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there's a common refrain of "how come the elites are exempt from the lock-downs".
they aren't - they bought their way out of them. let's investigate.
there's a common refrain of "how come the elites are exempt from the lock-downs".
they aren't - they bought their way out of them. let's investigate.
https://twitter.com/caroljsroth/status/1340519711885447168
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"but mark", i hear you object, "the laws aren't supposed to bow to the dollar?"
i hold off from mentioning ticketable misdemeanors, and instead point you to the underlying logic of the lockdowns:
"but mark", i hear you object, "the laws aren't supposed to bow to the dollar?"
i hold off from mentioning ticketable misdemeanors, and instead point you to the underlying logic of the lockdowns:
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their moral (lol) reasoning goes as follows: "every 30,000 people staying at home stave one life".
the exact number varies, but you know it's on the order of magnitude they are thinking about.
(note: i do *not* condone the lockdowns)
their moral (lol) reasoning goes as follows: "every 30,000 people staying at home stave one life".
the exact number varies, but you know it's on the order of magnitude they are thinking about.
(note: i do *not* condone the lockdowns)
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in statistics, the people are anonymous and interchangeable.
this gives them a "moral out" (lol): "if they can convince more than 30,000 people to stay home, they *recoup* their sin of milling out and about".
in statistics, the people are anonymous and interchangeable.
this gives them a "moral out" (lol): "if they can convince more than 30,000 people to stay home, they *recoup* their sin of milling out and about".
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that's why the elites spread the lockdown message with such fervor: as long as the math moral "check out" in their mind, they feel absolved.
and the more they "sin" breaking the rules, the more they double down on spreading the message.
that's why the elites spread the lockdown message with such fervor: as long as the math moral "check out" in their mind, they feel absolved.
and the more they "sin" breaking the rules, the more they double down on spreading the message.
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spoiler: it is ultimately about power - over *you*.
this is done through the wealth transfer, and through dividing the society - the buyer vs the shopkeep; the citizen vs the policeman; the regular working man vs any sympathetic elites he could otherwise ally with.
spoiler: it is ultimately about power - over *you*.
this is done through the wealth transfer, and through dividing the society - the buyer vs the shopkeep; the citizen vs the policeman; the regular working man vs any sympathetic elites he could otherwise ally with.
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recommendation:
oh whom am i kidding, this is twitter, can't post it here :-)
frens, do your utmost 👌
recommendation:
oh whom am i kidding, this is twitter, can't post it here :-)
frens, do your utmost 👌
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