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Debra's avatar

Another great article and I agree 100%. I believe there have always been sheep and maybe sheep have always been the majority of the population; maybe I’ve just never become fully aware of it until the covid scamdemic opened my eyes. I find it frightening to look back on how willingly the masses not only complied with things like mask mandates, but how sheep took it upon themselves to become mask enforcers by verbally confronting random strangers in public and in some cases physically assaulting those who would not comply. And what’s still worse for me to contemplate is that these same sheep whom have demonstrated they have no critical thinking/logic based reasoning have emptied their brains of these skills so that they might have more room to contemplate who Taylor Swift is dating, who is competing on Dancing With the Stars, what is the latest trend in getting your nails done and what color electric vehicle to buy. Maybe I was naive to believe the majority of people were smarter than me. I don’t think it so much anymore.

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"The “authority” we have developed a symbiotic relationship with is a parasite and is intentionally trying to kill us. This is the part people refuse to look at."

I think this is the really key part Todd - I know lots of very smart, well educated members of the professional/managerial class who apply careful logical reasoning in all areas of their personal and professional lives every day but just can't get past this basic point, often for emotional or intra-class solidarity reasons I think. If you start your chain of logical thought from the (imho false) premises that the authorities in the West are fundamentally trustworthy people doing their best in difficult circumstances, scientists always focus on finding the truth and have no conflicts of interest etc., then none of the shrew worldview makes much sense. Perhaps those of us who have been diving down these particular rabbitholes for several years now underestimate how hard it is for most people - however smart - to really internalise conclusions about our "leaders" that are this dark. I think it's as much a question of temperament and willingness to look evil full in the face as it is of intellect, at least for many of the very bright sheep I know.

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