FRM2011 wrote:Corona has taught me several things.
1. Many people are closeted socialists. I have heard and read about a proposal to have landlords waive rent. Its okay when those proposals are in that cesspit of ignorance called Facebook. But when you start reading it on Twitter from people you hitherto respected, it gets scary. I am a landlord and I ain't waiving a cent.
2. Middle-class kenyans are extremely out of touch with reality. They are asking for a lockdown whilst a government that can't handle quarantine is in power.
3. I saw people praising Putin and M-7 for their strong arm approach. Again no surprise coming from bimbos like Carolina mutoko. But when it comes from guys who've defended freedom, democracy and human rights for decades, it becomes a shocker.
People are willing to sacrifice their rights and freedoms and entrust big government to protect them.
I admire South Korea,Taiwan, Singapore for their success.
You're talking about some serious issues. The connection between philosophy, science and politics has never been clearer. How we choose to solve our problems is a matter of how seriously we question and evaluate our beliefs.
Anyway, one may say that humans are socialist animals, and allude it to Aristotle and go way back in history till when time began.
The middle class is alienated from politics and from human socialism. Their existence is justified by brute capitalism, as they work to climb the ladder and get the goodies and toys.
Freedom, is a state of consciousness: you can never lose it once you get it, yet the default is its absence in the most cherished institutions like 'mother'.