“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” Rudyard Kipling
“The beginning of political wisdom is the realization that despite everything you’ve always been taught, the government is not really on your side; indeed, it is out to get you. The mass belief in the general beneficence of democracy represents a kind of Stockholm syndrome writ large. We shall never have real, lasting peace so long as we give our allegiance to the whole conglomeration of institutionalized exploiters and murderers we know as the state.” Robert Higgs
Sadly I suspect risk taking is not coded for by a gene, much less is resistance to authority. While the capabilities to do these things successfully might be genetic, think the propensity to do so (or not) is cultural. But luckily, when a culture has been bent one way, it is possible to bend it back. By the kind of actions you describe here, and by the kind of actions you have taken by writing about it.
I think we are reaching the point when basic "non-compliance" won't be enough. It's going to take a much more proactive approach. If we don't successfully push back, we might as well learn to love our chains, because we will never see freedom again within our life times.
What about masking for healthcare professionals? Mandate or personal choice? I used to wear a mask pre-pandemic for anyone with cough/fever, still do, but now rethinking everything I’ve been taught.
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“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” Rudyard Kipling
“The beginning of political wisdom is the realization that despite everything you’ve always been taught, the government is not really on your side; indeed, it is out to get you. The mass belief in the general beneficence of democracy represents a kind of Stockholm syndrome writ large. We shall never have real, lasting peace so long as we give our allegiance to the whole conglomeration of institutionalized exploiters and murderers we know as the state.” Robert Higgs
Sadly I suspect risk taking is not coded for by a gene, much less is resistance to authority. While the capabilities to do these things successfully might be genetic, think the propensity to do so (or not) is cultural. But luckily, when a culture has been bent one way, it is possible to bend it back. By the kind of actions you describe here, and by the kind of actions you have taken by writing about it.
Very good post and thanks for pointing me to it.
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I think we are reaching the point when basic "non-compliance" won't be enough. It's going to take a much more proactive approach. If we don't successfully push back, we might as well learn to love our chains, because we will never see freedom again within our life times.
What about masking for healthcare professionals? Mandate or personal choice? I used to wear a mask pre-pandemic for anyone with cough/fever, still do, but now rethinking everything I’ve been taught.