Jaxian
Stainless
- Joined
- Feb 24, 2013
- Location
- Santa Cruz
So I have been waiting for things to get back to normal business wise around here. The two big FEAR button issues being rammed down our throats being Donald Trump (love or hate, either works) and Covid.
I know why neither have left the news for the last year it's not rocket science. Social Media, media and those correctly positioned in business have become unbelievably rich from the abuse of leveraged positions to take advantage of the fear generated by one or both of these boogie men. Also the rich have apparently gotten richer this year than in any period in history. Politicians quickly also figured out they could increase their personal power and influence by using fear of these two things. You have seen politicians and other political groups using fear to incite things that would have been unthinkable in the past. Coming from both sides of the aisle. Grabbing all the power they can.
But my thinking was that these things had a set end. Trump would be gone now or in four years. So a finite end. And the virus would succumb to a vaccine at some point, sooner more than later.
I understood that these two situations are so lucrative that the money grubbers and the power mongers would do anything to draw them out but they had to end some time. Probably within a few years.
So imagine my dismay but TOTAL lack of surprise when just as I am taking a breath and looking forward to things being back to normal in a few months I see the media and politicians starting to stoke the flames again.
There is now all over the news reports of new more virulent strains of Covid being found. So that's back on the FEAR table.
Also talks of ways to prosecute Trump even after he is out of office. Some that would take years to fully work though the courts. In the news every day. It would keep people on both sides fully invested.
I am very disappointed to find out the Social/Media and politicians have found new ways to smash the FEAR button and keep this whole mess going.
I can't even be surprised they don't seem to realize it is killing our country while they get more rich, more power.. or both. I get that power and money are addicting.
After watching The Social Dilemma on Netflix I am not even surprised that it has worked as well as it has. You can't beat a supercomputer trying to influence you unless you don't play. And of course it doesn't need everyone to, just enough to incite. So you can't even opt out to avoid the mess.
Really just like to get back to work. I have a new product that will need traveling and marketing and generally meeting with other people quite a bit for about a year. Can't do much here right now officially. They say our local hospital is at like 90% capacity. But I can't trust anyone.
If anyone has a suggestion as to how to get past these two issues I would love to hear it. Or just a way to deal with everyone being manipulated. Some way to reassure people it's ok to get back to work. Not to believe all the Doom Sayers. Or I think more to the point that neither the politicians or the media give a damn about them and stop being so gullible and being used by them.
The thought that they could keep our society permanently in shambles for their own benefit is terrifying, but sadly not unprecedented.
I know why neither have left the news for the last year it's not rocket science. Social Media, media and those correctly positioned in business have become unbelievably rich from the abuse of leveraged positions to take advantage of the fear generated by one or both of these boogie men. Also the rich have apparently gotten richer this year than in any period in history. Politicians quickly also figured out they could increase their personal power and influence by using fear of these two things. You have seen politicians and other political groups using fear to incite things that would have been unthinkable in the past. Coming from both sides of the aisle. Grabbing all the power they can.
But my thinking was that these things had a set end. Trump would be gone now or in four years. So a finite end. And the virus would succumb to a vaccine at some point, sooner more than later.
I understood that these two situations are so lucrative that the money grubbers and the power mongers would do anything to draw them out but they had to end some time. Probably within a few years.
So imagine my dismay but TOTAL lack of surprise when just as I am taking a breath and looking forward to things being back to normal in a few months I see the media and politicians starting to stoke the flames again.
There is now all over the news reports of new more virulent strains of Covid being found. So that's back on the FEAR table.
Also talks of ways to prosecute Trump even after he is out of office. Some that would take years to fully work though the courts. In the news every day. It would keep people on both sides fully invested.
I am very disappointed to find out the Social/Media and politicians have found new ways to smash the FEAR button and keep this whole mess going.
I can't even be surprised they don't seem to realize it is killing our country while they get more rich, more power.. or both. I get that power and money are addicting.
After watching The Social Dilemma on Netflix I am not even surprised that it has worked as well as it has. You can't beat a supercomputer trying to influence you unless you don't play. And of course it doesn't need everyone to, just enough to incite. So you can't even opt out to avoid the mess.
Really just like to get back to work. I have a new product that will need traveling and marketing and generally meeting with other people quite a bit for about a year. Can't do much here right now officially. They say our local hospital is at like 90% capacity. But I can't trust anyone.
If anyone has a suggestion as to how to get past these two issues I would love to hear it. Or just a way to deal with everyone being manipulated. Some way to reassure people it's ok to get back to work. Not to believe all the Doom Sayers. Or I think more to the point that neither the politicians or the media give a damn about them and stop being so gullible and being used by them.
The thought that they could keep our society permanently in shambles for their own benefit is terrifying, but sadly not unprecedented.