It’s the same story repeated everywhere. A kind of psychological barrier is raised to prevent uncomfortable reality from troubling those who accepted the state narrative over the last three years and might now subconsciously begin to consider their decisions. There’s an analogy here with the Kübler-Ross model of grief where denial is sti…
It’s the same story repeated everywhere. A kind of psychological barrier is raised to prevent uncomfortable reality from troubling those who accepted the state narrative over the last three years and might now subconsciously begin to consider their decisions. There’s an analogy here with the Kübler-Ross model of grief where denial is still driving the thought processes. People who did not succumb to the propaganda back in early 2020 struggle to understand how those who did still hang onto a belief in the ‘safe and effective’ mantra.
To take just one example, an acquaintance, a real person I know relatively well. A woman in her mid-fifties, university educated to PhD level in a science subject and a good academic job, two teenage daughters.
All three of them have been fully jabbed (I refuse to use the word ‘vaccinated’) including boosters and flu shots. She still insists on wearing a mask on an aeroplane even if it isn’t mandated. She and her daughters have all had recurring incidents of respiratory problems since the shots. She and her daughters all claim to have tested positive for Covid several times since the shots. She knows that I have refused to take the shots and wholly reject the entire narrative and she knows that since January 2020 when I had what I thought at the time was a bad case of flu I have not even had a cold.
That is some outstanding cognitive dissonance right there. If notionally well educated and intelligent people can deny the overwhelming evidence right in front of them when it comes to their health, and that of their loved ones, how is it ever going to be possible to motivate them to take a stand against seemingly benign issues apparently far removed from their everyday existence?
Ordinary people generally have little knowledge or interest in international bodies like the WHO or central banks. A general apathy and ambivalence towards bureaucracy and an inclination to believe in the benevolence of government means zero engagement in what is very soon going to be an irreversible milestone. A totalitarian event horizon is on our doorstep and the sleepwalking majority still have their foot lazily resting on the gas pedal.
It’s the same story repeated everywhere. A kind of psychological barrier is raised to prevent uncomfortable reality from troubling those who accepted the state narrative over the last three years and might now subconsciously begin to consider their decisions. There’s an analogy here with the Kübler-Ross model of grief where denial is still driving the thought processes. People who did not succumb to the propaganda back in early 2020 struggle to understand how those who did still hang onto a belief in the ‘safe and effective’ mantra.
To take just one example, an acquaintance, a real person I know relatively well. A woman in her mid-fifties, university educated to PhD level in a science subject and a good academic job, two teenage daughters.
All three of them have been fully jabbed (I refuse to use the word ‘vaccinated’) including boosters and flu shots. She still insists on wearing a mask on an aeroplane even if it isn’t mandated. She and her daughters have all had recurring incidents of respiratory problems since the shots. She and her daughters all claim to have tested positive for Covid several times since the shots. She knows that I have refused to take the shots and wholly reject the entire narrative and she knows that since January 2020 when I had what I thought at the time was a bad case of flu I have not even had a cold.
That is some outstanding cognitive dissonance right there. If notionally well educated and intelligent people can deny the overwhelming evidence right in front of them when it comes to their health, and that of their loved ones, how is it ever going to be possible to motivate them to take a stand against seemingly benign issues apparently far removed from their everyday existence?
Ordinary people generally have little knowledge or interest in international bodies like the WHO or central banks. A general apathy and ambivalence towards bureaucracy and an inclination to believe in the benevolence of government means zero engagement in what is very soon going to be an irreversible milestone. A totalitarian event horizon is on our doorstep and the sleepwalking majority still have their foot lazily resting on the gas pedal.
good point about the stages of grief. we can only hope that the later stages will come forth in the public at large