• for: key insight - anti-vaxxers, key insight - conspiracy theories, key insight - maga, key insight - neoliberalism and failure at collective action

• key insight: neoliberalism and failure of collective action

  • neoliberalism's continuous assault on society has striped use off any support system, leaving us to fend for ourselves
  • when polycrisis events occur, it provokes a distrust of any attempt at government intervention
  • this is a sign of things to come when climate chaos will accelerate social breakdown

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Except mind altering drugs often affect more than the individual themselves. Autonomy out to give way, in instances like these, to the greater public good/safety. Our choices always affect more than just ourselves.