not an excuse at all, but I will point out that you are older (as am I) and we received better educations (even though we were indoctrinated). Younger people, including people at the prime of their dangerous public health careers, really got a very strong dose of brainwashing. The younger ones (20s and 30s) even more so. It's frightening…
not an excuse at all, but I will point out that you are older (as am I) and we received better educations (even though we were indoctrinated). Younger people, including people at the prime of their dangerous public health careers, really got a very strong dose of brainwashing. The younger ones (20s and 30s) even more so. It's frightening. Not an excuse.
Maybe instead of "well-educated" we should say "well-indoctrinated" with advanced degrees of indoctrination.
Also.... the internet has really clamped down and what used to be fairly accessible and easy to research even 8 years ago is much, much harder. To be able to just "stumble upon" truthful information -- not so very likely anymore. You have to know it's there, and you have to be a relentless digger for truth.
After so many years of trying in various ways to improve things by the usual means of activism or advocacy or leadership roles without seeing it bear fruit, we could give up or we can find another way. If that is "kill or be killed," then so be it. I really do sense that we are at that inflection point, Tony. Things are not the same as they were, and we are on the edge. It feels a bit tricky to navigate (especially in a compassionate, humane way), but the only path is forward. It's not what I expected. But it's where we are. I hope to make it through, make a few decisive moves of my own and see a better future. No way I'm giving up.
not an excuse at all, but I will point out that you are older (as am I) and we received better educations (even though we were indoctrinated). Younger people, including people at the prime of their dangerous public health careers, really got a very strong dose of brainwashing. The younger ones (20s and 30s) even more so. It's frightening. Not an excuse.
Maybe instead of "well-educated" we should say "well-indoctrinated" with advanced degrees of indoctrination.
Also.... the internet has really clamped down and what used to be fairly accessible and easy to research even 8 years ago is much, much harder. To be able to just "stumble upon" truthful information -- not so very likely anymore. You have to know it's there, and you have to be a relentless digger for truth.
After so many years of trying in various ways to improve things by the usual means of activism or advocacy or leadership roles without seeing it bear fruit, we could give up or we can find another way. If that is "kill or be killed," then so be it. I really do sense that we are at that inflection point, Tony. Things are not the same as they were, and we are on the edge. It feels a bit tricky to navigate (especially in a compassionate, humane way), but the only path is forward. It's not what I expected. But it's where we are. I hope to make it through, make a few decisive moves of my own and see a better future. No way I'm giving up.