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You just described the early-Covid shutdown policy-making too.

• chaosite 4y ago
  Shutdowns weren't done by media figures, they were done by policy-makers inside governments.
  • heartbreak 4y ago
    > That was just decentralized [governments] deciding to copy each other's opinions, because there's safety in numbers and group think, and because dissent sticks out and gets attacked. Sorry, I thought that substitution was implied.
  • yonaguska 4y ago
    And "consent" to shutdowns were manufactured by policy makers inside governments paying media companies to promote their policies. It was a concerted effort.