which we were constantly told we were supposed to celebrate and even venerate, but it was the way out of the pandemic. everybody can get vaccines if they want. there s increasing calls for even greater oppression on our lives, greater calls for vesting the state with more power. why would that be? i think fear is an extremely powerful human motivator and demagogues in government know how to stimulate it for their own power, but i also think that with social media, the more people are constantly feeding on stories about how they should be frightened, the more this fear is intensifying and i think there s almost an addiction, tucker, to being protected by the state, to not having to return to normal life. there s a desire for the pandemic to continue even though the acute dangers have long since passed as a result of numerous factors, including a less threatening variant and the availability of natural immunity and vaccines, and it s really disturbing to see how their
were supposed to celebrate and even venerate, but it was the way out of the pandemic. everybody can get vaccines if they want. there s increasing calls for even greater oppression on our lives, greater calls for vesting the state with more power. why would that be? i think fear is an extremely powerful human motivator and demagogues in government know how to stimulate it for their own power, but i also think that with social media, the more people are constantly feeding on stories about how they should be frightened, the more this fear is intensifying and ohe i think there s almost an addiction, tucker, to being protected by the state, to not having to return to normal life. there s a desire for the pandemic to continue even though the acute dangers have long since passed as a result of numerous factors, including a less threatening variant and the availability of natural immunity and vaccines, and it s really disturbing to see how their oppression is increasing even as the threat decr