+bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
observation about myself and some philosophical rambling
pre-covid-drama i'd usually - within some boundaries of course - trust what scientists claim, even if it is the popular idea. i'd never have doubted something like climate change.
post-covid-drama i tend to assume that everything remotely mainstream very likely is a cult or a psyop and not science, only thinly veiled as it.
look at the replication crisis we have. except for _very_ pure disciplines where you can break things down to pure logic or math it's very likely all bullshit by now.
or at least the _solutions_ presented from so many disciplines seem to be about the same bullshit. it's all about the same few prescribed ideas to "save the climate" or something something "diversity" whatever that term still means.
usually selling now stuff or building some new things. while imho the utmost importance wrt the climate should be making sure there are as diverse ecosystems as possible because those are much more robust when handling environmental changes - especially the slow gradual change climate change supposedly is. i'm not even sure the scientists really are thinking this way, or just writing these things as it is _expected_ from them out of fear being cancelled.
alas, the solutions pushed make sure that we kill off even more nature to fix the climate, just one example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigafactory_Berlin-Brandenburg#Site_concerns
i feel like dr gonzo in circus circus: this place is getting to me. i think i'm getting the fear.
@Zerglingman guess my own brain? ;)
@Zerglingman and being shunned by society for two years of course ✨
Literally.
When you start a physical location business, you know the first couple years you work for the landlord. You make no money for yourself. You cannot make yourself an employee because you cannot pay yourself.
What happens when locked down?
You still pay landlord every month: no relief. But you cannot earn money to pay the landlord. You cannot get the money from unemployment because you never paid yourself. You cannot get the PPP loan because you have no employees. The grants only go to established businesses who will use it to remodel rather than survive.
Many small business are bootstrapped by owners foregoing a salary for 2-5 years. These people were trapped with no money for food while low-income workers were paid more than before to stay home and not work.
One of the stories no one talked about.
This is how to radicalize.
@istvan @Zerglingman
sorry to hear about how these people treated your family!
are things ok with your business now?
really, anyone who has the opinion any of these things which have happened were even remotely right is either completely brainwashed or evil.
nobody cares about that i have little children in my family now who probably have to deal with _really_ traumatic experiences because they were forbidden to see their mother for a week.
i literally was told that i have to be "grateful" that the medical-industrial complex did the basic work it is supposed to and for which we have to pay several hundred euros each month.
i also was told that everyone did act in good faith because the situation was new. which is 
bullshit if you are two years into a "pandemic". it's just good old plain evil. gotta sell the vax!
The amount of odd jobs I took on to find ways to pay the landlord and stop the inventory from being seized by court did a number on my health. It also destroyed our remaining savings.
But at least we are still here and still able to work for the people who need us. That’s already a blessing.
I try to think of it as three lost years, and if we keep working another three we may be where we should be today.