General observation — many people at this point feel that something is “wrong”. Something has “changed”. The world has become “different”.
I’d say it’s because Truth is no longer valued. Even by the experts. If you want to get ahead, you have to believe what they tell you to believe. Even if everyone knows it’s wrong. This messes with your head.
Great point. In the past, "experts" were expected and trusted to look for the truth in any situation. Now, they are just pushing a stance to support their financial or political advantage. Thus they are no longer trusted.
For instance, the doctors that insist that men can become women. We know they are lying and they know they are lying. But politically and financially, it is currently to their benefit to lie.
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Further from the linked article: (It will be interesting to see how this project develops)
"In theory, medicine is guided by science. In practice, during Covid, it often appeared to be guided by messaging. That realization has prompted an important effort to document what happened during the pandemic and to ensure that physicians’ experiences are not erased from the historical record. One such effort is the COVID Justice initiative, which seeks to collect and document the stories of doctors, nurses, scientists, and patients affected by pandemic policies. The COVID Justice Resolution is an attempt to ensure that the suppression of scientific debate, the censorship of physicians, and the professional retaliation many experienced are openly acknowledged rather than quietly forgotten. The goal is not vengeance. It is accountability and transparency."
Agreed. The whole experience was like a dystopian nightmare. I knew that our society was deeply fractured, but did not know how quickly most people would willing be to take sides and lash out against their fellow human beings. The non-stop and ever-changing ‘news’ was horrifying, and meant to disorient us; it worked. I now know that my fellow citizens are mostly idiots, and easily provoked to support great violence. For those of us with some understanding of history and human nature, it was destabilizing. All of us saw it, and we all now know that something has indeed ‘changed’, is most definitely ‘different’, and fundamentally ‘wrong’. We know that we are not united, and we know that we are not safe.