm not aware of. It doesn't make it true, but it also doesn't make it not true and I'm not going to deny Freemason secret cults unless I look into as much info as possible.
I used to discount "conspiracy theories" but after seeing years later all the things I wasn't told about Sandy Hook, I learned the humble thing is to at least be open to the possibilities.
Not only is intuition legitimate decision making, so is mistrusting government. There's nothing wrong with that being your sole motivation and using it as a decision point doesn't make you merely "lucky."
"We're just trying to keep the hospitals from being overwhelmed"
"Once in a century pandemic"
By the time they rolled out the vaccine there were already way too many slogans that sounded like they were dreamed up by advertising companies and focus tested..... Anyone with half a brain could sense that the whole entire thing was planned in advance
I hate this "you just didn't take it because of a mistrust of the government or big companies"
It demeans and tries to deny people having intuition, the ability to reason, etc.
I have a distrust of Google. I still use Google/YouTube knowing they're a nefarious company.
Because for now, there's usable things that are worth the cost. I can find free old movies on YouTube, etc.
With the vaccine, what I could tell you for sure is they used guilt manipulation tactics and propaganda.
Anything that does that makes me immediately know we've passed into a whole other category of "run away from this thing".
If there was a concerted effort by the government, late night hosts, celebrities, to try to peer pressure you into using YouTube or else grandma's going to die and you're selfish for not doing it, I'd stop watching YouTube YESTERDAY.
I don't need to be a scientist to see nefarious psychological manipulation tactics for a disease I have not known anyone to have died from (my late 80s year old grandma survived it, two other family members with auto immune diseases survived it)
So when the pressure FAR exceeds the threat and I see who's doing the pressuring and threatening, it's a simple matter of deduction.
I don't need to go get a degree in virology to learn everything under the sun. I can make rational conclusions from a sufficient amount of information.
It's why despite knowing nothing about geopolitics, I immediately rejected the narrative for Ukraine.
I saw that all the most evil entities on earth, Disney, pornhub, the Biden administration, the left in general, all supported Ukraine.
That was all I needed to know that there's far more to the story and frankly made me trust Russias version of events far more.
Trying to frame it as "you got lucky with a guess that was just a general mistrust of big government and corporations" is because people don't want to admit they acted foolishly and ignored very clear red flags that should cause someone's instincts, intuition to kick in to high gear.
Guilt tripping is something that has never worked on me and when it's done, it immediately makes me suspicious.
When I then see the same guilt trip manipulations being parroted by doctors I encounter and leftist family members, I now know enough despite sucking at science.
EDIT: wanted to add another piece which is assuming people can't possibly be privy to alternative places of information with varying legitimacy based on the circles they frequent whether online or off.
As an example, I don't really get into the whole Freemason, secret society stuff, but I don't necessarily discount it when I hear people talking passionately about it. Whether it's true or not true, I don't know, but I at least assume people are privy to sites chronicling things that I'm not aware of. It doesn't make it true, but it also doesn't make it not true and I'm not going to deny Freemason secret cults unless I look into as much info as possible.
I used to discount "conspiracy theories" but after seeing years later all the things I wasn't told about Sandy Hook, I learned the humble thing is to at least be open to the possibilities.
Not only is intuition legitimate decision making, so is mistrusting government. There's nothing wrong with that being your sole motivation and using it as a decision point doesn't make you merely "lucky."
"2 weeks to flatten the curve"
"Frontline heroes"
"PPE"
"6 FT social distance"
"The New normal"
"Mask up to save grandma"
"get tested often"
"We're just trying to keep the hospitals from being overwhelmed"
"Once in a century pandemic"
By the time they rolled out the vaccine there were already way too many slogans that sounded like they were dreamed up by advertising companies and focus tested..... Anyone with half a brain could sense that the whole entire thing was planned in advance
Bingo, don't know why you got downvoted
Don't forget the "Team" nonsense about which vaxx you got, with people going as far as getting tattoos bragging about it.
Funny how that one disappeared quickly, likely because it was too on the nose and working negatively.