They used to say that Liberals, a/k/a Democrats, mistrusted the government and stood up for the little guy. Democrats also touted themselves as members of the “Party of Science.” If any of that was once true, it hasn’t been for the past twenty months.
It is perplexing to me that so many highly-educated academic physicians and political physician groups (AMA, etc) strongly promote the leftest agenda surrounding C19, including masking, social distancing, and vaccines. I am an NP at an academic-affiliated tertiary care facility. I cannot name one physician (nor many NPs), who does not believe the leftist mantra. Most are educated in the sciences and conduct their own research related to their field of specialty. But, the blinders are on when it comes to C19.
Comprehensive takedown Mark. The “bad orange man” exposed the authoritarian streak and alignment with the globalist agenda in the Dems along with our bloated institutions.
We should have fired Fauci, assembled a truly diverse group of real scientific advisors, allowed any and all businesses to stay open and been more like Sweden but el Hombre Naranja was boxed in. Media would have been in overdrive with death counters and live images of suffering vented patients. The fix was in to maximize fear and panic with practically no way for the much maligned POTUS to rise above it.
Mark, all of your writings on this madness have been excellent, but this piece really says it all powerfully in one column.
I have a liberal teacher friend with whom I was discussing the many dangers and concerns about giving the jab to children; he's convinced it's a gift from God that we have a moral responsibility to take. You're so right; these liberals are dumbed down by their total immersion in their mainstream media bubble... it's almost hopeless, but I'm still going to give your column to him...
Another former democrat agrees with most of what you write. A friend of mine, hard core democrat, did study microbiology, told me a million times how germs are everywhere, but now that I am not vaxxed and they are, I am the germ spreader. I have several republican former friends like that too, though. Luckily there are plenty more people on earth.
excellent points, thank you. suicide rates also skyrocketed during lockdowns. Democrats/liberal hypocrisy which you point out with various examples is sick. I once pointed out to an aunt who has now passed while she was ranting about pollution that she was smoking and blowing smoke in my face. ahem. also some famous Democrats/liberals are STILL telling people to mask up. And it seems that Gov. Gavin Newsom may be suffering vaxxx injury due to his last booster shot, two weeks ago. He and White House Press Secy Psaki. have not been seen since then (she announced she had COVID despite being fully vaxxxed). I had hoped these 2 events might wake some Democrats up but crickets so far. https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/gavin-newsom-is-out-of-sight-likely
What we are seeing today is very similar to the late Roman Empire with Liberalism or Marxism as the new Christianity. As to where we are in that timeline, I'm pretty sure we are in the reign of Honorius and Arcadius. Theodosius, their father, was the Emperor who signed the new religion into law and we are now entering the age of barbarian invasions with the sack of Rome to come.
Christianity drew its early adherents from the lower classes. They went around zealously promoting the new religion and were willing to use violence and terrorism to achieve their goals. Our equivalents would be Antifa and Rote Arme Fraktion etc.
In the 80s we saw major changes in the West, just like Orwell warned us about. A lot of things were being prepped for things to come. Reagan in America, Thatcher in the UK and Gorbachev in the USSR. These were all radicals compared to what had been before. The 80s saw the death of old school liberalism, anything old school really and the start of this reborn Roman Empire which could only be realized with the fall of the USSR.
Liberalism is no longer a political idea. It is the new religion. And like the Emperors used to kill people if they did not convert, so too will your professional life be killed today if you do not adhere to the religious dogma. They are already tearing down statues just like the Christians in the Late Roman Empire. Books are being burned and scientists are purged. This is the exact same societal phenomenon and if you don't know the history I can tell you it will only get worse from here on. Our Julian the Apostate is already long dead. There will be no resistance at the level that matters. It has already been conquered. We are just going to have to live it down, like the pagans of old.
I don't believe intelligent persons are duped by this as much as they are dominated and conquered by it. Of course they don't want to admit this, so they put up unconscious barriers. What Orwell calls double think is in my opinion only double think to an outside observer. To a liberal the internal logic is perfect. He is only aided by psychological fear to stay away from confronting the weakness of this logic. This is why they get so mad at you when you challenge them. You are literally jeopardizing their mental sanity when you force them to confront certain ideas.
I have been a conservative (economically) for my entire. I'm one of "The government is NOT the problem it IS the problem guys" Socially I have disagreed wanted "my body, my choice" and to keep the government out of anyone's bedroom! Our dysfunctional uniparty system seems intent on destroying the US in any way it can. Very sad.
As an estate planning attorney, I have tracked the client's deaths for 2020 & 2021 that we are involved with. Consistently, we have had about 50 deaths a year, mostly the elderly and sick. More recently I reviewed that list and we have had 5 times more death from depression and suicide than covid. It's anecdotal but quite interesting to consider.
