Governments have universally reached for the Holy Grail of dictatorship – absolute knowledge of what every citizen thinks, feels, and acts, from which absolute control comes as a proven corollary.
Way more people die if the fucking flu and yet people are buying this political covid bullshit.
Mao Zedong coined an obvious truth: β€œpolitical power grows out of the barrel of a gun”. If β€œThe People” are armed we hold that power.
None of us ever use wifi
The sense of self - the "I" - Is not a set of remembered experiences -- events, feelings, thoughts ... Nor is it an unfathomable entity. It is a set of motivations -- desires, fears, longings and hopes -- unique to every one of us. Whatever species make up the "Us".
From where does creativity spring? In my experience: drugs, alcohol and chaos. In any case: order, sameness, habit and conformity have, since the beginning of time, created but one thing: Suffering.
Do yo want a government that tells you how to live, or one that accommodates how you live?
It's not what you say That matters. It's .... Who Is listening?
We created government as a tool of society. It has no choice but to trust us if it is to work properly.