Thread by @EmpireinWinter

Paul Kingsnorth, co-author of Dark Mountain Manifesto, on our time & The Virus, in 3 parts (so far):
The Vaccine Moment:
Part 1
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Part 2
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Part 3
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From Part 1:
'Internment. Mandatory medication. Segregation of whole sections of society. Mass sackings. A drumbeat media consensus. The systematic censoring of dissent. The deliberate creation...of a climate of fear & suspicion. What could possibly justify this?'

From Part 2:
'For those who cleave to the Thesis or the Plague Story, vaccine mandates are a necessary, if maybe not ideal, next phase of the global response to covid. But for those of us who reject those stories, even partially, they are an outrageous violation.'

'And if the mandates are extended to children, then for many people any remaining bond of trust between governed and governors may irretrievably break down. This is a very bad place for any society to find itself'

From Part 3:
'We are living through a time in which the conflict between technocracy & democracy has spilled out into the open: the battle is being fought daily now on street & screen.'

'I think that the world is more surprising, and more alive, than I sometimes see or even want to believe. I think that the corona moment highlights an ancient ongoing struggle, between the spirit of the wild and the spirit of the Machine'

'and that this struggle goes on inside us all every minute of the day. Sometimes, battles must be fought, stands taken, lines drawn. This is one of those times.'

'Once we begin to understand all the stories at play, we can begin to see which one we are taking part in, and what choices we must make: what we stand for, and what we will not.'

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