Re: Whatever: The premise is dubious. I'd even say opportunistic ... 📂 Archived Message Posted by Willem on July 22, 2021, 10:11 pm, in reply to "Whatever: The premise is dubious. I'd even say opportunistic ..." Don't quite get your "Whatever: The premise is dubious." What premise? And linking to your point about China: I for one am not keen on a `social credit system' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/01/china-bans-23m-discredited-citizens-from-buying-travel-tickets-social-credit-system where some automated system penalizes you (eg stops you from travelling) if you've done something socially dubious. This will come to the UK if people are as blase about these things as you sound -- but a corporate (fascist) version of it. Message Thread: Speaking of hadow state .. here's the new shiny fascist state - Willem July 22, 2021, 12:47 am shadow state nm - Willem July 22, 2021, 12:48 am Whatever: The premise is dubious. I'd even say opportunistic ... - Tomski July 22, 2021, 1:20 am Re: Whatever: The premise is dubious. I'd even say opportunistic ... - Willem July 22, 2021, 10:11 pm Your premise that the pandemic was pre- planned for - Adamski July 23, 2021, 12:20 am Sigh. Imo you have not thought this through ... - Tomski July 23, 2021, 9:08 am Irrelevant points. I'm saying their system, but corporate style, will come here. - Willem July 23, 2021, 1:45 pm I was being polite ... - Tomski July 24, 2021, 11:14 am « Index   Searching