Re:Employee shortages: Where have all the workers gone?
by fallenspec on Saturday July 31, 2021 @01:09PM
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There were many notable people who were exposed as to exposing that we all should be lockdown while breaking the rules themselves. It is quite frustrating when I live in an area where almost everyone followed the rules.
Yes there is a quite an element to theatre to the whole thing, which makes sensible discussion about the issue impossible. Which I believe is somewhat by design.
Re:Employee shortages: Where have all the workers gone?
by nate_meurer on Saturday July 31, 2021 @02:12PM
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> Which I believe is somewhat by design.
That's a really interesting thought that had never occurred to me. Maybe somewhat akin to Steve Bannon's "flood the zone with shit" strategy.
Re:Employee shortages: Where have all the workers gone?
by fallenspec on Saturday July 31, 2021 @04:58PM
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There is a short by Adam Curtis called "Oh Dear". You may have seen it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcy8uLjRHPM
The basic takeaway is that you make it impossible for the average person to keep up the thread of events and they become apathetic to it. I've also watched Adam Curtis's "Hypernormalisation". It is well worth a watch.
Re:Employee shortages: Where have all the workers gone?
by nate_meurer on Sunday August 01, 2021 @12:07PM
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Fantastic, thank you.
I think it's right the UK is returning to personal responsibility, especially as many of the rules haven't seemed to be science-based e.g. you must wear a mask entering a pub, but you are allowed to remove the mask while eating seated.
It's health-theatre, rather than virus prevention.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jun/18/vips-to-be-...