Posted on 08/09/2021 9:35:46 AM PDT by impimp
It’s just the flu, bro.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite-stress_theory
Jordan Peterson and Randy Thornhill discuss parasite-stress theory, Coronavirus, Spanish flu, Nazis, and virus response in general by conservatives and liberals. Essentially Thornhill contends that conservatives are hard-wired to want less immigration and more restrictions on people because they fear germs. Liberals want fewer rules and a free-flow of people because they are less scared of germs. After reading the previous two sentences you may very well be dismissive of what he is saying, but I think it can be rationalized by the fact that, due to our unique founding principles, American conservatives, unlike conservatives around the planet, are the defenders of freedom, not liberals.
One key point was that the percentage of a given area’s population that died due to Spanish Flu had an extremely large correlation with their likelihood of voting of voting for Hitler. Viruses actually lead to authoritarianism because of our evolution over thousands of years. Mussolini banned handshaking for hygiene reasons and Hitler did similar things. When conservatives successfully suppress viruses, such as with the medical advances and antibiotics between 1930 and 1960, then liberals take over, as happened in the 1960s in America.
So what does that mean for us? This Coronavirus isn’t just going to give us short-term authoritarianism and tyranny…this could last decades just as it did for decades after the Spanish flu. The only solution is to stop viral deaths so people can suppress their biological desire to panic about germs (and media amplifies this!). Since mandatory vaccines are a non-starter, perhaps the only solution to get us headed back toward liberty is to make rapid advances in the field of treating Viruses. Is Invermectin a start? And if we win the battle against viruses we also get to, unfortunately, look forward to more liberalism, just like in the 60s.
Ping
Dallas ISD to require masks at schools. Does Abbott’s ban on mask mandates have any teeth?
I thought I was safe from this crap in Texas. Any Flubros know what is going on here?
“The battle rages on” - deep purple
Democrats don’t care about power or laws they don’t make anymore.
To say it’s just the flu is to ignore that it’s a communist Chinese biological attack.
Bump for later
Our school district in Bedford, New Hampshire is not requiring masks so far. They are leaving it entirely up to the parents as to what measures to take.
Stay tuned…
More like a communist psyops campaign over a cold virus derivative.
It’s just a cold would be more accurate but most get the point.
Just for discussion sake, and in light of your post....
How does Donald Trump's alleged germaphobia fit in?
Really thought the battle wasn’t raging on here in Texas. So I was ignoring the plight in the world around me. When I see the battle coming to Texas again I am moved to fight back.
Call Abbott’s campaign office....
From a fundraising email....
Team Abbott is happy to help at 1-512-477-2002.
Did Trump turn his supposed germaphobia into tyrannical laws? Probably way less than the average germaphobe, but way more than a hard core libertarian.
It’s really confusing and contradictory - American conservatives differ from conservatives in other countries. Conservatives have, to varying degrees, a tie to the existing framework and also are opposed to unknowns foreign elements. But in the USA these elements contradict each other and this is not true in other countries. Perhaps these psychologists conflate conservative and authoritarian a bit as well.
I am saying our founding was based on liberty…so this inspires today’s conservatives because it was our founding…but there is a natural tendency for conservatives to fear foreign elements, which can oppose liberty. Probably why Freerepublic and many republicans are split on how to handle the Coronavirus.
IBTAK
(keeping the tradition going)
This is very good, concise video, in case someone has missed it:
They were happy to collect money mostly.
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