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Maybe I'm late to the party, but do you think that the actual plan might be to kill as many of us as possible to weaken any potential uprising?
Ah, the classic baseless dummy conspiracy theory of governments murdering own people for a reason or another.
Edit: typo it -> or
Oh man, my comment wasn't totally serious but totally based on fear. I guess that's exactly how conspiracies start. If my rhetorical-turned-accidental-theory turns out to be right, I'm gonna be super-bummed.
Yeah, another trait is "it might be true". Dude, it might be true that anther head grows on you, but it's not very likely, is it?
Quit talking probability around my second head. He's none-too-smart and doesn't handle fractions well.
The Fartographer over here being whimsical and catching flack. I see you, map maker.
*flak, and they're a fartographer, not a cartographer.
Technically correct. The best kind.
I think it's human nature to "look for a reason" but ... these engineered virus narratives have never set well with me. It implies that the only way a pandemic could happen is if some person created it; that's incredibly self indulgent, "the only way man could die to nature is if man invented nature."
Viruses just happen; we've had a reprieve from major plagues and things and have been unusually healthy because vaccines and other advances in medicine allowed us to save many that would have otherwise died.
The only parts humans are playing in our current health crises are: A) Increasing the number of unvaccinated people giving viruses once nearly killed off room to play again B) Increasing the temperature of the planet which has been demonstrated to increase mutation rates and may release lost viruses trapped in ice and permafrost C) Cutting down large swaths of the Amazon rainforests which may also harbor lost viruses
In all cases, we're not creating the problem directly, we're just giving the advantage back to nature that research from recent centuries gave to us.
Shit, I didn't mean to make it sound like I thought this virus was manufactured. Why would anyone need to manufacture a disease when you can just leave a brain-worm rapist to dismantle every safeguard until measles becomes an active issue again.
I read somewhere that the previous Trump administration did make some policy decisions based on the belief that those on the left would be disproportionately impacted by covid. But do not underestimate how inept and incompetent Trump is also.
Make an effort to be healthy, and keep updated with flu vaccines. Moderna recently received funding for developing h5n1 vaccines, so keep an eye on that. And don't wait - you never know what stupid things Trump might do to suppress vaccine access.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/republicans-died-double-democrats-covid-b2227425.html
ah yes, uprisings famously never happen after many people died. They only ever happen when the population is prospering.
I don't mean weaken like that. I mean thinning out potential armies. Like, literally reducing numbers.
I was speaking out my ass and it was essentially some NWO bullshit. Then again, every accusation a confession...
It's only takes 3% of the population who want to actively over throw a government for it to happen. And if you reduce the population, it makes it easier to get to 3%
@superkret @straightjorkin We've had it up to here with coups already. What needs to happen is a restoration, so any violence mongers can take their overthrow-ups and just GTFO.
Who's plan? The ketamine addicts or the pants shitter?
They aren't smart enough to develop a disease, but they are stupid enough to think that if they don't do anything about it, no one will notice (don't test for covid and the numbers will go down)
Fiction can be fun.
You make more for them alive then dead.