Good post, RFR.
Unless I missed it, or it was just too subtle for me to catch, TAE just can't bring himself to recognize any criticism due China.
And I agree with your "huge deal or nothingburger". Sometimes it is difficult to even talk to people about this whole mess, to question what we're being told, to possibly disagree with the reaction, mandates, shutdowns, double standards, etc. People automatically place you in the nothingburger catagory. Which, I don't know, that seems a somewhat new thing where you're not supposed to question, even when there is proof that we have been misguided and lied to.
Is it a conspiracy theory that Democrats are using this "pandemic" to usher in vote by mail. There is no question, they are. Democrats are the party of by any means necessary. They are going to try to steal this presidential election. They're excusing why it needs to be done..."most corrupt President in history", "Trump is placing lives in danger", etc etc etc.
Anyway. Even at this juncture I don't believe this country will ever be the same. We've turned a corner. If Democrats ever get back the power they seek? Look out, they're going to be out for revenge, and to double down on every batshit crazy item on their wish list. Short of a civil war, which I don't believe or doubt seriously would happen, what's to stop them? People need to wake up, this is not your grandfather's Democrat party. Hell, JFK would be considered a white supremacist fascist these days.
I’m not too much into having faith in politics. They’re ALL liars and crooks as far as I’m concerned.
Don’t trust trump, don’t trust the republicans, and personally believe that trump is more like the Pied Piper leading us into ruin.
But...... I’m more for that wing of the bird than the DemoRAT side.
Democrats get in WE’RE FUCKED!!
Republican is slow burn, Democrats is a nuclear destruction.
However, that being said......maybe, just maybe the slow burn will allow enough time for people to wake up to what’s happening, and/or get the courage to stand up.
I believe there’s a lot more awake (not woke) people than we think. They’re just scared to speak up.
Lets get onto “conspiracy theories”
Fuck anyone accusing someone of that. It’s just a propaganda buzzword invented by the CIA to discredit anyone not buying into the ‘official story.
Powerful people with money and influence are conspiring all the time. There’s whole corporate entities that do nothing else but conspire. They’re called think tanks, NGOs and Non Profits. (Gates foundation, Gavi, etc.)
Then you have vested interests like the drug companies, the vaccine manufacturers, the military manufacturers, etc, etc. They’re all making plans. For the good of the world??
I don’t think so.
Money and power rules the world. And to keep that power and money, they will lie, cheat and steal.
They want to totally dominate and control us. Probably kill off a bunch of us too
America has been gone for a while. When people ridicule you for believing in and standing up for the Constitution, Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence ......we got a problem.
Anyway, that was just some loose rambling off the top of my head
Thanks for suffering through it.
Edit:
Oh, one more thing.
I’m sick and tired of this rhetoric “because of the virus”, “because of the pandemic” etc.
No! All this bullshit we’re going through is because of Government ACTIONS using the covid as an excuse.
A more correct term would be...... Because of Governmental tyranny....... (X) amount of jobs have been lost. (X) amount of small business have been bankrupted, etc.
Government actions are solely responsible for the destruction of our lives, our livelihoods.
Not the ‘virus’.