Why do governments and societies take the actions that they take? Who is in charge? Are the elected leaders in charge? Are shadow leaders (the permanent staff) in charge? Is the media in charge? Is society, empowered via the internet, in charge? Is there a secrete “cult” in charge? Who is in charge and why are seemingly unwise decisions being made?
From the 16th to the 28th of October 1962 the world came very close to “Collective Suicide”. If an atomic war had broken out, there would have been hundreds of millions of lives lost, or perhaps even the extinction of the world. It is widely estimated that the world came within a 10-20% chance of total destruction. Why? Would a single rational human really accept this risk?
Now we are entering a new period of “Collective Suicide” that could change our world forever. It is not the virus that will change the world, but our reaction to it. Covid-19 will not kill hundreds of millions of people. The absolute worst case predictions cap the total world deaths at several million, and the truth is that it mainly would expedite the death of elderly people who would likely die anyway. I know that sounds crass, but it is truthful. The more likely outcome of just allowing the virus to infect freely would be less then 1 million deaths worldwide. The idea that we have “no idea” about the lethality of the virus is wrong. We have close to 5 months of data now, and the extreme examples of Wuhan, Northern Italy, The Diamond Princess Cruise Ship, ect. are all likely examples of the far extreme upper range of lethality. More importantly, as pointed out by many medical experts (1) we do not have enough data yet to make these drastic decisions.
So why is it that we are willing to potentially destroy the world as we know it, to save the lives of a very small percentage of people who were going to die anyway? Why? Would a single rational human really accept this risk?
First off lets get down to individuals. Did JFK fear for his own life and the life of his family when he made those dangerous decisions during the Cuban Missile Crisis? (2) I argue he did not. His life and actions revolved around his professional career and the pride that every man and women carries with them. Also, I am sure that Kennedy would have argued that he was powerless in his decisions. That others “forced his hand”. I am sure if we corned Dr. Anthony Fauci and asked him to defend his statement “If you count all the estimated cases of people who may have it but haven’t been diagnosed yet, the mortality rate is probably closer to 1%, he said, “which means it’s 10 times more lethal than the seasonal flu.” (3) that he would argue his point from a position of personal pride. I assume he believes that it is his job to only think about medical issues that kill. The fact that his words can cause massive economic suicide probably would not concern him. After-all, it is very unlikely that Dr. Fauci himself, or any of his immediate family would die from the virus, and it is even more unlikely that he will be harmed economically or professionally. In fact, we can argue that his involvement with this virus is the HIGH POINT of his personal and professional life. So looking at it from his shoes, it becomes clear why he can not think as a normal and rational human. His judgment is clouded by the wonderful high one feels when all of a sudden they are in the limelight. Doctors endure extreme conditions to become doctors. Why? There is some economic motivation, especially in the west, but the real reason people want to become doctors is because of personal pride and power. Being a doctor is one of the few professions that truly carries legitimate power. Those in search of power can choose to become police or military, but the truth is that those professions are plagued with a moral conflict. Your source of power is the condemning of other humans. A doctor on the other-hand has the moral high ground. Thus, I am sure Fauci truly believes he is taking the moral high ground and I assume he thinks it is up to “others” to sort out the death and destruction that his lock-downs could very well lead to. Why else would a sane & educated man advocate for collective suicide of millions?
So who are the “others” left to sort out the death and destruction of Fauci’s lock-downs? I think most people would assume it is the elected official in charge. In the USA that person is now Trump. This website is NOT political. So I will NOT analyze Trump from a partizan political perspective. I will analyze him from a neutral position. Kennedy was a democrat, Trump a republican. Both men seem to me to be powerless in their own mind to “do anything different”. I believe that both men believe they are backed into a personal corner. Neither was willing to commit “personal suicide”, so that leads them to “collective suicide”as the favorable choice. They succumb to what they believe is that “only choice” they can make which I argue is the choice driven by some complex social mechanism, which I don’t think has ever been explored or understood yet. I don’t even think there is a name for it. Let’s call it ” Social Darwinism” for lack of a better name. My assumption is that there are some complex forces of nature at work that drive Social Decision making. The media has played a very important role in modern history and now with the instant 24/7 nature of the internet, the media “or the medium” of news in general seems to me to play a pivotal role.
The question that I don’t know the answer to is “is the media driven by a select few individuals” or “is it an organic organism that is driven by some sort of complex Social Darwinism”?
I tend to believe that is it not driven by a select group of individuals, but rather I think it is an Organic Organism. I do believe there are many powerful interest groups that do try to influence, but I am not yet ready to consider the extreme position that some small group is in charge. (4) This interview with David Icke is actually 100% correct, in that he suggests that it is the “permanent government staff that are forcing Trump into a corner” This I believe is a 100% accurate interpretation. The next question is who is influencing the permanent staff? David Icke takes the extreme view to suggest that the “cult” is a race of lizard people. If you ignore this extreme interpretation, then actually David Icke’s research is extremely useful.