Power is the capacity to paint social reality as ones own interests. One must always ask "Cui bono?". Who are the powers behind each declaration of what is now

Power is the capacity to paint social reality as ones own interests. One must always ask "Cui bono?". Who are the powers behind each declaration of what is now "normal"? Even before the C19 pandemic was in full swing we heard about the "new normal". It consisted of everyone working entirely from home, having all food delivered, needing to carry a digital passport and use a smartphone to access everything, bans on public meetings... and so on and so on... How much of that stuck? Basically none of it. All those strident redefinitions of how society was now changed forever evaporated and the world went back to business as usual. Those who managed to ratchet gains were BigTech and the Insecurity Industry. Zoom and Teams were the winners. Amazon and companies that write shitty smartphone apps that make dining in restaurants more miserable. Security camera companies. And anti-democratic governments that want to clamp down on protest. Look for who benefits from the "new normal" and you'll see those are the voices shouting about it the loudest. BTW I am surprised to see the BBC pushing an intellectual self-defence and counter-propaganda line. Maybe the world is changing! :)