We’re the founders of Substack, we just launched an iOS app. AUA

Re:We’re the founders of Substack, we just launched an iOS a... by bambax on Friday March 11, 2022 @09:15AM (#30640142)

> Internment. Mandatory medication. Segregation of whole sections of society. Mass sackings. A drumbeat media consensus. The systematic censoring of dissent. The deliberate creation by the state and the press of a climate of fear and suspicion. What could possibly justify this? Perhaps the combination of a terrible pandemic which killed or maimed large percentages of those it infected, and the existence of a safe and reliable medicine which was proven to prevent its spread. This, of course, is what we are said to be living through. This is the Narrative.

> But it is clear enough by now that the Narrative is not true. Covid-19 is a nasty illness which should be taken seriously, especially by those who are especially vulnerable to it. But it is nowhere near dangerous enough - if anything could be - to justify the creation of a global police state. [1]

If you don't see the conspiracy theory in this, then I can't help you.

(Me, all I need is the capital N at "Narrative".)

[1] https://paulkingsnorth.substack.com/p/the-vaccine-moment-par...

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Re:We’re the founders of Substack, we just launched an iOS a... by native_samples on Friday March 11, 2022 @10:06AM (#30640781)

It doesn't posit the existence of a conspiracy anywhere. "Narratives" can be emergent phenomena, just like religion is. It doesn't require cigarette smoking men in back rooms.

You seem to be particularly triggered by the word narrative - ignore that word if you like, or mentally replace it with "what governments tell us" and which part of what was said above is false?

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Re:We’re the founders of Substack, we just launched an iOS a... by cheeseomlit on Friday March 11, 2022 @09:27AM (#30640311)

That all sounds pretty accurate and reasonable to me. I guess we can't help each other.

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