It always fascinates me just how broken and mangled the American psyche is now. We simply do not trust information unless it fits some prior instinct. There's no social basis for understanding reality. Absolutely everything and anything is fake unless you witness it with your own eyes and even then it could still be a trick. People literally believe covid-19 is some globally coordinated conspiracy to make America look bad based on...absolutely no evidence at all.
Such levels of paranoia and skepticism have to be treated as a public health crisis. It's legitimately frightening. My coworkers and family are so conspiracy oriented that basically nothing can be confirmed to be real outside of what happens in their own head. Covid-19 is killing people? Where'd you hear that? Oh, CNN? Not true. Not real. Fiction.
There's a famine in Yemen? Oh, you saw that in the media? Not happening. Vietnam's policies almost entirely contained the virus outbreak? Yeah, that's what they want you to think. Try thinking for yourself instead of trusting some journalist.
I don't know how to see this other than complete delusion. It's alienation made manifest. Americans have become so detached that they don't even recognize the perceptions of other humans as valid.
I really hate this attitude and there's simply no counter to it. It really does drive me to the point of tears.
I watched the whole clip. Unbelievable. She says the state is losing the population of one small town every day to COVID-19. And patients often would rather believe its CANCER than Covid.
It reminds me of the phrase "its easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism." But for these people, "its easier to imagine the end of the world, than being lied to by Conservatives." Because, thats what this boils down to. They are so uniformly inside the Conservative media bubble, as are the conservative politicians, that they can't imagine an alternate view on any of these issues. And when they see one, like if they went to the BBC news website, they would call it "fake news".
Its a good question. But the survival rate is high, even if everyone in South Dakota gets it. Everyone is going to know someone who has died though. Its going to leave a mark on society.
It's capitalism perfected in the form of social media. Your feed is constantly waiting, like a warm bath of opinions telling you you're right, and anyone who says otherwise is a liar who hates you. It's mind-blowing how effective it's become. And I don't think there's an answer to how to bring back people from it. Maybe someone else does, but to me it's the culmination of all the dystopian predictions - a horrid playground that always rewards your anger and allows you to behave however you want without consequence. How can reality compete with that?
They can die. The beauty of the pandemic is that it rewards cooperation and punishes individualism. So as the months and years go by, the societies that survive are going to be a lot different than the ones going in.
For one, many boomer chuds will die. And second, everyone else will have a lot more respect for healthcare, schools, and essential services. And third, not everyone, but many people will know someone who died and will change their views.
The beauty of the pandemic is that it rewards cooperation and punishes individualism. So as the months and years go by, the societies that survive are going to be a lot different than the ones going in.
Covid isn't lethal enough or targeted enough for this to happen, I think. Enough people would isolate but can't because of capitalism, and plenty of chuds without masks either don't get it or don't die.
It always fascinates me just how broken and mangled the American psyche is now. We simply do not trust information unless it fits some prior instinct. There's no social basis for understanding reality. Absolutely everything and anything is fake unless you witness it with your own eyes and even then it could still be a trick. People literally believe covid-19 is some globally coordinated conspiracy to make America look bad based on...absolutely no evidence at all.
Such levels of paranoia and skepticism have to be treated as a public health crisis. It's legitimately frightening. My coworkers and family are so conspiracy oriented that basically nothing can be confirmed to be real outside of what happens in their own head. Covid-19 is killing people? Where'd you hear that? Oh, CNN? Not true. Not real. Fiction.
There's a famine in Yemen? Oh, you saw that in the media? Not happening. Vietnam's policies almost entirely contained the virus outbreak? Yeah, that's what they want you to think. Try thinking for yourself instead of trusting some journalist.
I don't know how to see this other than complete delusion. It's alienation made manifest. Americans have become so detached that they don't even recognize the perceptions of other humans as valid.
I really hate this attitude and there's simply no counter to it. It really does drive me to the point of tears.
I watched the whole clip. Unbelievable. She says the state is losing the population of one small town every day to COVID-19. And patients often would rather believe its CANCER than Covid.
It reminds me of the phrase "its easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism." But for these people, "its easier to imagine the end of the world, than being lied to by Conservatives." Because, thats what this boils down to. They are so uniformly inside the Conservative media bubble, as are the conservative politicians, that they can't imagine an alternate view on any of these issues. And when they see one, like if they went to the BBC news website, they would call it "fake news".
So at what point does it hit critical mass and they just run out of people?
Its a good question. But the survival rate is high, even if everyone in South Dakota gets it. Everyone is going to know someone who has died though. Its going to leave a mark on society.
It's capitalism perfected in the form of social media. Your feed is constantly waiting, like a warm bath of opinions telling you you're right, and anyone who says otherwise is a liar who hates you. It's mind-blowing how effective it's become. And I don't think there's an answer to how to bring back people from it. Maybe someone else does, but to me it's the culmination of all the dystopian predictions - a horrid playground that always rewards your anger and allows you to behave however you want without consequence. How can reality compete with that?
They can die. The beauty of the pandemic is that it rewards cooperation and punishes individualism. So as the months and years go by, the societies that survive are going to be a lot different than the ones going in.
For one, many boomer chuds will die. And second, everyone else will have a lot more respect for healthcare, schools, and essential services. And third, not everyone, but many people will know someone who died and will change their views.
Covid isn't lethal enough or targeted enough for this to happen, I think. Enough people would isolate but can't because of capitalism, and plenty of chuds without masks either don't get it or don't die.
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Mind-body dualism and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race