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"What explains this level of Covid denialism? In the US, the roots of a “don’t
tread on me” libertarianism that regards any instruction from government as a
step towards tyranny run deep. In the Trump era, it has become a matter of
political identity: a refusal to believe Covid is real or that the measures
against it are legitimate are increasingly conditions of membership of the
right and of good standing as a true devotee of the former president. They are
conditions of membership. Besides, Covid denialism offers the lure of all
conspiracy theories: the promise of secret knowledge, the chance to see what
the sheeple cannot see.
For everyone else, it’s tempting to take pride in being untainted by such
thinking. To dismiss the Covid deniers, whether in Florida or west London, as a
group apart, irrational, if not downright stupid – refusing to take the steps
that will provably protect them, their families and those around them. And yet,
the distance between them and everyone else might not be as great as you
think."
Via Robert Sanscartier.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
