You and hearthspirit are both right of course, to some degree.
But as far as I know, the madness has also taken hold in parts of Asia and South America. And people all over the world are affected, even if their country didn‘t go full-on mad. If I remember right, serious sources were estimating that millions would or might die from starvation in Africa because of all the lockdowns and other interruptions. Heck, even the poor sea horses have to swim their way through masks blown into the sea…
So I‘m still not convinced that this perspective isn‘t too US centered. We shall see, I guess. Or, which is more likely, we shall never know for sure. :-)
(Or I might simply be wrong about all this. As I said, this is all fairly new to me and I only have some common sense to rely on. For whatever that is worth… :D I know that‘s not an unlikely possibility, hence I was asking what made JMG and others so sure it was the Trump hysteria which started all this, and not something else.)
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Re: Mood change?
Date: 2022-01-20 08:04 pm (UTC)But as far as I know, the madness has also taken hold in parts of Asia and South America. And people all over the world are affected, even if their country didn‘t go full-on mad. If I remember right, serious sources were estimating that millions would or might die from starvation in Africa because of all the lockdowns and other interruptions. Heck, even the poor sea horses have to swim their way through masks blown into the sea…
So I‘m still not convinced that this perspective isn‘t too US centered. We shall see, I guess. Or, which is more likely, we shall never know for sure. :-)
(Or I might simply be wrong about all this. As I said, this is all fairly new to me and I only have some common sense to rely on. For whatever that is worth… :D I know that‘s not an unlikely possibility, hence I was asking what made JMG and others so sure it was the Trump hysteria which started all this, and not something else.)
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