Rebuilding Community

After the lockdown people are still displaced and confused.

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This is evident by the number still wearing masks.

It no longer has anything to do with stopping a pandemic because the current one is over.

The behavior is fear-based and evidence that our local personal connections are fragile.

How did this happen?

Some believe it is the result of a form of mass hypnosis.

Life became disrupted and no longer made any sense. Things were happening, like a pandemic, followed by lockdowns, followed by riots, followed by disruption of supply chains, and open borders, and wars, and rumors of wars, and shootings, and strange governmental pronouncements at all levels, and mandates, and market crashes, and currency devaluation. and, and, and. And none of it made any sense at face value. Something was terribly wrong and we couldn’t put our finger on it. Everywhere we turned we were sucked down another rabbit hole, having to deal with insane questions like: should drag queens be a part of the elementary school curriculum?

As long as nothing makes sense to large swathes of the population the mental stability of society is susceptible to those claiming to know the answer to our problems; and the more mailable people become to anything promising a return to something, anything close to normal, we become vulnerable to authoritarians.

[As an aside, this is why those with strong religious faith are not as easily taken in. I’m not talking about cult followers, I’m talking about those who have a trust in God as they have come to understand him over enough time to have their trust substantiated. Also they expect the world at times to spin out of control. Their security is found elsewhere.]

Currently people are beginning to wake up, each in his or her own time. This also means that it is likely some will never figure out what has and is happening. I will assume that, because you are reading this, you are not completely clueless to the reality you are swimming in.

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To be continued…