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I don't find any of this offensive or extreme. Easily within the mainstream conservative spread. I think you need to broaden your news sources.

• bambax 5y ago
  > Internment. Mandatory medication. Segregation of whole sections of society. Mass sackings. A drumbeat media consensus. The systematic censoring of dissent. The deliberate creation by the state and the press of a climate of fear and suspicion. What could possibly justify this? Perhaps the combination of a terrible pandemic which killed or maimed large percentages of those it infected, and the existence of a safe and reliable medicine which was proven to prevent its spread. This, of course, is what we are said to be living through. This is the Narrative. > But it is clear enough by now that the Narrative is not true. Covid-19 is a nasty illness which should be taken seriously, especially by those who are especially vulnerable to it. But it is nowhere near dangerous enough - if anything could be - to justify the creation of a global police state. [1] If you don't see the conspiracy theory in this, then I can't help you. (Me, all I need is the capital N at "Narrative".) [1] https://paulkingsnorth.substack.com/p/the-vaccine-moment-part-one https://paulkingsnorth.substack.com/p/the-vaccine-moment-par...
  • cheeseomlit 5y ago
    That all sounds pretty accurate and reasonable to me. I guess we can't help each other.
  • native_samples 5y ago
    It doesn't posit the existence of a conspiracy anywhere. "Narratives" can be emergent phenomena, just like religion is. It doesn't require cigarette smoking men in back rooms. You seem to be particularly triggered by the word narrative - ignore that word if you like, or mentally replace it with "what governments tell us" and which part of what was said above is false?