"unthinkable" psychological damage is the most intense for me... not even despair from the illness/death all around, but from the passive response to all the outright lies-- $cientific and otherwi$e! and my resulting inability to break through the propaganda with any rational argument, no matter how logical and well supported!
it seems like it has to have been happening long before 2020, but just when did everyone stop caring about the truth? when did $cientism and "expert voices" move to the top of the list of trusted entities (i used to be one) and become empowered to run roughshod over every other ideaology, including freedom from oppression, bodily autonomy, spiritual goodness and caring for the wellbeing of your fellow man, etc... when did we actually need to begin to primarily presume malevolence, instead of benevolence from the authorities we used to trust and look to for guidance... it has all been a shock to me! all good motives seem demoli$hed... maybe it needed to happen, because i wasn't as awake as i thought before all this?
above all, thinking critically, skeptically, and pursuing truth on any of a thousand fronts has become a criminal act against anyone and everyone, not to be considered widely, but shut down with personal attacks and derision, not even relevant to the argument at hand?
in 2002 when i decided to pursue a career in healthcare, i thought being in healthcare was a stable economic choice and i hoped it would be a personally-fulfilling choice, and it has turned out to be a choice between life and death--not for me, so much, but for the patients i may choose to defend from dangerous(?)/ robotic(?)/ ignorant(?)/ malevolent(?)/ greedy(?) prescribers and try to educate and warn carefully, diplomatically... or sacrifice these to the "god$" of $cientism and corporate profit$... even that choice to educate and try to preserve patients' wellbeing has been threatened, as i was reprimanded for sharing my honest research against prevailing narrative$ in 2021... i couldn't even defend my right to breathe freely (without a "suffocation device" that also impaired my ability to communicate) effectively to my employer, when i had been breathing freely without any detectable harm to anyone for well over a decade, at the time! i wish i would have had a link like the one below at the time i needed it, however, even this $cience can be ignored and/or suppressed without consequence by those who are drunk with and/or obsessed with "power over others" and greed for corporate profit$....
Yes, the current events have been in progress for about 130 years, so they have been carefully planned. Spectacular changes,with the exception of a private bank receiving the exclusive right to issue USD at the taxpayer's expense in 1913, started in the 1950s and things accelerated after the USD was downgraded into fiat currency. Lots of predictive programming kept taking place at schools and in pop culture, including TV and movies, and the silent takover of government offices, institutions, the media, and international organizations took several decades to accomplish. At this point, most countries have been hijacked.
When they asked me why I was not wearing a muzzle, I kindly informed them I couldn't breathe in one. When they asked me for a doctor's paper, I told them I didn't need a doctor's opinion to determine I cannot breathe. :) Still, I shook hands with everyone who were not wearing a muzzle and told them I was happy to see a sane person around. There were hardly any of them for a year. The muzzle causes harm and it is no good, probably ever.
it's funny you mention humor... a big part of my interactions with people in the Rx involved humor and caring... i was even called a comedian more than once!
Humor is the most difficult and perhaps least respected genre: it requires wisdom, experience, intelligence, and a hierarchy of values. Only a few people can make it all the way. If the photo on your old blog is yours, I can see, why you were appreciated as all those! :)
humor was definitely "a survival skill" in retail Rx... it was likely the persistent grin, as shown in my old blog, yes, it's me, that warmed up the person across the counter and on the phone, incidentally... i had all kinds of sayings about smiles and humor... "most people look better when they're smiling"... "smiling releases endorphins"... "smile alot and when you're older all your wrinkles will be in the right place" ... another reason to hate masks!!! made my primary connecting skill, my smile, invisible... the horrors... the suspicion... the angst... near impossible to look competent in a mask! of course, i knew many of my patients by name... the tragedy... the saga continues...
excellent points!
