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Originally Posted by Saqe
More interesting question here for me is the origin of this political divide. When and how did it start? Why is the vaccine topic the thing that has made some people suddenly worried about losing their freedom? That the vaccine mandate will put us on that slippery slope that leads to totalitarianism. It seems such a random and absurd place to draw the line. Or has this simply been the tipping point of all the political tension than has been building up for couple of decades in the our societies, aided by social media, and the topics are mostly irrelevant. Or is it just the fact that the internet and social media has provided a platform for the extremes to shout out moronic ideas anonymously without any responsibility and they do it the loudest.
Putting my tinfoil hat on, Putin and his chat bots are gas lighting all platforms and trying to divide people as much as possible. Lol.
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Actually, I think that's not so far-fetched. Russia does want to weaken the West as much as possible, and what better way to do that than to prolong the pandemic and its associated economic shutdowns, and what better way to weaken democracy than to forment distrust among our people?
If you look at the origin of most anti-vaxx information (not just related to COVID-19), it primarily comes from Russian sources.