Dr. Malone just shared a study about how “to modify population behavior by using more fear-based language” (https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/news-of-the-world), to which I responded:
That unabashed study you shared on choosing the right indicator is yet further evidence that this is has been a Ministry of Truth perception management camp…
That unabashed study you shared on choosing the right indicator is yet further evidence that this is has been a Ministry of Truth perception management campaign entirely divorced from objective reality from the outset.
The academics participating in such research and the psychologists implementing these population control stratagems need to stand trial for the catastrophic damage they have caused to human beings, economies, and the social fabric itself.
What is being advocated in the name of the University of Kent is a top-down attempt to manufacture collectivism. Such artificially sweetened bubblegum collectivism is the complete opposite of genuinely collectivist grass-roots movements.
I agree with most of your points, but I bristle at the use of “collectivist” to describe grass-roots movements. “Collectivism” in any form, whatever its guise, represents a threat to individual liberty and is used to justify totalitarian measures in the name of the public good. It sacrifices the objective reality of the individual life in exchange for an abstraction that surreptitiously siphons off power to those ruling the collective.
The grass-roots movement that we are witnessing now in reaction to tyranny is not collectivist but deeply individualistic as free-thinking, independent people are raising their voices together not as part of a monolithic collectivist movement but rather as individuals demanding the preservation of our personal liberties and lives.
Dr. Malone just shared a study about how “to modify population behavior by using more fear-based language” (https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/news-of-the-world), to which I responded:
That unabashed study you shared on choosing the right indicator is yet further evidence that this is has been a Ministry of Truth perception management campaign entirely divorced from objective reality from the outset.
It reminds me of this University of Kent research (https://phys.org/news/2020-06-collectivism-efforts-covid-.html) advocating a collectivist mindset to encourage compliance (Totalitarianism 101).
The academics participating in such research and the psychologists implementing these population control stratagems need to stand trial for the catastrophic damage they have caused to human beings, economies, and the social fabric itself.
What is being advocated in the name of the University of Kent is a top-down attempt to manufacture collectivism. Such artificially sweetened bubblegum collectivism is the complete opposite of genuinely collectivist grass-roots movements.
This may interest you:
https://www.coronababble.com/post/the-dubious-ethics-of-nudging-we-urgently-need-an-independent-inquiry
Thanks for the link, Roland!
I agree with most of your points, but I bristle at the use of “collectivist” to describe grass-roots movements. “Collectivism” in any form, whatever its guise, represents a threat to individual liberty and is used to justify totalitarian measures in the name of the public good. It sacrifices the objective reality of the individual life in exchange for an abstraction that surreptitiously siphons off power to those ruling the collective.
The grass-roots movement that we are witnessing now in reaction to tyranny is not collectivist but deeply individualistic as free-thinking, independent people are raising their voices together not as part of a monolithic collectivist movement but rather as individuals demanding the preservation of our personal liberties and lives.