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The Dams That Broke
Sep. 1st, 2021 10:54 amSometime around May 2020 I came to the conclusion that the virus was (and is) a distraction. There was (and is) little to be seen from watching graphs and looking at numbers that could not have been discerned back then, but quite a lot to see in the turmoil surrounding us. The irrational fear. The completely immature and self defeating way of dealing with risk. The heartlessness of putting masks on very young children, even toddlers. The west dropping defining traditions and fundamental principles so casually.
I keep thinking that the conspiracy theorists are the optimists. For the fact is that, while there are clearly opportunists raking it in like bandits, a lot of this horror is completely organic. The harsh lockdowns in Australia and New Zealand are very popular there, and a vast number of parents can't see anything wrong with masking their kids for the whole day. The courts do not have to be bought to enforce ridiculously unconstitutional measures as the judges, stiff with fear and high on righteousness, will do what they think needs to be done. The rule of law has become a grey specter in many places of the world.
This is what there is to see.
I keep thinking that the conspiracy theorists are the optimists. For the fact is that, while there are clearly opportunists raking it in like bandits, a lot of this horror is completely organic. The harsh lockdowns in Australia and New Zealand are very popular there, and a vast number of parents can't see anything wrong with masking their kids for the whole day. The courts do not have to be bought to enforce ridiculously unconstitutional measures as the judges, stiff with fear and high on righteousness, will do what they think needs to be done. The rule of law has become a grey specter in many places of the world.
This is what there is to see.