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I had a realization when it comes to the whole "trust the experts" meme. There is nothing wrong with experts themselves. Even those who despise the slogan have experts they trust.

The problem is that the "experts" we are told we need to trust are preselected by the government to parrot whatever narrative they want. Other experts who may disagree are never the ones we are given permission to trust.

@Tfmonkey I think every time you talk about how the reason that military recruitment is down is not due to the Covid "vaccine" requirement, I think that there is a mistake there. Yes, the other factors are also good reasons, but I don't think that the clot shot requirements cannot be factored out because it is not as if they cannot just bring it back again or bring it back in some other form.

In this case, the cat is out of the bag and everyone knows that mRNA shots can be compelled at any time

Article for reference:

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/biden-agrees-to-sign-bill-that-could-ban-tiktok-if-congress-passes-it-5603880?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=top-news-top-stories-0-large-1

I get that many at the Epoch Times would be concerned about China and the CCP, though I will have to say as far as my interests go, my own government is a far greater threat to my freedom and wellbeing than the Chinese government. Perhaps this is all part of the groundwork for war against China. Who knows though?

I get a very strong feeling that all the talk about banning TikTok has nothing to do with national security in the slightest. Or perhaps you could say it is "national security" in the sense that they want to keep their power secure by making sure they can remove any platforms getting too big outside of the mainstream ones they already control.

I give very few shits about "misinformation" or censorship concerns when our own government is doing all of that already to a worse extent.

Sometimes I cringe at Vox Day being far too investing in the Socio-Sexual-Hierarchy (pretty sure he was the one who coined the term "Sigma male" and still uses it unironically).

That does not mean I cringe at everything. People are a mixed bag, some points they make are good, others questionable.

This is an example of a good point being made:

https://voxday.net/2024/03/02/just-1-thing/

Gatekeeping is good. There is a reason to have the gate and the rest of the barrier around it.