- Re: There ain't gonna be a revolution... Archived Message
Posted by dereklane
on May 20, 2020, 6:28 pm, in reply to "There ain't gonna be a revolution..."
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People need people. Some are lucky enough to have them with them in their home. Many are not. Mental health isn't something to be pushed aside for more important stuff. That's how I feel about it anyway. Maybe some are sufficiently misanthropic for it to be water off a ducks back, but not me. Most I've spoken to that have others in their life and homes seem to have zero understanding of the fact that in isolation people are withering (as we have done for millions of years: it is widely acknowledged that humans are social creatures not by whim buy necessity). Of course I disagree with the method of return (workers first and facilities to ensure that happens like schools). I'd be more comfortable with completely loosened restrictions on social interaction (people can decide that one on their own on how it affects those they care about if they are ill in ways that schools and employers never will ). But championing a lockdown that is no kind of lockdown at all, that serves big business but not the octogenarian in a home seems stupid. It's not black and white; and the Tory method is a violent one. As for protest, I'm a firm believer in protest that stands a snowballs chance in hell of achieving anything. Your method doesn't. Why are you so angry all the time? Why does being right seem to be the only approach to a discussion online (or in real life for that matter) for so many? Aren't there multiple issues facing any given person at any given time that possibly all need a resolution? Is our existence limited only to surviving for the longest period or is there perhaps more to life than survival? Might others weigh those things differently to me? |