Let's stop the sanctimonious & insulting nonsense of pretending that we are "all in this together". We are not. Society is split. We have hurt many people very badly and we continue to deepen the wounds and rub in more salt. We underestimate this at our peril.
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It is also, therefore, both ridiculous and highly sinister to hear the continual self-promoting proclamations from so many that, "Covid shows us that together we must [insert your agenda for the world here]".
No, it doesn't. It really doesn't.
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Boris J, in his 4 Jan address, commented that people have had "more than enough of government guidance". Indeed they have.
Use this time wisely. Now is not the time to think about recreating the world in accordance with our deranged delusions of omniscience & omnipotence.
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Now is the time to work out how to give people back their lives. As soon as possible. Their lives, under their control. Not their lives under our control. Not a foolish utopian dream. Just their lives, as they choose to live them. Give them back & then get out of their way.
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