I see a very disorganized world of confusion now with more and more information arriving in conflict. The public health officials have become politicians unable to admit error and correct policies that clearly have failed, if I can trust the data in the various non-partisan databanks. It seems total inertia prevents an change in mindset. Examine today's recent debate https://sensiblemed.substack.com/p/a-pro-con-debate-should-doctors-encourage. I am stunned at Dr Cifu's capture by other authority. The comments are revealing that the readers aren't buying his viewpoint. I simply am concerned that his logic is not data driven but full of opinion when data are available.
On your home front, we see some debate over US supporting the war. I find that any tolerance for allowing Russia to invade a neighbor is awful politics. If Zelensky is corrupt so what, we have remedies for that and it's a side show against a brutal aggressor. I'm convinced that nearly all politicians are corrupt anyway and few have the guts to represent their constituents. Can the world afford to ignore the aggression?
The climate debate is also flawed and the attempt by a few to return to 1890 seems crazy. Malthus has been refuted in every generation by technology advancements created by a excess of energy over primary needs. We no longer spend hours hauling water from that well but some can afford to stare at a screen all day. What technology has harmed, technology can restore. But we need continued prosperity to develop those technologies which can't be rushed. Killing the goose before we get the golden egg isn't wise policy.
More articles come out daily. This one is about the incentives for hospitals to (1) identify anybody they could as Covid patients, (2) put them on ventilators and remdesivir, and (3) thus kill them. Worth $100,000 a pop.
Just to be pedantic, I thought RJRummel was the 'Democide' dude.
From his wiki entry
"Rummel coined the term democide for murder by government, such as the genocide of indigenous peoples and colonialism, Nazi Germany, the Stalinist purges, Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution, and other authoritarian, totalitarian, or undemocratic regimes, coming to the conclusion that democratic regimes result in the least democides.[2]"
I see a very disorganized world of confusion now with more and more information arriving in conflict. The public health officials have become politicians unable to admit error and correct policies that clearly have failed, if I can trust the data in the various non-partisan databanks. It seems total inertia prevents an change in mindset. Examine today's recent debate https://sensiblemed.substack.com/p/a-pro-con-debate-should-doctors-encourage. I am stunned at Dr Cifu's capture by other authority. The comments are revealing that the readers aren't buying his viewpoint. I simply am concerned that his logic is not data driven but full of opinion when data are available.
On your home front, we see some debate over US supporting the war. I find that any tolerance for allowing Russia to invade a neighbor is awful politics. If Zelensky is corrupt so what, we have remedies for that and it's a side show against a brutal aggressor. I'm convinced that nearly all politicians are corrupt anyway and few have the guts to represent their constituents. Can the world afford to ignore the aggression?
The climate debate is also flawed and the attempt by a few to return to 1890 seems crazy. Malthus has been refuted in every generation by technology advancements created by a excess of energy over primary needs. We no longer spend hours hauling water from that well but some can afford to stare at a screen all day. What technology has harmed, technology can restore. But we need continued prosperity to develop those technologies which can't be rushed. Killing the goose before we get the golden egg isn't wise policy.
More articles come out daily. This one is about the incentives for hospitals to (1) identify anybody they could as Covid patients, (2) put them on ventilators and remdesivir, and (3) thus kill them. Worth $100,000 a pop.
https://stopworldcontrol.com/murder/
Just to be pedantic, I thought RJRummel was the 'Democide' dude.
From his wiki entry
"Rummel coined the term democide for murder by government, such as the genocide of indigenous peoples and colonialism, Nazi Germany, the Stalinist purges, Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution, and other authoritarian, totalitarian, or undemocratic regimes, coming to the conclusion that democratic regimes result in the least democides.[2]"
Won't disagree. Yeadon was the first I noted to apply it to the Covid vaccines.