Feel free to make a point of anything you believe has been unfairly excluded.
This is a worldwide issue with information coming from everywhere, including international organizations, local and national governments, national, private, and university laboratories, all the way down to local hospitals and medical care facilities, and individual people suffering from the illness.
yes, a cold/the flu has always been a worldwide issue coming from everywhere, including international...
If you're going to call it "propaganda" you're going to have to expound on that a bit. Which aspect is propaganda, why do you feel that way, who's responsible for the propaganda, and what is their motive?
the level of threat/seriousness and the totalitarian response to it
as history has continually shown, the powers that be want more power, more control over the general human population...who are these powers? i don't know exactly...for one, probably the super wealthy business owners on the top of the social human hierarchy who control the rhetoric of the media..."the elite"
And again, individual rights do not trump the health and safety of society as a whole, and there have been plenty of court cases that set precedence for that. You may argue that whatever mandates you're referring to are an overreach, and that there's a better way to ensure public safety if you'd like.
yes, hence the existence of prisons. the health and safety of society as a whole can indeed outweigh individual rights. the problem of course exists in how to ultimately determine when the "health and safety of society as a whole" should outweigh individual rights...but you've already acknowledged this point regarding possible overreach, etc.
I would contend the response to the corona-cold has indeed been an elaborate overreach.
Freedom of speech has nothing to do with "the mob" not coming after you.
Yes, it does.
"Freedom of speech, also called free speech, means the free and public expression of opinions without censorship, interference and restraint by the government."
If the government starts censoring your opinions, then you can start talking about your First Amendment rights being trampled.
"the government" is ultimately the people. there is the law, and the law of the land.
if mob rule/social justice is not curtailed by "the government," then they are one and the same
Of course that's not my argument. My argument is that you have no proof that such a thing is happening, or is going to happen in this country. I'm afraid the mere existence of totalitarianism doesn't prove your theory that our government is planning on stripping us of our First Amendment rights. You actually need some proof.
"the proof is in the pudding"
i've already pointed out the current cultural milieu regarding the censorship of free speech and a lack of curtailment by "the government" is indicative of the loss of free speech
The part that I really don't understand about people who believe this is some massive government conspiracy to control people is...what's the endgame?
a larger hive-mind that is easier to control...a larger population of "useful idiots" so to speak...a larger workforce
What does the government gain from you sitting at home, not contributing to the economy? The answer is "nothing".
i think ordering things online and having uber eats deliver a hot fudge sunday from my mcdonalds one block down does contribute to the economy
Do you want to know what the wealthy, powerful elite of the world want from you? They want you to live your life normally. Do you know why? Because that's how they became wealthy, powerful elite to begin with. They don't struggle with the status quo—they thrive on it. They stockpile the wealth of the nation like Scrooge McDuck while the majority of the country struggles to make ends meet.
yes, exactly, they want you to live your life "the new normally"
it's simply a forced cultural revolution on a world-wide scale...changing the rules of the game
it's just the perpetual game of the thrones..."the elite" are trying to take over the world...and our technology has finally gotten enough reach to make it a viable possibility now
