Nature is the ultimate fascist. It's completely natural.

the cure for fascism is democracy: empower the people to be actual citizens. but you can't get there without revolution, and usa hasn't got many citizen quality members, not raised to it.

@@alloomis1635 fascism is the destiny that awaits us.

Yes ... and Dr. Timothy Snyder's work highly relevant last 5 years, unfortunately.

Surrealist Idealist: That's not been quantified or verified by any legitimate scientific or medical study. Until now, there has never been any clear definition of what "Mild" is. And 2 years is NOT quantifiable as "Long Term". So, it's important to remember, that despite what has been reported by the MSM, there has been virtually no testing on the vaccines and only moderate testing of the virus. The general public IS the test group for both the vaccines and the virus.

@@Vanderearden 2 years (for those affected) is enough to lose your job and make a serious dent in your long-term career earnings. Agree that there isn't ANY real data yet about Long Covid rates from omicron though. Let's hope that it's much less than that from the original version of Covid, and milder/shorter for those who are affected.

@@davidbarry6900: Yes, two years is a long time for a person effected, either directly or indirectly, by the virus. But in the science and medical community, 2 years is by no means a baseline to determine any data of "Long Term" effects.

Good point, but do they really. Is there any documentation on that. I've not heard it before, but it sounds plausible.

@@Vanderearden No testing on the vaccines? Please, hundred of millions of people have taken the vaccines - they are working spectacularly - better than they even hoped for. The test group had no side-effects and mostly what people are seeing are extraneous or coincidental problems, or psychosomatic issues. You seem to be pumping up the anti-vax BS in a new way. No one needs that BS - at least without some proof, and you've got none.

true most of the dutch come to belgium now, its not that far if they want to do some shopping etc

Like who?

What paper ... that's important news?

No.

No. Kiev passed a new law to allow fast conscription and calling up reservists. Russia has been surprise invaded from Europe many many times, like... I think three times last century, which, while that seems like ancient history to us, when tens of millions of people are killed, it kinda stays in your psyche for some time. Western population of Ukraine are rather ethnically different to eastern population, they probably shouldn't be a single country (or at least, should be federated, so neither population feels ruled over by people who hate them). The EU triggered all this in 2014 with their proposal for "closer ties", which was basically an attempted land grab to fuel the global asset grabbing frenzy that's going on. Ukraine has lots of land, one of the biggest grain exporters, and European wealth hoarders want it, but Ukrainian oligarchs don't want to sell, and plutocrats HATE being told "no" by people with hundreds of times less money (but, their own country, which has its advantages). This caused the split in Ukraine, as "closer ties to Europe" meant Russian population being cut off from Russia, hurting their existing trade and way of life etc. Also, Ukraine keeps stealing gas from the pipeline running through their county that is meant to transport to Europe, so a new pipeline has been built between Russia and Germany, so Russia can just stop using the Ukraine pipeline when the gas stops being delivered. Plus, there's a whole thing with Hillary Clinton making promises to Putin, while secretly working with Sarkozy to have a fake Arab Spring in Libya, supporting a rebel group who basically promised to give Russia's oil concessions to France and the US in return for help overthrowing Gadafi, that's a whole 'nother can o' worms right there, but she was behind a lot of the anti-Russia sentiment as fallout from that following her 2016 election failure. So, not quite that simple.

How convenient!

I think the point is that we are being primed for fascism through relentless media stories about rugged individualism, from news to movies, it's always collectivism encumbering our plucky hero preventing them from "doing the right thing", and hamfisted attempts to bring back McCarthy era communist boogie men from the most unlikely places, i.e. red dawn 2. And that's not to mention the plain sight fascist conspiracies from cointelpro to the Powell memo blurring the lines between industry and government. It's not that fascism is easier, it's that its counterpoint has been fastidiously scrubbed away from the American mind. Its incredible to see this latest push for unionization in the face of overwhelming attacks, and I think that underscores the reality of just how squeezed people truly are.

@@davef6997 you make sense. what is weird is the fusion of the individualism with collectivism, free marketeers with authoritarianists, the man against the system with the system itself

Moronic?

@@webfreakz no, David Bowie was in fact in a game called Omikron

@@Venomous9 ah ok, i was just creating an anagram for the word Omikron :P

Omikron: The Nomad Soul

Whatever you say Moscow Mitch, I think you've seen Hoffa too many times

It's a niche product. Blyth happened to become aware of its existence. As he often seems to do, Blyth conflates his own new awareness with something broader. He's getting to be like the Joe Rogan of the Ivy League that way.

what's even more embarrassing is that his name is Kieth

I think it's more that they think a 'new idea' is the same thing as slapping a new coat of paint (or changing something irrelevant like the sex of people involved or the location) on an old film and puking it up into the world with enough bought and paid for 'expert' reviews claiming it is good.

Dunno about the inflation prediction, but it's embarrassing to watch him crow about predicting that Manchin would behave like Manchin. Look up Manchin's daughter's "career" -- does it prove that West Virginia is part of the epinephrine belt? Maybe, by Blyth's logic. Or it could be just plain old dynastic corruption, oozing into any economic sector available. There are lots of local dynasties in America. One of these days Blyth is going to notice that, and then bang on about it like it's his own unique and counterintuitive insight. His remarks about the 1000 hp crate engine are simply lazy and inane. It's a niche product, for racing. Does Blyth think we're going to be seeing them in every Buick coming off the line? What's he going to opine on next, neurosurgical techniques?

" Think like me or you are anti American " * slaps forehead *

You are anti-democratic which is anti-American

what's wrong with being both

@@julianshepherd2038 how is America democratic? last I checked, we have an electoral college.

@@julianshepherd2038 And super delegates.