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Here are my takeaways: - The government will lie to you because it is not prepared. - They will then spin on a dime with no consequences and all those who wer

Here are my takeaways: - The government will lie to you because it is not prepared. - They will then spin on a dime with no consequences and all those who were towing the line will switch with them. - Those who follow the government's direction will ostracize people in both cases and doesn't matter because they are "right".

hinkley 3y ago
Chaos helps no one. It’s why even the democratic world has martial law. We may be wrong together but at least we are together. Having people running in three directions at once will get everyone killed in wartime or disaster. Once the avalanche starts it is too late for the pebbles to vote.
- themaninthedark 3y ago
  I strongly disagree; People have agency, rocks and geological forces do not. >We may be wrong together but at least we are together. Is a great way to get everyone killed. We, in the west love to tout how our diversity and free thinking makes us better than those who do not have those values. What I saw were a bunch of countries that wished they could rule the populace in the same manner as China and Saudi Arabia. If we can not uphold our values when we face difficulties, then they are not values. You speak of martial law and preventing chaos. Envision the outcry and response if Trump had enacted such a policy in early February when members of the Democratic Party were encouraging people to gather in crowds to show support for Chinese New Year?
numpad0 3y ago
I'm not so sure. To me it seems people just could not stand masks to the point it actually created ongoing planetary scale mental health crisis. :shrug:.
kevin_thibedeau 3y ago
While there's plenty of blame to go around for the government's disinformation campaign, never forget that the entire cast of FauxNews personalities were decrying the initial cautionary stance as a politically motivated hoax and then turned around and changed their tune when it didn't turnout to be a dud like SARS 1.0. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifKbwDf51bA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifKbwDf51bA

hinkley 3y ago

Chaos helps no one. It’s why even the democratic world has martial law. We may be wrong together but at least we are together. Having people running in three directions at once will get everyone killed in wartime or disaster. Once the avalanche starts it is too late for the pebbles to vote.

themaninthedark 3y ago
I strongly disagree; People have agency, rocks and geological forces do not. >We may be wrong together but at least we are together. Is a great way to get everyone killed. We, in the west love to tout how our diversity and free thinking makes us better than those who do not have those values. What I saw were a bunch of countries that wished they could rule the populace in the same manner as China and Saudi Arabia. If we can not uphold our values when we face difficulties, then they are not values. You speak of martial law and preventing chaos. Envision the outcry and response if Trump had enacted such a policy in early February when members of the Democratic Party were encouraging people to gather in crowds to show support for Chinese New Year?

numpad0 3y ago

I'm not so sure. To me it seems people just could not stand masks to the point it actually created ongoing planetary scale mental health crisis. :shrug:.

kevin_thibedeau 3y ago

While there's plenty of blame to go around for the government's disinformation campaign, never forget that the entire cast of FauxNews personalities were decrying the initial cautionary stance as a politically motivated hoax and then turned around and changed their tune when it didn't turnout to be a dud like SARS 1.0. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifKbwDf51bA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifKbwDf51bA