By the way, you should know your links in this article to your prior writings on Medium do not work. In fact, worse, it says you are "suspended and under investigation" for violating their rules! I guess "Medium", whatever that is, does not like your messages Sad, the loss of Freedom of Speech and an exchange od diverse thought and ideas may be the real destruction ahead for us.
A near perfect description of the modern liberal. Of course the modern liberal would deny all this because the only thing you left out was that liberals live in complete denial, it is part of their tribalism and inability to think critically.
'liberals' are deeply fearful of dying, more fearful than being seen as not as smart as people who follow npr. they are a herd animal, and their herd is cliquy, with disdain for any erson capable of thinking and responding to data.
While I believe there is a huge disconnect between the Democrats and Republicans in the United States, it's somewhat the same in Canada. A word of caution for both countries.
Right versus Left does not matter. Because the politicians are not running the show, the Corporate Globalist are, and they are happy when the public is divided by partisan politics. I can't take credit for the last statement. It is from an article in Health Impact News. I think the author Brian Shilhavy makes a good point.
Yes. I know it is unpopular with my conservidents to do this, but we have to accept the objective fact that Trump is politically dead now and to the extent that any embers remain, the Left will never let go of him. Like the Terror Rojo in the Spanish Civil War, they will dig him up to desecrate his corpse if they could. Rank and file suburban white moms who vote D hate Trump. Hate. It is a top-shelf hatred, and right next to hating racists, this is the most reliable persuasive hook Dems think they have. They used it unsparingly to mixed results in CA and VA. So use this too. Use this against them: This is Trump's vaccine. His Warpspeed. His untested. His Indemnification of Pharma contract. His deployment. His lockdown. His NIH, his GoF research. His racist travel ban. His booster booster unending booster regime. Reiterate that to them whenever you can. Make yourself look like an anti-Trumper as much as you can stand it, use it as camouflage and you can break the vaxx spell with these very, very slow women. Aikido calls this reversal technique "Kotegaeshi." Remember: The slow blade penetrates the shield. Talking science immunology just leads to MEGO (my eyes glaze over) and retrenchments. Talking feels, like what Trump personally did to their kids and their "social development" by closing schools, that gets them to at least the levels of Fear and Uncertainty. One more tick, sooner or later, maybe more hospital overloads by vaxxed at Christmas, will get them to Doubt and Disbelief. That's when the fun starts.
It is perplexing to me that so many highly-educated academic physicians and political physician groups (AMA, etc) strongly promote the leftest agenda surrounding C19, including masking, social distancing, and vaccines. I am an NP at an academic-affiliated tertiary care facility. I cannot name one physician (nor many NPs), who does not believe the leftist mantra. Most are educated in the sciences and conduct their own research related to their field of specialty. But, the blinders are on when it comes to C19.
Comprehensive takedown Mark. The “bad orange man” exposed the authoritarian streak and alignment with the globalist agenda in the Dems along with our bloated institutions.
We should have fired Fauci, assembled a truly diverse group of real scientific advisors, allowed any and all businesses to stay open and been more like Sweden but el Hombre Naranja was boxed in. Media would have been in overdrive with death counters and live images of suffering vented patients. The fix was in to maximize fear and panic with practically no way for the much maligned POTUS to rise above it.
Excellent summary. As a former democrat voter I couldn’t agree more. The way people have taken leave of rational thought is so embarrassing.
Yes, as a former Democrat surrounded 90% by liberals, you have them pegged exactly on this. The great shame is that Trump fell for it.
Mark, all of your writings on this madness have been excellent, but this piece really says it all powerfully in one column.
I have a liberal teacher friend with whom I was discussing the many dangers and concerns about giving the jab to children; he's convinced it's a gift from God that we have a moral responsibility to take. You're so right; these liberals are dumbed down by their total immersion in their mainstream media bubble... it's almost hopeless, but I'm still going to give your column to him...
Another former democrat agrees with most of what you write. A friend of mine, hard core democrat, did study microbiology, told me a million times how germs are everywhere, but now that I am not vaxxed and they are, I am the germ spreader. I have several republican former friends like that too, though. Luckily there are plenty more people on earth.
excellent points, thank you. suicide rates also skyrocketed during lockdowns. Democrats/liberal hypocrisy which you point out with various examples is sick. I once pointed out to an aunt who has now passed while she was ranting about pollution that she was smoking and blowing smoke in my face. ahem. also some famous Democrats/liberals are STILL telling people to mask up. And it seems that Gov. Gavin Newsom may be suffering vaxxx injury due to his last booster shot, two weeks ago. He and White House Press Secy Psaki. have not been seen since then (she announced she had COVID despite being fully vaxxxed). I had hoped these 2 events might wake some Democrats up but crickets so far. https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/gavin-newsom-is-out-of-sight-likely
https://archive.md/XAh8g
What we are seeing today is very similar to the late Roman Empire with Liberalism or Marxism as the new Christianity. As to where we are in that timeline, I'm pretty sure we are in the reign of Honorius and Arcadius. Theodosius, their father, was the Emperor who signed the new religion into law and we are now entering the age of barbarian invasions with the sack of Rome to come.
