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Simply don't understand the rush to open; historically pandemics have disrupted societies for decades. This is a chance to do something new and move away from a

Simply don't understand the rush to open; historically pandemics have disrupted societies for decades. This is a chance to do something new and move away from a financial system that is destroying Earth.

emptysongglass 5y ago
People have roamed and moved their bodies about since the first human walked. The unnatural state is one of prohibited movement where the doldrums of the everyday with its same walls, same chipped paint corner of a bedroom, same routine, same one yellowed box of a shelter are The Encounter. Novelty, curiosity and exploration made the Human. You can no more take it out of us than the cat's meow. These cycles of lockdown can't last much longer without mass revolts. I say that not as one who is some great conspiracy thinker or who has a particular anger toward the G-Man for penning me in. We've done that now, tried our best. It's time for a new approach.
- ljw1001 5y ago
  There's nothing about things not being "open" that relates to someone's ability to "move around" in spite of the poorly chosen terms like "lockdown", which means in this context "I can't go hang out in my favorite bar" or "I have to wear a mask" when it used to mean "All the inmates must return to their cells"
AndrewBissell 5y ago
> historically pandemics have disrupted societies for decades Per-capita, the 1918 flu pandemic killed far more people (and far younger people) than Covid. Why is there nothing in history books about major disruptions to society and normal throughout the 20s and 30s as a result?
- Andaith 5y ago
  I thought that most info was suppressed throughout Europe due to WW1, and that's why it was also why it's called the Spanish Flu. They weren't at war so were happy actually putting information on the radio/newspapers while everyone else suppressed it because they didn't want troops at the front line worrying about their families dying of plague behind them...

emptysongglass 5y ago

People have roamed and moved their bodies about since the first human walked. The unnatural state is one of prohibited movement where the doldrums of the everyday with its same walls, same chipped paint corner of a bedroom, same routine, same one yellowed box of a shelter are The Encounter. Novelty, curiosity and exploration made the Human. You can no more take it out of us than the cat's meow. These cycles of lockdown can't last much longer without mass revolts. I say that not as one who is some great conspiracy thinker or who has a particular anger toward the G-Man for penning me in. We've done that now, tried our best. It's time for a new approach.

ljw1001 5y ago
There's nothing about things not being "open" that relates to someone's ability to "move around" in spite of the poorly chosen terms like "lockdown", which means in this context "I can't go hang out in my favorite bar" or "I have to wear a mask" when it used to mean "All the inmates must return to their cells"

AndrewBissell 5y ago

> historically pandemics have disrupted societies for decades Per-capita, the 1918 flu pandemic killed far more people (and far younger people) than Covid. Why is there nothing in history books about major disruptions to society and normal throughout the 20s and 30s as a result?

Andaith 5y ago
I thought that most info was suppressed throughout Europe due to WW1, and that's why it was also why it's called the Spanish Flu. They weren't at war so were happy actually putting information on the radio/newspapers while everyone else suppressed it because they didn't want troops at the front line worrying about their families dying of plague behind them...