@Neron That's so ridiculous! My heart absolutely goes out to you.
@SamW98 That's a very interesting point, and it chimes with other prominent social issues that the moment you ask a genuine question, you can get shut down and ridiculed in a heart beat, and even reported for hatespeech / thought crime.
Interestingly I've just pootled around Youtube just to see where we're at with current Covid "conspiracies" and I found one video, just one that covers everything from who owns and controls the media and social media, how information has been controlled during the whole thing, the fact that there have been patents taken out in the US on Coronaviruses (Not Covid 19 specifically) and much dodginess.
It's not the Original Plandemic video, which apparently has debunked to the far side of debunked and can no longer be found, I found it on of all things the channel of an Avon rep, and she had had to film it from another platform on a device to upload it today. She intends to come back with Part 2. I don't know who has produced it, and apart from a few queries about the coincidences around the origins of C-19, it's much more about the wider implications, and finished with a segment about the great Re-set which is not a conspiracy theory, it is a genuine, global move to "Build back better" which is a quote used by our own PM in at least one of his broadcasts.
Funnily enough every video that comes up when you type in just the word plandemic is a debunking video, and videos about how people questioning all of this are probably mentally ill (and dangerous for even thinking about this stuff).
Now, I don't know how far I want to go in thinking about how this pandemic has come about, but I don't see why I shouldn't be allowed, without overt censorship, to look at some of the wilder claims and then do the research myself. But it's for the greater good, you may say, because some people will go over the edge etc etc. But they're going to have to control this so tightly, because if anything ever does come to light and there is evidence to prove that that there are massively unsavoury elements in the "dealing with it" context, that point to a drive for global authoritarianism, then a damn sight more people will definitely lose the plot. Or will they?
It has also occurred to me that we are bombarded with the messages "keep calm and carry on" "think positive" "be kind" in many forms, in quite a cult like manner, because this is the key to resilience, for your own good, such an overworked and over-simplified word right now, implying that no matter how bad things are for you, if you don't keep ploughing on regardless, it's an inner moral failing, nothing to do with, for example, a benefits system apparently designed to undermine your responsible choices at every turn.
The more I look into this, the more sinister it seems. And it's hard to correlate it all with the real world when the sun is shining, it's a weekend of relaxation, I can meet someone else without fear of prosecution so yes, I have lots to be grateful for......... so I get why people want to trust in abetter future.
But what costs come with it? And will it really be so much better?