Politics And Pandemic

[achillea]

Pathogens and Politics: Further Evidence That Parasite Prevalence Predicts Authoritarianism

 

[achillea]

Recently, it has been suggested that societal variability in authoritarian governance may result, in part, from variability in the prevalence of disease-causing parasites [7]. (In this context, “parasite” is used to refer broadly to any pathogenic organism, including bacteria and viruses as well as helminths)

This appears to be happening with the Cov idiocy......WEAR THAT MASK....CONFORM CONFORM
At a psychological level of analysis, empirical evidence reveals that the subjective perception of infection risk causes individuals to be more conformist, to prefer conformity and obedience in others, to respond more negatively toward others who fail to conform, and to endorse more conservative socio-political attitudes

In addition to their conceptual implications, these results may also have useful implications for predicting the collateral consequences of health-related public policies. If indeed parasite stress has unique causal implications for authoritarian governance, then disease-eradication programs may not only have direct consequences for human health, they may also have indirect consequences for individual rights, civil liberties, and political freedoms.

 

[Regina]

Excellent video on C4eMtRa1Lz

 

[Peatness]

I wasn't sure where to post this. I found out today that David Graeber died last year, this piece was written a few months before his death.

David Graeber: After the Pandemic, We Can’t Go Back to Sleep

David Graeber: After the Pandemic, We Can’t Go Back to Sleep

In an essay penned shortly before his death, David Graeber argued that post-pandemic, we can’t slip back into a reality where the way our society is organized — to serve every whim of a small handful of rich people while debasing and degrading the vast majority of us — is seen as sensible or...

jacobinmag.com

This is a video from 2018


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kikzjTfos0s