Imagine if social media closed everyday at 5pm like a shop;
We would all be forced to meet up and speak to each other in real life, to be present with our families, to go outside, to create something new or to read, or to simply just be with ourselves.
You always own your intellectual property, mailing list, and subscriber payments. With full editorial control and no gatekeepers, you can do the work you most believe in.
One of my favorite features of the current op is that we're told both "We have no idea what they are" and "They pose no threat or cause for concern." Those seem a bit at odds, no?
That's the standard. Like when it was OK for Fauci or Newsom to attend maskless parties during Covid knowing somehow that was fine, when anyone else was shunned, fired or imprisoned. They bank on a constant and well-engineered case of functioning cognitive dissonance.
It was not OK when Newsom attended maskless parties before a vaccine for covid was developed. He was lucky he did not get seriously ill and die. Before a covid vaccine was developed, among the most heavily infected areas of the US were Rockland County, NY and Orange County, NY. Both counties have a high percentage of Hasidic Jews. The Hasdics continued to live their lives as if there was no epidemic. They continued to attend massive weddings and other religious services and massive funerals. Th…