Do You Want People To Die?

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Safetyism is becoming an increasing danger to our fundamental liberties.  Safetyism refers to a cultural trend that places an overarching emphasis on physical and emotional safety above all else. It’s a cultural trend pervasive in the West, with many people advocating for policies and practices that prioritize safety and risk avoidance over other considerations.

The mantra is “if it saves just one life, it is worth the effort.”  This leads to a loss of perspective and the ability to analyze the costs of such activities.  For example, does the saving of that one life lead to the loss of other lives?

COVID is one of clearest examples of this kind of distorted thinking.  Governments implemented strict lock downs, mandates and other measures in the name of public health and safety.  Little or no consideration was given to the costs or realities of such actions.  And I am not going anywhere near the effects of an unproven therapeutic being mandated.

One observer noted that there was little consideration for things like:

  • Societal Cost-Benefit Analysis – public health officials somehow forgot that their job was to do what is best for society as whole, not try to save every single life at any cost…things like life years lost were not accepted as metrics for decision making thereby conflating the value of the life of a child with that of a terminally ill 90-year-old

  • Unintended Consequences – I’m always flabbergasted when I think that public health officials decided to run a giant lock down experiment on hundreds of millions of people (billions if you count the non-western world) without even considering that, beyond predictable tradeoffs that they ignored, they don’t know what they don’t know…this was never even considered

Let’s be reminded that there will be significant social, economic and psychological costs from this far into the future.  The effect on the social, emotional and educational development of children is just beginning to be understood.  Dr. Fauci will no longer be here when the full bill comes due.

Many Americans gave up basic freedoms for illogical policies that did not even address the problem.  Not only that but those who actually continued to think critically were ostracized from society as being dangerous.  This expanded the government’s power over all people.  It is relatively easy to impose new rules, regulations and laws behind the mantra of “saving just one life.”

Even speech became an issue of safety.  In the current environment, any dissenting opinion or action that is perceived to put safety at risk is seen as a threat. This leads to a culture of fear and intolerance, where those who question the safety orthodoxy are ostracized and punished.  How often did we see this come into play during the COVID scamdemic?  Where were reason and facts in all of this?  What happened to an individual’s inalienable rights?

Consider the video below to highlight the ridiculousness of many of the strictures that were placed on us and continue to be bandied about for the future.