None of this actually addresses what Desmet is saying. If it does, explain it.
Peaceful noncompliance is not only a good goal, it is a very difficult one, but ultimately will prevail.
I know it doesn't jive with what the world currently is. And I have to be honest here, I don't know what I would do if faced with my loved ones being attacked. More than likely, I would take up arms against those who would harm another.
But if it is just me alone. I will not comply. And there is a good chance I will get beaten or tortured. So teh answer is to peacefully not comply. And I die. I have no ridiculous notions that it is something that is easy.
My answer to that is. If they succumbed to the narrative and did not influence others to do the same, then they are a victim. If they took the shot to keep their job, or they wore a mask because they thought it would protect them, or if they stayed at home becaase it would keep them safe. They are a victim. But if they got their kids vaccinated, sorry, but there is some blame to go there. And if you yelled at others about masks, then again, you have some blame.
What about those of us that knew masks didn't work and vaccines were ineffective and didn't say anything? I think to a degree we are culpable as well. We are all responsible. Desmet himself says this. We are all responsible.
Desmet says:
"The whole of society has a part in its rise inone way or another; every person bears a responsibility in it. ThatтАЩs why this nuanced statement is usually unsatisfactory for those who thirst for certainty and seek to vent anger and frustration by pointing out one main culprit."
Also, it is definitely happening. Imagine someone saying that to solve Covid, all you had to do was wear a mask, social distance, and take an experimental vaccine.
What do you think Desmet is saying? The solution he expressed at the end of chapter 8 was peaceful noncompliance, and speaking out against it.
None of this actually addresses what Desmet is saying. If it does, explain it.
Peaceful noncompliance is not only a good goal, it is a very difficult one, but ultimately will prevail.
I know it doesn't jive with what the world currently is. And I have to be honest here, I don't know what I would do if faced with my loved ones being attacked. More than likely, I would take up arms against those who would harm another.
But if it is just me alone. I will not comply. And there is a good chance I will get beaten or tortured. So teh answer is to peacefully not comply. And I die. I have no ridiculous notions that it is something that is easy.
My answer to that is. If they succumbed to the narrative and did not influence others to do the same, then they are a victim. If they took the shot to keep their job, or they wore a mask because they thought it would protect them, or if they stayed at home becaase it would keep them safe. They are a victim. But if they got their kids vaccinated, sorry, but there is some blame to go there. And if you yelled at others about masks, then again, you have some blame.
What about those of us that knew masks didn't work and vaccines were ineffective and didn't say anything? I think to a degree we are culpable as well. We are all responsible. Desmet himself says this. We are all responsible.
Desmet says:
"The whole of society has a part in its rise inone way or another; every person bears a responsibility in it. ThatтАЩs why this nuanced statement is usually unsatisfactory for those who thirst for certainty and seek to vent anger and frustration by pointing out one main culprit."
Also, it is definitely happening. Imagine someone saying that to solve Covid, all you had to do was wear a mask, social distance, and take an experimental vaccine.