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> The virus, we believe, is politically motivated. Good God. The times we live in. Like, what does this sentence even mean? He probably doesn't even know hims
by _bxg1 7y ago
> The virus, we believe, is politically motivated.
Good God. The times we live in.
Like, what does this sentence even mean? He probably doesn't even know himself. The vague couplings we make between our political identity and just, random subjects, have transcended the subconscious and become an acceptable thing to just... profess. As-is.
- mistermann 7y agoThis behaviour is not particularly new really. For example, there are all sorts of people who believe the Iraq war was started based on less than entirely truthful pretenses. Some people have very active imaginations, but that's just one of the things that makes life so interesting!
- jessaustin 7y agoSo, there were WMDs? We're not talking about ancient history here. Lots of us can remember the lies that got us into Iraq II as well as those that got us into Iraq I.
- mistermann 7y agoThat's my point. Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
- rsynnott 7y agoI mean, there’s a difference between “gulf war 2.0 was dodgy” (which is fairly well documented at this point) and claiming that a pandemic is ‘politically motivated’. What does the latter even mean? That the virus is itself fraudulent? That the virus is an artificial creation? That the virus is sentient and spends a lot of time on twitter? I can’t think of any reasonable interpretation of that.
- mistermann 7y agoThere are both similarities and differences. I'm not quite sure which part of my comment you object to? Is what I said above false?