Christianity drew its early adherents from the lower classes. They went around zealously promoting the new religion and were willing to use violence and terrorism to achieve their goals. Our equivalents would be Antifa and Rote Arme Fraktion etc.
In the 80s we saw major changes in the West, just like Orwell warned us about. A lot of things were being prepped for things to come. Reagan in America, Thatcher in the UK and Gorbachev in the USSR. These were all radicals compared to what had been before. The 80s saw the death of old school liberalism, anything old school really and the start of this reborn Roman Empire which could only be realized with the fall of the USSR.
Liberalism is no longer a political idea. It is the new religion. And like the Emperors used to kill people if they did not convert, so too will your professional life be killed today if you do not adhere to the religious dogma. They are already tearing down statues just like the Christians in the Late Roman Empire. Books are being burned and scientists are purged. This is the exact same societal phenomenon and if you don't know the history I can tell you it will only get worse from here on. Our Julian the Apostate is already long dead. There will be no resistance at the level that matters. It has already been conquered. We are just going to have to live it down, like the pagans of old.
I don't believe intelligent persons are duped by this as much as they are dominated and conquered by it. Of course they don't want to admit this, so they put up unconscious barriers. What Orwell calls double think is in my opinion only double think to an outside observer. To a liberal the internal logic is perfect. He is only aided by psychological fear to stay away from confronting the weakness of this logic. This is why they get so mad at you when you challenge them. You are literally jeopardizing their mental sanity when you force them to confront certain ideas.
Mark,
I have been a conservative (economically) for my entire. I'm one of "The government is NOT the problem it IS the problem guys" Socially I have disagreed wanted "my body, my choice" and to keep the government out of anyone's bedroom! Our dysfunctional uniparty system seems intent on destroying the US in any way it can. Very sad.
As an estate planning attorney, I have tracked the client's deaths for 2020 & 2021 that we are involved with. Consistently, we have had about 50 deaths a year, mostly the elderly and sick. More recently I reviewed that list and we have had 5 times more death from depression and suicide than covid. It's anecdotal but quite interesting to consider.
By the way, you should know your links in this article to your prior writings on Medium do not work. In fact, worse, it says you are "suspended and under investigation" for violating their rules! I guess "Medium", whatever that is, does not like your messages Sad, the loss of Freedom of Speech and an exchange od diverse thought and ideas may be the real destruction ahead for us.
A near perfect description of the modern liberal. Of course the modern liberal would deny all this because the only thing you left out was that liberals live in complete denial, it is part of their tribalism and inability to think critically.
'liberals' are deeply fearful of dying, more fearful than being seen as not as smart as people who follow npr. they are a herd animal, and their herd is cliquy, with disdain for any erson capable of thinking and responding to data.
the lemming make excellent auschwitz guards.
My late uncle used to say, "I didn't leave the democrat party, the democrat party left me."
Democrats virtue signal without being virtuous. Spot on.
While I believe there is a huge disconnect between the Democrats and Republicans in the United States, it's somewhat the same in Canada. A word of caution for both countries.
Right versus Left does not matter. Because the politicians are not running the show, the Corporate Globalist are, and they are happy when the public is divided by partisan politics. I can't take credit for the last statement. It is from an article in Health Impact News. I think the author Brian Shilhavy makes a good point.
Yes. I know it is unpopular with my conservidents to do this, but we have to accept the objective fact that Trump is politically dead now and to the extent that any embers remain, the Left will never let go of him. Like the Terror Rojo in the Spanish Civil War, they will dig him up to desecrate his corpse if they could. Rank and file suburban white moms who vote D hate Trump. Hate. It is a top-shelf hatred, and right next to hating racists, this is the most reliable persuasive hook Dems think they have. They used it unsparingly to mixed results in CA and VA. So use this too. Use this against them: This is Trump's vaccine. His Warpspeed. His untested. His Indemnification of Pharma contract. His deployment. His lockdown. His NIH, his GoF research. His racist travel ban. His booster booster unending booster regime. Reiterate that to them whenever you can. Make yourself look like an anti-Trumper as much as you can stand it, use it as camouflage and you can break the vaxx spell with these very, very slow women. Aikido calls this reversal technique "Kotegaeshi." Remember: The slow blade penetrates the shield. Talking science immunology just leads to MEGO (my eyes glaze over) and retrenchments. Talking feels, like what Trump personally did to their kids and their "social development" by closing schools, that gets them to at least the levels of Fear and Uncertainty. One more tick, sooner or later, maybe more hospital overloads by vaxxed at Christmas, will get them to Doubt and Disbelief. That's when the fun starts.
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