tl;dr: Thoughts on Anglins predictions regarding Coronavirus fallout. I think he goes too far. Nonetheless I still enjoy reading.
I am not fit to explain to you just how bad this is going to be, because I myself cannot truly picture it. It is going to be like every dystopian science fiction movie you’ve ever seen, except worse.
The idea of forced vaccinations and computer chips implanted to prove you’re vaccinated is not far-fetched. At all.
Then you have the looming specter of a massive war being used to reboot the economy and to distract the people from what has happened to them.
It’s just going to be all of the worst things you can think of.
Above are a few paragraphs from a recent article.
Over the past few weeks, I have appreciate Anglin's take on the overpitched media hysteria surrounding this virus. He has pointed out that the virus may be literally nothing more than the flu -- something I think we'll be better able to evaluate as time progresses.
However, in his efforts to drive home the point that the palliative measures we've taken are worse than this disease ever would have been (something I believe is obviously true), I think he's resorted to amplifying the current dangers of reaction to the disease.
True, our society collectively seems to have lost a battle for our own minds. True, we've lost freedoms, many of us will lose our livelihoods. I have seen the jingoistic language of the media and the bugmen, both right and left wing, being increasingly riled up against China. Further on "non-political" shows such as CBS Sunday morning are increasingly feeding their viewers troubling imagery such as bread lines in the Great Depression and talking up the heroism of the 'Greatest Generation.' You almost have to ask yourself: What are they getting me ready for?
That doesn't stop me from thinking Anglin's fears might be as premature and overpitched as the hype around coronaflu. I worry he has convinced himself we are on the brink of complete dystopia, as right wing people tend to do when things start to look bad. We are always looking for the happening. And in this insane society, predictions of total collapse are almost a relief for us. He also is coming off the high of (it increasingly appears) being right about something everyone was wrong about. I wouldn't be surprised if this sort of thing could make it easier than usual to believe you'll be right about the next thing without undergoing the usual reality checks.
So here are the claims:
Economy-wise, this is the worst thing to happen in recent history. Definitely in our country's history.
People are going to be angry once they realize what happened, and that will lead to further crackdown.
We will have to initiate and industrial-scale war with a major power (China) to revive our economy -- or at least the Jews will draw this conclusion.
I think all of that remains to be seen and it's too early to say. I don't think Anglin is wrong to advise people to mentally prepare for this. I'm suspicious of panic moves like suddenly buying a lot of gold or bitcoin or land in the country. Generally I think you should stick with the plans you've made and be prepared to suffer the consequences of a miscalculation, because there's usually a cost for suddenly changing everything on a speculative fear.
I've heard our country averages about 3 years per economic recession. This could be better or worse depending on factors I'm not qualified to assess. I'm sure this will be a horrible period for many people. It may be longer than several years. It may be different. It will definitely be more than just your stocks that will be affected -- and I agree with Anglin that it's stupid to minimize it this way. Masses of people being upside down on their house loans and suddenly jobless is going to affect more than just your 401k.
Will people suddenly wake up to the fact they've been lied to and be upset, warranting further authoritarian crackdown? I'm particularly dubious on this. I'm fairly charismatic and convincing and I can tell you it is not easy to persuade normal people to any conclusion that differs from what the insane media is programming them to believe. Normal people are particularly bad at realizing they've been duped, and there's too much at stake for the powers at be to let that happen.
A more likely outcome, I believe, is that a small minority of people will wake up, and they will be subject to chilling harassment. Normal people will be brainwashed to hate or laugh at anyone who tries to wake them up -- corona truther, science denier, conspiracy theorist, etc. We've seen how well these epithets work from previous disinfo campaigns.
So ultimately, by the time any substantial number of people "wake up" to the truth about this and are able to admit that maybe the media led us to a false panic for their own perverse reasons, we will be well past the statute of limitations on caring about it. Anglin has pointed out several other mass delusions we've entertained, such as 70% of americans believing Saddam Hussein personally ordered the 9-11 attack. Most people know that's not true now, but does anyone care? Does anyone think of that lie when they are evaluating current information from the same people who told that lie?
As for war with China, I suppose that is possible and it definitely seems like what they are getting us ready for. But, credit to Anglin for pointing this out, all of the manufacturing we would need to engage in an industrial war comes from our trade partners. Maybe Canada and Mexico could provide us with raw material, idk.
Closing thoughts: I love the Stormer, and I will keep reading and posting and laughing at even these new takes by Anglin, because they're always well written, funny, and appeal to my particular psychology. But I wanted to urge my fellow readers (and myself) to weigh at least a grain of doubt against these predictions and any advice given on the basis of these predictions.
edit: statute of limitations, not statue
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