I agree completely. By the Way: The CEO of the HELIOS-Clinics in Germany, Francesco di Meio, a man who knows everything about Covid-19 and its impact on health systems, calls this irrational fear "Covid-20" and urges to overcome that fear which is being kept alive artificially by media and politicians.
The most effective propaganda I have ever witnessed. I believe it is closely related to the fear of being caught out, of not knowing everything and therefore playing the Cover my Butt game ferociously.
Dear Monika's (brilliant, lucid, beautiful) Mind, aka Old&Bold, I can't begin to tell you how much your post resonates with me; we are singing from one and the same song sheet. I happen to live in Germany. We Baby Boomers - I am one of them - vilified our forefathers for the horrors of the Nazi regime. We demonstrated disdain for parents and grandparents for having been naive, spineless and oblivious to that which was unfolding in plain sight. I have always been thankful for the "Gnade der späten Geburt", for not having had to prove (and pay with my life) my mettle and my civil uprightness in the toxic times of the Third Reich. I now find myself breathlessly shocked and disgusted at the mindlessness of my German relatives, neighbors, friends and work associates, who are all giddily united in mindless, soul-less Covid communitarianism. A current poll indicates that the majority of Germans are in favor of disadvantaging those that refuse the Covid injection (they glibly call it a vaccine like all the previous ones); how totalitarian and fascist is that? Do people not stop and think about the further, unintended consequences of such horrific machinations? I have a German family background, but I must say that a large part of German society sickens me, a society that reeks of that which we have ostensibly long dusted off of our shoulders, the DDR (former communist East Germany). A redeeming thought: what a wonderful discovery your writings are and how refreshing to realize we share the same sentiments in spite of the 9000 kilometers between us. Good to have you around and reminding us of what life should be about.
It's fascinating that two of my three comments come from Germany, where the anti democratic forces show a shocking lack of historical memory. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and thoughts; it's not something we hear about on this continent.
I agree completely. By the Way: The CEO of the HELIOS-Clinics in Germany, Francesco di Meio, a man who knows everything about Covid-19 and its impact on health systems, calls this irrational fear "Covid-20" and urges to overcome that fear which is being kept alive artificially by media and politicians.
The most effective propaganda I have ever witnessed. I believe it is closely related to the fear of being caught out, of not knowing everything and therefore playing the Cover my Butt game ferociously.
Dear Monika's (brilliant, lucid, beautiful) Mind, aka Old&Bold, I can't begin to tell you how much your post resonates with me; we are singing from one and the same song sheet. I happen to live in Germany. We Baby Boomers - I am one of them - vilified our forefathers for the horrors of the Nazi regime. We demonstrated disdain for parents and grandparents for having been naive, spineless and oblivious to that which was unfolding in plain sight. I have always been thankful for the "Gnade der späten Geburt", for not having had to prove (and pay with my life) my mettle and my civil uprightness in the toxic times of the Third Reich. I now find myself breathlessly shocked and disgusted at the mindlessness of my German relatives, neighbors, friends and work associates, who are all giddily united in mindless, soul-less Covid communitarianism. A current poll indicates that the majority of Germans are in favor of disadvantaging those that refuse the Covid injection (they glibly call it a vaccine like all the previous ones); how totalitarian and fascist is that? Do people not stop and think about the further, unintended consequences of such horrific machinations? I have a German family background, but I must say that a large part of German society sickens me, a society that reeks of that which we have ostensibly long dusted off of our shoulders, the DDR (former communist East Germany). A redeeming thought: what a wonderful discovery your writings are and how refreshing to realize we share the same sentiments in spite of the 9000 kilometers between us. Good to have you around and reminding us of what life should be about.
Very well put. It is indeed an epidemic of fear.
It's fascinating that two of my three comments come from Germany, where the anti democratic forces show a shocking lack of historical memory. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and thoughts; it's not something we hear about on this continent.