“Powerful people — particularly those in Big Tech, Big Pharma, and Big Government — benefit from silencing people like Malone, even if it fuels the very conspiracies they aim to quell, but why do so many normal Americans go along with this? Are they just ignorant or do they have a selfish side that likes the changes Covid has wrought upon society?”
“Obviously, it’s a bit of both. Most people likely go along to get along because the alternative would be joining the ranks of Covid critical thinkers who continue to face all kinds of marginalization and discrimination from all directions.”
“There is also something deeper at play that explains much of the tyrannical impulses of the Covid regime: it is based on a utilitarian ethic that is thoroughly at odds with the democratic process and human freedom.”
“Rather than view people speaking and acting for themselves as intrinsic goods, leftist utilitarianism views these activities as counterproductive and harmful. If the goal is to have technological and cultural progress, then the fastest way to achieve this would be to centralize authority and empower it to eliminate dissent and enforce collective cooperation.”
“However, because humans value their freedom and autonomy, leftists will obscure their questionable methods by speaking only of their lofty goals. They will speak of utopias of perfect diversity, equality, prosperity, purity, and justice at the same time they aggressively suppress the means taken to create these utopias. If anyone objects to these methods, they will be mischaracterized as objecting to the goals. Conform, or you’re a bigot.”