"unthinkable" psychological damage is the most intense for me... not even despair from the illness/death all around, but from the passive response to all the outright lies-- $cientific and otherwi$e! and my resulting inability to break through the propaganda with any rational argument, no matter how logical and well supported!
it seems like it has to have been happening long before 2020, but just when did everyone stop caring about the truth? when did $cientism and "expert voices" move to the top of the list of trusted entities (i used to be one) and become empowered to run roughshod over every other ideaology, including freedom from oppression, bodily autonomy, spiritual goodness and caring for the wellbeing of your fellow man, etc... when did we actually need to begin to primarily presume malevolence, instead of benevolence from the authorities we used to trust and look to for guidance... it has all been a shock to me! all good motives seem demoli$hed... maybe it needed to happen, because i wasn't as awake as i thought before all this?
above all, thinking critically, skeptically, and pursuing truth on any of a thousand fronts has become a criminal act against anyone and everyone, not to be considered widely, but shut down with personal attacks and derision, not even relevant to the argument at hand?
in 2002 when i decided to pursue a career in healthcare, i thought being in healthcare was a stable economic choice and i hoped it would be a personally-fulfilling choice, and it has turned out to be a choice between life and death--not for me, so much, but for the patients i may choose to defend from dangerous(?)/ robotic(?)/ ignorant(?)/ malevolent(?)/ greedy(?) prescribers and try to educate and warn carefully, diplomatically... or sacrifice these to the "god$" of $cientism and corporate profit$... even that choice to educate and try to preserve patients' wellbeing has been threatened, as i was reprimanded for sharing my honest research against prevailing narrative$ in 2021... i couldn't even defend my right to breathe freely (without a "suffocation device" that also impaired my ability to communicate) effectively to my employer, when i had been breathing freely without any detectable harm to anyone for well over a decade, at the time! i wish i would have had a link like the one below at the time i needed it, however, even this $cience can be ignored and/or suppressed without consequence by those who are drunk with and/or obsessed with "power over others" and greed for corporate profit$....
https://healthglade.com/150-studies-and-articles-showing-masks-dont-protect-against-anything-and-instead-create-diseases/
It is attributed to Mark Twain that "If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh or they will kill you." :)
A few days ago, I jotted down a few ideas about the reasons why people cannot agree:
https://rayhorvaththesource.substack.com/p/why-people-cannot-agree?utm_source=%2Fprofile%2F42034032-ray-horvath-the-source-&utm_medium=reader2
Yes, the current events have been in progress for about 130 years, so they have been carefully planned. Spectacular changes,with the exception of a private bank receiving the exclusive right to issue USD at the taxpayer's expense in 1913, started in the 1950s and things accelerated after the USD was downgraded into fiat currency. Lots of predictive programming kept taking place at schools and in pop culture, including TV and movies, and the silent takover of government offices, institutions, the media, and international organizations took several decades to accomplish. At this point, most countries have been hijacked.
When they asked me why I was not wearing a muzzle, I kindly informed them I couldn't breathe in one. When they asked me for a doctor's paper, I told them I didn't need a doctor's opinion to determine I cannot breathe. :) Still, I shook hands with everyone who were not wearing a muzzle and told them I was happy to see a sane person around. There were hardly any of them for a year. The muzzle causes harm and it is no good, probably ever.
it's funny you mention humor... a big part of my interactions with people in the Rx involved humor and caring... i was even called a comedian more than once!
Humor is the most difficult and perhaps least respected genre: it requires wisdom, experience, intelligence, and a hierarchy of values. Only a few people can make it all the way. If the photo on your old blog is yours, I can see, why you were appreciated as all those! :)
humor was definitely "a survival skill" in retail Rx... it was likely the persistent grin, as shown in my old blog, yes, it's me, that warmed up the person across the counter and on the phone, incidentally... i had all kinds of sayings about smiles and humor... "most people look better when they're smiling"... "smiling releases endorphins"... "smile alot and when you're older all your wrinkles will be in the right place" ... another reason to hate masks!!! made my primary connecting skill, my smile, invisible... the horrors... the suspicion... the angst... near impossible to look competent in a mask! of course, i knew many of my patients by name... the tragedy... the saga continues...