Do any of you think things will ever go back to normal?

submitted by PencilPusher55 from self.conspiracy

Yes, normal changes day to day. What was once foreign to you could now be just another thing you're used to - but what about our real normal? Even just from 6 months ago.

It's a scary notion too look back at being able to go into stores with no mask on and feel nostalgic, which is strange to say the least. Longing for a time that has been but a few months? So much has changed in a small span of time.

What do you think? How do you personally think this will play out? Will Trump win the election and the fear mongering will just amplify, or what if Biden wins. Will the virus disappear overnight?

Maybe the outcome of this is predictable, for me it's not. I have zero idea as to where we will be in a year from now regarding the covid situation. Locked in our homes or will this all be forgotten about once a new narrative comes along.

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[–]Robin 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't think the choice of US president means much. I suspect that Covid-19 will be old news soon, since the low case fatality rate is becoming obvious. I hope this does inspire anyone to release Covid-20, but that's a real possibility. If mandatory vaccination is carried out, that will go badly for those affected.

The trillions of bilkout money created and given to the hyperwealthy will result in increased real poverty, which will be blamed on Covid. In the long term, I think this event will help people see how much they are lied to by corporate media, and why just shrugging and ignoring this is not a good option. i.e. it will clarify that Black Is The New White: http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/750

[–]StillLessons 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

As someone who has been a conscious and active witness of society since 1990, I do believe there is a fundamental shift in thinking going on. The United States was incorporated in 1776 with a very clear declaration by its founders that individual liberty was the touchstone from which all just systems operate. This is why the constitution could not have held until the bill of rights was added. Government was viewed as inherently unjust - though unavoidable - and most definitely to be limited in all possible ways. In places where there was doubt, the individual was assumed to have control, and the government was not permitted to override that.

In the last ten years, the entire concept of individual liberty is under assault. The leaders of BLM, in particular, have stated openly they are marxists. Marx's philosophy does not deal with individuals; it deals with classes. Now we have Covid, and with it the declaration that individual liberty ends in the event of viral pandemic. It's not just the government doing this. There are a significant number of people who fully support the agents of the government enforcing "safety" regulations on their fellow citizens. "Community Safety" is now considered by a large portion of the population to be a greater value than individual liberty.

This is a huge shift in philosophy, and it has major repercussions for the fate of the United States going forward. People migrate to this country because they are tired of not being able to express themselves (open businesses, speak politically, practice religion freely, etc) in the countries they are leaving. But those reasons for coming to the US all depend on individual liberty. Once the majority once again rules (which is what we are now living under), all those freedoms go out the window, one by one. Please notice that religion - which is the FIRST of the Bill of Rights - is also the first freedom jettisoned under Covid.

The Ben Franklin quote has been put out thousands of times over the past ten years, but I will close with it once again, because it truly does perfectly describe our current societal movement, and we are moving exactly the wrong way:

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

We have abandoned Liberty as our goal. I guarantee we are no safer as a result.

[–]FedUpTrucker 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think you summed it up perfectly. Thank you

[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Things are normal for me already, I just have to wear a mask sometimes when I go shopping, but that will go away in a few months. No big deal honestly

[–]EarthNug 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Things haven't been normal (for me) since Sept 11th 2001. Before that date we could freely travel without having to show id. We could wear a backpack and go to a concert or game without having to pass through a metal detector and open our bags to be inspected or even be told to leave the backpack behind etc etc.

Things will be normal, it will just be a new normal. We will just have to make the best of it.