Olson takes a number of nonsensical positions—positions rendered untenable by her own research, thus requiring double-think to maintain.
Monthly Archives: February 2021
The Summer of Hate
If what happened in San Francisco in June of 1967 was the Summer of Love, what are we to make of the protests that occurred in major cities throughout the country during the summer of 2020? And what can we learn from these events? On the one hand, we learn that if you peacefully assemble …
Safety Second or: What I Learned from Shaun of the Dead
The truth about safety is that we will never be safe—not by any objective standard. It’s interesting to see how people can lose sight of something so obvious when they are being bombarded with propaganda. I suppose that’s a sign of an effective propaganda campaign: Some people actually come to believe that maybe 2+2 doesn’t …
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Brer Rabbit Social Engineering in The Social Dilemma
I don’t want to dwell on the melodramatic aspects of the documentary. The misfires in the script are the least interesting parts. What I find most interesting is the docudrama’s resemblance to an old Brer Rabbit trick.
The Meaning of Lockdowns
Clearly implied in the idea of lockdown is that you and I are too stupid to make decisions for ourselves. Being so stupid, we need people who call themselves “the government” (people who are presumably not so stupid) to decide for us what we can and cannot do. We need these people to force us …
The Two Faces of Fauci
Anyone who listens to Anthony “The Science” Fauci might have noticed a curious phenomenon. I call this phenomenon “the two faces of Fauci.” The two faces of Fauci can be seen when Fauci makes a sober assessment regarding COVID-19 before a small circle of his colleagues. Then, regarding the same subject, Fauci says something very …