xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

@gabriel
>People forget that a side consequence of forcing people to stay home is that many had nothing better to do than deep dive why they were doing this to people. I think many people "overdosed on redpills" and that's going to have a lasting effect.

I think it has less to do with more freetime and more to do with the fact that months into the lockdown (George Floyd riots aside) some international organization that people otherwise would have never cared about announced that the pandemic provided an "opportunity" for a "global reset". I mean, that's just the ultimate form of gaslighting, saying that things will get normal in a few weeks, delay the promise, and say that they won't get back to normal because "it's too great of an opportunity".

>But I'll go further. So much of our "post-pandemic" experience is shaped by decisions, policy choices, and devastation from what was done during those years. I can empathize with those who don't have the luxury of "moving on".

Yeah, I'm in the same situation. I was in my final years of college when it happened. So many graduates were unable to find jobs because they couldn't get internships and not many people were hiring and still aren't hiring. Not to mention the vaccine mandates.

>Libertarians (and anarchists) have very little to offer people when the problems have reached such a level where even those who would be otherwise insulated from the problems are now desperate for a quick fix. Abstract principles mean very little when all the people know is misery and betrayal. Those who aim to defend liberalism and our so-called democracies should really consider where things went wrong in 2020/2021...and what their role in it was.

Well the thing about libertarianism/anarchism/voluntaryism is that the people who subscribe to those ideologies seem to be one of the few people that acknowledge that both parties are corrupt and that voting will change very little (if at all). Sure you could just overthrow the government and start over, but what is preventing that government from becoming corrupt or another shadow government from forming? Maybe we can have a much beefier constitution, but we need better enforcement of said constitution. That's why I like states like New Hampshire, Wyoming, Utah, and Florida because they remember that the 10th amendment exists and they have a right not to enforce unconstitutional laws. I think that amendment should also apply to local governments.

@anonmoose90 No idea. Given that he is also a free/libre software zealot and Richard Stallman has similar views on COVID among other issues, he probably gets them from him.

Also, be very careful about announcing any births because there is a good chance he will scold you for it.

@anonmoose90 Who's deal?

All these libertarian Twitter accounts are still stuck in 2020/2021 because they still like to post COVID memes for whatever reason.

I mean yeah, it's important that people NEVER forget what the government has done to them, but they don't realize that most people have moved on, unless your name is Jeff Cliff.

I really miss the pre-2014 Internet.

I know some of you will say they want the pre-2007 Internet, or even before that, but I'd argue that GamerGate truly changed the Internet landscape forever. Now everyone with a significant presence on the Internet has to pick a side, whether their presence is political or not. I just miss the days when you can just simply create something, share it on the Internet, and not be forced at gun point to share your stance on something like abortion, and if you wanted to, you can simply talk about those issues on some separate account.

One good thing that came from the political polarization from the past decade however is that it finally gave people an excuse to look at alternative platforms. Not even the Snowden leaks were enough to get people to jump ship.