Sy Borg wrote: ↑August 3rd, 2021, 6:50 pm
Protagoras wrote: ↑August 3rd, 2021, 6:05 pm
Yes,but does ecurb admit the toxicity of govt and big business?
Why do people not think academia, science and epidemiologists are also not exploiting people?
I expect that he figures that the toxicity of Big Media, Big Resources, Big Banking, Big Weapons and and Big Government are already well-known. While all institutions are tainted, the ones you list are amongst the most trustworthy. Not entirely so, sure, but generally more honest.
You can tell by the pay grades. The money involved, the more a field will be tainted, eg. real estate, cars. There's no money in being an academic or a scientist. A Principal Research Scientist with PhDs and decades of experience can earn less than young accountants and lawyers, and far less than young merchant bankers. Rule of thumb: the more beautiful and desirable an occupation, the more people who want to do it, and that drives payment down.
Meanwhile, the powers-that-be gain nothing from mask wearing. Quite the opposite, because it thwarts facial recognition technology. The smartest insurgents to assault the Capitol last year wore masks (as opposed to Viking helmets). Not long ago, it was illegal to walk into a bank with one's face covered, now it's law.
This is not due to sinister mechanisations - aside from the CCP allowing the Wuhan coronavirus to spread around the world while they were already shutting down their internal borders - but that's another story. No, mask wearing is simply about disease control. I'm hearing that vaccinated people can still be infectious with the Delta strain, even if the vaccine dampens their COVID symptoms. Interesting times.
Another issue that is rarely spoken about is administrative cost-cutting and regulative apathy. For instance, it's easier to force all dog owners to walk their dog on a leash, even if their dog is old, lazy, socialised, well-trained and has all the aggression and prey drive of a soap bubble.
It's easier to outlaw drugs and let addicts destroy themselves than to register addicts and help them lead productive lives (and it provides tremendous income for private prison operators). Of course, the cost of the war on drugs to societies is incalculable. A massive, corrupt failure, supported by Big Alcohol and Clubs and Pubs alliances.
It's easier to demand that elderly people on the dole whom have become unemployable to apply for a certain number of jobs each week or risk loss of payment. Again, it's simpler to lump everyone into a single basket that to assess individual cases.
And it's easier to tell everyone to wear masks outdoors than to specify more targeted policies. Often, what is thought of as as sinister in government is actually more lazy and inconsiderate.