Also, there's a meme out there of a police officer kneeling on a person and beating him with his baton, with the caption "I JUST! WANT! YOU! TO BE! HEALTHY!" Enforced altruism, indeed.
The pandemic has been very interesting in that the fear/control vs. acceptance/liberty axis turns out to be skew from the classic left-right axis. Some people on the right who you would think would be all about freedom to live one's life without restraint just happen to be in virus-vulnerable categories and got spooked and demanded control and can no longer see reason.
"Shut up," they explained.
Also, there's a meme out there of a police officer kneeling on a person and beating him with his baton, with the caption "I JUST! WANT! YOU! TO BE! HEALTHY!" Enforced altruism, indeed.
The pandemic has been very interesting in that the fear/control vs. acceptance/liberty axis turns out to be skew from the classic left-right axis. Some people on the right who you would think would be all about freedom to live one's life without restraint just happen to be in virus-vulnerable categories and got spooked and demanded control and can no longer see reason.
Munchausen Syndrome greasing the skids for Stockholm Syndrome? Christakis is pathetic, sure, but what else did we expect from Yale?