Open (More or Less) Post on Covid 171

[ecosophia]

...One can dream, at any rate. Update 11/15/24:  As the pedes like to say, "Don't let your memes be dreams!" 

We are now in the fourth year of these open posts. When I first posted a tentative hypothesis on the course of the Covid phenomenon, I had no idea that discussion on the subject would still be necessary more than three years later, much less that it would turn into so lively, complex, and troubling a conversation. Still, here we are. Crude death rates and other measures of collapsing public health are anomalously high in many countries, but nobody in authority wants to talk about the inadequately tested experimental Covid injections that are the most likely cause; public health authorities government shills for the pharmaceutical industry are still trying to push through laws that will allow them to force vaccinations on anyone they want; public trust in science is collapsing; and the story continues to unfold.

So it's time for another open post. The rules are the same as before: 

1. If you plan on parroting the party line of the medical industry and its paid shills, please go away. This is a place for people to talk openly, honestly, and freely about their concerns that the party line in question is dangerously flawed and that actions being pushed by the medical industry and its government enablers are causing injury and death on a massive scale. It is not a place for you to dismiss those concerns. Anyone who wants to hear the official story and the arguments in favor of it can find those on hundreds of thousands of websites.

2. If you plan on insisting that the current situation is the result of a deliberate plot by some villainous group of people or other, please go away. There are tens of thousands of websites currently rehashing various conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 outbreak and the vaccines. This is not one of them. What we're exploring is the likelihood that what's going on is the product of the same arrogance, incompetence, and corruption that the medical industry and its wholly owned politicians have displayed so abundantly in recent decades. That possibility deserves a space of its own for discussion, and that's what we're doing here. 
 
3. If you plan on using rent-a-troll derailing or disruption tactics, please go away. I'm quite familiar with the standard tactics used by troll farms to disrupt online forums, and am ready, willing, and able -- and in fact quite eager -- to ban people permanently for engaging in them here. Oh, and I also lurk on other Covid-19 vaccine skeptic blogs, so I'm likely to notice when the same posts are showing up on more than one venue. 

4. If you plan on making off topic comments, please go away. This is an open post for discussion of the Covid epidemic, the vaccines, drugs, policies, and other measures that supposedly treat it, and other topics directly relevant to those things. It is not a place for general discussion of unrelated topics. Nor is it a place to ask for medical advice; giving such advice, unless you're a licensed health care provider, legally counts as practicing medicine without a license and is a crime in the US. Don't even go there.

5. If you don't believe in treating people with common courtesy, please go away. I have, and enforce, a strict courtesy policy on my blogs and online forums, and this is no exception. The sort of schoolyard bullying that takes place on so many other internet forums will get you deleted and banned here. Also, please don't drag in current quarrels about sex, race, religions, etc. No, I don't care if you disagree with that: my journal, my rules. 

Please also note that nothing posted here should be construed as medical advice, which neither I nor the commentariat (excepting those who are licensed medical providers) are qualified to give. Please take your medical questions to the licensed professional provider of your choice.

With that said, the floor is open for discussion.

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Mattias Desmet: The De-Souling of the World

[(Anonymous)]

Because Covid Compliance didn't happen in a vacuum. And most people don't WANT to be free; most people aren't happy if they have free will.

https://substack.com/@mattiasdesmet/p-146344788

Re: Mattias Desmet: The De-Souling of the World

[boccaccio]

That was an interesting read. I like that Matthias ends with a suggestion that can be applied on the individual level. That gives us agency and is practical. Demanding that 'the system' must change will only lead to non-action or violence.

As for your last remark: psychologist Erich Fromm wrote a great book about this subject, "Escape from Freedom". It was first published in 1941 and explores how a rise in freedom could go hand in hand with a rise in authoritarianism. Seems very relevant today!

Re: Mattias Desmet: The De-Souling of the World

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for sharing this post. I cringed when I read his discussion of the rationalist world view. Yes, I appreciate the idea that it helps to know and speak our truth (autonomy) in order to have more connection. What I personally find even more helpful to stay oriented amidst this intense time is to directly experience the connection that I create with myself and others. It sounds so simple and yet for me it's been quite a journey. At the risk of wading into Magic Monday territory here, my regular practice of the SOP over the last year has really helped me increase my capacity to actually feel connected to myself and the powers I am calling in and hence benefiting me in the rest of my life.