Did anyone else notice the government 'let the virus rage'?
He's a bizarre political fantasist. He invents stories that either require the state to acquire new powers, or that make his political enemies culpable for things that have not happened.
He's a bizarre political fantasist. He invents stories that either require the state to acquire new powers, or that make his political enemies culpable for things that have not happened.
https://twitter.com/GeorgeMonbiot/status/1368491915398746113
Why would a man just a few years south of his 60th birthday and having only recently recovered from cancer treatment, and having been locked down for a year, feel a bit under the weather?
The only answer can be the government's DELIBERATE incompetence...
The only answer can be the government's DELIBERATE incompetence...
You won't struggle to find me hating the government.
But that means I want less of it.
George simultaneously wants FAR more government, but then constantly find that the government are just an evil bunch of bastards, who literally profit from things like his 'long covid'.
But that means I want less of it.
George simultaneously wants FAR more government, but then constantly find that the government are just an evil bunch of bastards, who literally profit from things like his 'long covid'.
I find this such an extraordinary paradox in green/etc thinking.
They LOVE government. But they HATE the government.
They offer no remedy to any malady other than more poison.
It is extraordinary.
They LOVE government. But they HATE the government.
They offer no remedy to any malady other than more poison.
It is extraordinary.
And they locate ALL problems with government solely within the cabinet and within what they imagine to be its interests and ideology.
But their contempt is for the foolish, greedy deluded, zombie population that vote.
They want the government to lock them down.
But their contempt is for the foolish, greedy deluded, zombie population that vote.
They want the government to lock them down.
The failure to impose harsh, early, indefinite lockdown makes the government culpable for the virus, even though there exists no evidence that lockdown would make any difference.
The failure to act against the public's interests makes the government culpable for climate change.
The failure to act against the public's interests makes the government culpable for climate change.
This implies several things:
1. Government [in any form] has competence to stop viruses.
2. Government [ditto] has the moral/political right/responsibility to intervene in this way.
3. As with viruses, so too climate change.
4. 1-3 are absolute, exclusive and primary.
1. Government [in any form] has competence to stop viruses.
2. Government [ditto] has the moral/political right/responsibility to intervene in this way.
3. As with viruses, so too climate change.
4. 1-3 are absolute, exclusive and primary.
I could expand on that, but it would be boring.
Suffice it to say that if George had his way, George would soon find himself in political prison.
And he would be feeling much worse for the (short) remainder of his life.
Suffice it to say that if George had his way, George would soon find himself in political prison.
And he would be feeling much worse for the (short) remainder of his life.
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