I have been listening to a lot of Jordan Peterson discussing alexander solzhenitsyn, who wrote the Gulag Archepelego. This is the book that made outright Communism untenable for the leftists - too many people knew it was evil. Instead, leftists were forced to promote more subtle versions of what they wanted, such as democratic socialism.
“To do evil a human being must first of all believe that what he's doing is good... Ideology - that is what gives devildoing its long-sought justification and gives the evildoer the necessary steadfastness and determination. That is the social theory which helps to make his acts seem good instead of bad in his own and others' eyes, so that he won't hear reproaches and curses but will receive praise and honors.” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
This is what we have with these mask mandates and lockdowns. People believe what they are doing is good. They think it is a life-saving act of good to call the police on your neighbor who has 11 people over for thanksgiving instead of 10. They think it is saving lives to shut gyms down. They think curfews keep people from catching the Coronavirus.
So we have the sheep, who think the tyrannical rules are good. And we have the leftist leaders, who may or may not know that this is a farce, pushing these rules with a little helping hand from millions of sheep.
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Did we flatten the curve yet? Feels like a long two weeks...
I dig the quote.
[So we have the sheep, who think the tyrannical rules are good.]
We also call those sheep: “Democrat voters”.
A first-hand account of Just a Flu.
Well, this morning I wake up to find out the Just the Flu has put my 50-year-old cousin on his death bed. He developed the Just the Flu symptoms about a couple of weeks ago after attending a family event. He was hospitalized about two days ago as the Just the Flu symptoms got worse.
Yesterday I was informed he started developing abnormal blood clotting another symptom of Just the Flu. This blood-clotting has triggered a massive heart attack.
Today he is laying in an ICU bed near death on a breathing machine while his wife is lying in bed at home extremely sick with Just the Flu. Their children and grandchildren are not able to visit either one of them. His daughter is sick too.
Just a few weeks ago, He was in an argument with my sister about wearing a mask referring to the Covid-19 as Just a Flu. So far Just a Flu has infected about 5 relatives that attended that family event.
I do not believe in regulating personal behavior, I believe people will wear mask when this becomes more than Just a Flu once they see their relatives die. It is not Just a Flu for my relatives now, prayers for them.
Your thoughts on post #10 please.