They killed the Cuomo nursing home scandal with a story about sexual harassment. It’s why he’ll probably step down and why no one will remember how Cuomo and several other governors signed on to the same plan to put Covid patients into nursing homes. He was not the only one.
It’s depopulation (in a sense) and a pragmatic policy to stop pension funds from running out of money. They saw how Japan’s aging population has become a drain on the economy. Trimming the 70s and up fixes that.
Plus, if you wanna go full Malthusian and speculate on the reasons for it, a lot of these people truly believe in climate change and changing our whole economies is the only way to deal with that. Hence the Great Reset. They’re pretty open about this.
It can be a challenge to fight preconceived notions developed by well-crafted narratives intent on manipulating your emotions and decision-making. You have to reject confirmation bias—it’s a lazy shortcut your brain performs to simplify your understanding of a complex problem.
Take Trump for example. The media tells us he’s a racist, a bigot, a misogynist. Every one of his actions shows that he is none of these things, and so the media highlights out-of-context instances where he behaves in context to their narrative—their “big lie,” as it were.
For one who lives on a diet of Netflix, cable news, and friends who regurgitate the “big lie” about Trump—and with the threat of cancellation looming over your head should you reject the narrative—removing yourself from the echo chamber is not only difficult, it’s dangerous.
How about they provide healthcare to people WITHOUT Covid before they start striking for pay? Got people waiting on months-long lists just to get checked up.