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Sure, it's a "free society" where everyone gets to prove the usefulness of vaccines for themselves, from first principle, because the medical community is corru

Sure, it's a "free society" where everyone gets to prove the usefulness of vaccines for themselves, from first principle, because the medical community is corrupt and cannot be trusted. Where people actually start to believe in a "flat earth", and not just as a parody of conspiracy theories, and fly to New Zealand for their yearly meeting (from both Europe and the US, in opposite directions, go figure). Yeah, that is "freedom", in some sense of the word. But people aren't actually using it to critical think about anything. They see it as license to choose the facts they believe and ignore those that are inconvenient.

codr7 7y ago
Right, lets pour another bucket of hatred and shame on those who don't feel like lining up to allow profit-addicted psychopaths to inject their latest cocktails straight into the bloodstream. Haven't they proven with the opioid cluster fuck how far they can be trusted? Anything can be, and has been bought in this society. Once enough money accumulates, democracy and science don't mean shit any more. Blind faith was always the issue, not religion or whatever. The difference between you and the people you're so afraid of is that they actually bothered to use their brains rather than parroting whatever bullshit they were programmed with and throwing rocks at anyone who disagrees. Most likely, they were you at some point.
flatter_the 7y ago
Dude. No one believes in "flat earth" shit. It's all hype and media narrative. Those stories about a handful of schizo freaks are for clicks and ad impressions. Voyeurism for the supermarket checkout lane. You're a drone for eating up the tabloid nonsense that purports its popularity. It isn't popular. It isn't relevant. It isn't a thing.
saalweachter 7y ago
It's the difference between "skepticism" and "contrarianism". A skeptic evaluates the evidence, and believes what it tells them. A contrarian rejects the official narrative, and works from there.

codr7 7y ago

Right, lets pour another bucket of hatred and shame on those who don't feel like lining up to allow profit-addicted psychopaths to inject their latest cocktails straight into the bloodstream. Haven't they proven with the opioid cluster fuck how far they can be trusted? Anything can be, and has been bought in this society. Once enough money accumulates, democracy and science don't mean shit any more. Blind faith was always the issue, not religion or whatever. The difference between you and the people you're so afraid of is that they actually bothered to use their brains rather than parroting whatever bullshit they were programmed with and throwing rocks at anyone who disagrees. Most likely, they were you at some point.

flatter_the 7y ago

Dude. No one believes in "flat earth" shit. It's all hype and media narrative. Those stories about a handful of schizo freaks are for clicks and ad impressions. Voyeurism for the supermarket checkout lane. You're a drone for eating up the tabloid nonsense that purports its popularity. It isn't popular. It isn't relevant. It isn't a thing.

saalweachter 7y ago

It's the difference between "skepticism" and "contrarianism". A skeptic evaluates the evidence, and believes what it tells them. A contrarian rejects the official narrative, and works from there.