I think there is a huge issue with people always attributing malice and diabolical scheming when it's often much messier than that.
People have selfish reasons for doing things, and often their selfishness overlaps, but the idea that the same people that folks think are too incompetent to run a government are somehow able to run the world is laughable.
Does this mean there aren't conspiracies? Yes, but they tend to be much more drunken idiots who can't see tomorrow in front of their face, than long term plans. At least in THIS country.
China? China's a whole other question. Those are folks that think in generations
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First off....damn, I said it once and I said it again, you look just like that guy from Law and Order on TV! Do you have any friends that look just like Ice-T?
I agree with you that people have their selfish reasons for doing things, and that selfishness does overlap. However, to think that competent people are running the government, let alone the world, is more than laughable. I don't really consider myself an "anarchist," but I believe all modern governments are corrupt and controlled by corporations, especially after this entire COVID fiasco.
I wouldn't vouch for China, even if they do think in terms of generations. Maybe thinking in generations is part of the problem. It is easy to fuck with people as long as you are a compassionless politician, addicted to mass opinion and polls, enacting mandates in the name of the good of future generations. Doesn't China have a social point system and face recognition cameras everywhere? I am sure that other country's aren't too far off, as most of us have cell phones and some kind of ridiculous credit system.
As far as people being drunken idiots, I would pose the question: what is worse, somebody with a six pack or a litany of zombies taking 15 different pharmaceuticals?
I think the government is actively attempting to make people feel like victims, then actively trying to absolutely control every element of our lives. Before the pandemic, I would have quasi questioned these thoughts, but now it is beyond obvious.