These statements unapologetically articulate the authors’ intention to roll back individual human rights for the sake of “wider society,” a sentiment repeatedly echoed throughout the document.

Dividing the world into worthy and unworthy victims is a tactic used to justify our crimes and demonize our enemies. Conflicts will not be solved until all nations abide by international law and all victims are deemed worthy.

School closures in the USA were disproportionately in liberal strongholds and attitudes were temporaly linked to Trump’s advocacy. Closing school for more than a year is the greatest domestic policy failure of the last 25 years.

War and conflict are the enemies of truth. The Ukraine conflict has engendered a dangerous frenzy in the West. Does it say more about us than it does about Russia or Ukraine?

So where do we go from here? Many suspect that Joe Biden will use the state of the union address to move towards normalization and pivot to another major propaganda effort focused on Russia and the Ukrane.

As the latest anti-Substack campaign shows, more and more people are forgetting why free speech works. Even in a society with fairly robust protections, as ours once was, the most dangerous misinformation is always, without exception, official.

Holocaust survivor Vera Sharav described the striking parallels between what she witnessed as a child in Nazi Germany, and COVID policies being enacted today by governments around the globe.

You paid for cases of N95 masks, like some forgettable asswipe on CNN. You wore them everywhere, you wore them in bed, you wore them when you Kamala-kissed your partner. You still got Covid. Did you take the training to learn how to fit your N95 masks correctly? No? Then catching Covid was your fault.