You mean like “ You can’t fix stupid”?.. or think about the regular person you know and realize half the population is dumber than him or her..
Your neighbors, even the friendly ones, won’t hesitate to snitch on you if they think you are doing something they personally couldn’t get away with or just disagree with.
Great list. I would add: China owns us. As for the bonus thought, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Another one - The only thing scarier than dying from the plague, is running out of toilet paper.
The Bible is right: Pride is the cardinal sin.
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post #1355 from 17 strings.
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If I was on Twit I’d follow this guy!!!
“At least 20% of the population has strong authoritarian tendencies, which will emerge under the right conditions.”
Read Elias Cannetti, “Crowds and Power”
Lots of people will do things in a crowd they’d never dream of doing on their own.
Or as they say it on the street: “Small dogs run in big packs.”
The truth becomes the enemy of mass hysteria. If the masses believe the masks will make us safe, no amount of scientific evidence against it will overcome that belief because it is not based on science. It’s more like a religious belief.
What happened to the fight in Americans? What happened to the can-do spirit?
one more:
Learned that some people would disconnect your life support to plug in their cell phone.
Lots of good thoughts, one minor quibble:
“2/ At least 20% of the population has strong authoritarian tendencies, which will emerge under the right conditions.”
Never use a number you just pick out of the air. The use of “significant” in another sentence was a better way to get the message out.
In general, I find people that are ignorant of technology & science can be easily convinced of almost anything - especially if they lack critical thinking skills. Unfortunately, this is now the norm.
This whole thing was handled in exactly the opposite manner that it should have been. That alone is highly suspicious. Once we knew it was a disease, like many, that hurts old people with other problems our policies should have reflected it. They never did, in fact we doubled down by forcing COVID patients into nursing homes. Shutting down small businesses so everyone has to go into the same big businesses is absurd. Wearing these masks is absurd. Shutting down schools is absurd. Arresting people outside for not wearing a mask is absurd.
I can go on - but all these things were claimed to be appropriate because of ‘the science’. There’s no ‘science’ that comes to these conclusions. These are nothing but authoritarian policies created by older folks (politicians) because it made THEM feel safer and make them more wealthy (stocks in big business and kickbacks from them for campaigns). This has been nothing but a massive violation of peoples’ rights yet nobody is going to be accountable.
How on earth does any free country allow the destruction of small businesses by labeling them as “non-essential”? Essential to whom? They’re certainly essential to the millions of small business owners and their employees. What a massive overreach by government.
The continued government checks are keeping small business employees from returning to work. This is also by design and deliberate. It’s as if they only want big business employers or people dependent on government. Easier to control everyone? It can be the only answer. The USA has become what it is due to entrepreneurs starting their own business and thriving, this is being systematically destroyed. It’s all part of the ‘lower all boats’ philosophy of the left - to gain ‘equality’, which is the only way that can be achieved.
...just 3 weeks to flatten the curve.
/rant
Thomas Edison said it best, “5 percent of people think, 10 percent of people think they think, and the other 85 percent would rather die than think.”
There is a Heaven and a Hell More people would risk going to Hell than to take advantage of the opportunity to go to Heaven...
Can’t disagree with a single one.
10/ When sufficiently frightened, most people will not only accept authoritarianism, but demand it.
...and my quarrel is with the words "most" and "demand."
To be sure, a massive number of people are in the "acceptance" camp. On both sides.
But most demand it? I don't see it in my walks (and I don't have just conservative friends and family). I see strident GenZers demanding that they - and their enemies - be caged. But as people get older, not quite as much. Even old hippies on the left aren't clamoring for cages, largely.
But all in all, it's a great list.
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