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1/ I'm beginning to get worried. It's starting to feel like the Iraq dossier all over again. I knew the Iraq stuff was bullshit at the time because it had the structure of bullshit.
2/ The structure of bullshit is data being cherry-picked to justify a course of action. And, when one set of bullshit reasons are debunked, they're immediately replaced with a different excuse.
3/ So, in the case of Iraq, when the "45 minutes" claim was debunked, it was dropped by Blair/Campbell etc, and replaced with some other piece of fiction.
4/ We're seeing the same with covid.
"It's 70% more contagious"
"Can we see the data?"
"OK, it's not 70% more contagious, but it's more contagious."
It's the same structure. And it's equally obvious that the narrative is bullshit.
So why the lies?
"It's 70% more contagious"
"Can we see the data?"
"OK, it's not 70% more contagious, but it's more contagious."
It's the same structure. And it's equally obvious that the narrative is bullshit.
So why the lies?
5/ That's the bit I don't understand. And that's the bit that worries me.
Multiple western nations just fucked their economies beyond repair. And they did it based on a nonsensical narrative that in no way fits the data.
So what's the payoff?
Multiple western nations just fucked their economies beyond repair. And they did it based on a nonsensical narrative that in no way fits the data.
So what's the payoff?
6/ If it was just money, surely some countries (like France & Germany with Iraq) would have told them to go get fucked.
So is there some huge narrative here that makes destroying society worthwhile?
That worries the crap out of me.
So is there some huge narrative here that makes destroying society worthwhile?
That worries the crap out of me.
7/ And if there is a huge narrative, then lockdown is nothing more than a step towards what's really going to happen.
i.e. The real thing is likely to be at least 10x more disruptive than lockdown.
i.e. The real thing is likely to be at least 10x more disruptive than lockdown.
