I have been told during a discussion about masks that any suspicion of their effectiveness “right ring conspiracy theory.” Actually, the person seemed to think I was sort of right winger and said “tell that to Herman Cain” as a gotcha.  Obviously, I don’t really care about Herman Cain at all and I think I even wrote an article about how bad of a candidate he was back in 2012.  That being said, most people think that all political opinion is what they see on TV and that is the extent of the political spectrum.  This obviously benefits the power elite because they can move both parties where they want with little resistance because they control the discussion. 

I can think of many reasons why the left should be against mask authoritarianism and lockdowns in general but these totalitarian or “fascist” policies go totally unquestioned.  Minorities, the poor, and the third world are hurt much more by lockdowns than the wealthy and or wealthy nations.  White collar workers are much more likely to work from their computer at home while wage workers have to go to work and wear masks all day that are extremely unhealthy.  The poor are also much more vulnerable to the economic impacts of shutdowns and lack of employment.  These arguments seem to fall on deaf ears today, especially the modern left.  It seems that the whole of society seems to be under some sort of mass psychosis and no amount of logos can penetrate. 

The left used have a healthy suspicion power. I always respected them for that.  Today the left is wholly different. They seem to worship power.  Corporate media, big tech, corrupt DC politicians would seem to be groups that the traditional left would distrust but no more.  Luckily, there are still a few independent men of the left still out there.  I consider them torch bearers of a tradition that has long been neglected. 

To have a healthy civilization there must be dialogue.  Today we don’t have that.  We have the worst censorship in the history of the United States.  Today’s censorship likely rivals that of Pravda or East Germany. People of communist contries widely distrusted their media unlike Americans today who think they are getting the truth.  If the media has the trust of the people, it can tell much bigger and audacious lies and in 2020 America, it has been one big lie and manipulation after another.  

While the response across the political spectrum has been disappointing to say the least, there has been a few rays of hope.  There are people who understand how precious human liberty is and how easily it can be taken away.  Throughout history, liberty has been the rare condition.  Most of humanity has lived under absolute tyranny for thousands of years but today’s public lacks such historical perspective and lives completely for the present and likely does not even remember much past the previous election cycle.  The extreme politicization of society has seduced the populace to believe that everyone is either on “our side” or the “other side”.  This is a sickness of the body politic that is purposely pushed by the ruling elite.  The phrase divide and conquer fits perfectly for their operations.  Set the population against each other while they enrich themselves and gain power.  

I the videos below true leftists discuss the horrific implications of the Covid pandemic. 

I have not heard of Dr Ben Tapper until this week but when I saw him in this video it is very inspiring.  Thank God that there are people in the wolrd like this.

Dr Tapper is right, this is spiritual warfare. May the people wake up and see the light.

This truly is a great interview by Tom Woods.  One of the best ones that I have ever heard.  I remember the days when the left used to stand for something.  Against the Patriot Act.  Against endless war.  Agaist abuse of government power.  Against unconstrained corprate power. Pro working class.  Now, the left does not really stand for anything besides weird social stuff that have little impact on the general course of civlization. I miss the old left, though I did not see eye to eye on everything, I do think they made a valuable contribution to the debate.  Professor Mark Crispin Miller seems to look at the left in a similiar way and he is a man of the left.  In his view, the left lost its way and not by accident.  I found his thesis here very interesting but you will have to listen to learn more.  In this age of mass hysteria it is nice to hear sane voices harken back to what it means to be human and how to interact with other people in a humane manner.

Cult might be harsh language but why does the other side not look at the science?  They claim that we don’t but is that true?  Tom Woods looks at the data.  They claim that we don’t care about life but they have caused such economic destuction and psychological duress that many more are dying from despair than actual covid in addition to the millions that are dying in the third world.  When we mention these things we are told to shut up but we are the ones that just want to have a civilized debate.