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He went down the COVID conspiracy and Freedom Convoy rabbit hole? Damn, that sucks. A surprising number of Canucks went down this rabbit hole, effectively losi
by simfree 3y ago
He went down the COVID conspiracy and Freedom Convoy rabbit hole? Damn, that sucks.
A surprising number of Canucks went down this rabbit hole, effectively losing years of their lives to these two movements and destroying their social networks and familial bonds.
One Canadian I knew cried for hours every day thinking her vaccinated extended family members were going to die. But hey, every date she listed as when I would die due to vaccine has passed and I'm still alive and healthy! So is her family, much of which is estranged from her now :c
Canada built a much tighter COVID vaccination verification and retail enforcement system than the USA. Vertical integration, few gray zones and such made those who opted out feel like the walls were closing in, as your province's health authority knew your vaccine status, restaurant demanded a valid, ID matching government supplied QR Code to allow seating, and the government was willing and able to enforce the law.
Comparatively, COVID restrictions were created state by state in the USA, and it was such a spotty patchwork that many who opted not to vaccinate lived much more normal lives than their counterparts in Canada.
Much like the universal Canadian deployment of tap and pay, present and pay (the credit/debit card never leaves your hand ever at restaurants or stores), PIN entry for all transactions that would require a signature in the USA, Canada is able to move faster and implement more effectively than the USA.
- mikrotikker 3y agoIt was absolutely authoritarian response the Canadian govt took. Seizing the bank accounts of protesters and supporters? Abusing state of emergency provisions. Absolutely disgusting and horrifying. I mean your family member went a little overboard but the Freedom Convoy certainly didn't and stood up in the face of totalitarianism, when others cowered and yessired. So props to them. Now reports and studies are coming out showing the Canadian govt and many other govts way over reacted to COVID. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/covid-lockdown-study-b2351604.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/covid-lockdow... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/22/chris-whitty-scientists-would-not-call-lockdowns-ministers/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/22/chris-whitty-sci... https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/briefing/covid.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/briefing/covid.html
- lovich 3y agoYea, here’s the main video that lost him a lot of viewers https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IeYVyhhHY-Y https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IeYVyhhHY-Y I really enjoyed how he red circled sub clauses of the sentences he think are important and ignores the rest of the sentence in other videos. The guy is legitimately impressive at understanding how tools work and the manufacturing put into them, but he’s an asshole when it comes to dealing with society at large Edit: Really sells it that he fucks up the tooling on his cnc mill while giving a rant about freedom. This was during his “I can’t actually run a cnc mill yet but am learning how phase” but he was leaning on his previous expertise to sell his opinion on the caravan
- mikrotikker 3y agoWhat a terrific video. Legitimately.
- logicchains 3y ago>Canada built a much tighter COVID vaccination verification and retail enforcement system than the USA. Vertical integration, few gray zones and such made those who opted out feel like the walls were closing in, as your province's health authority knew your vaccine status, restaurant demanded a valid, ID matching government supplied QR Code to allow seating, and the government was willing and able to enforce the law. I don't know how you can in one sentence refer to it as a "conspiracy theory" then in the next describe a massive in-the-open conspiracy to coerce people to get vaccinated against their will. Which prior to covid would have been considered a gross violation of medical ethics.