"Some of us are convinced it will go on for much longer, until the population is what the World Economic Forum considers a manageable number. By that stage all individuals apart from the obscenely wealthy will be so manageable (managed by fear) that they will feel and behave like robots."
I see it all very similar to the witchcraft paranoia of the 15th century, which means psychologists need now to address this issue. As here, below:
"Between the 11th and 15th centuries, supernatural theories of mental disorders again dominated Europe, fueled by natural disasters like plagues and famines that lay people interpreted as brought about by the devil."
Let's make a few observations:
Fact (1) Most people on the street are afraid and persuaded they are facing a serious risk to life. This fear of risk, in psychological terms, is over-riding their usual ability to function socially or normally. I would like to point out this foreboding and paranoia has happened before in history and I suspect some underlying cause. Such as the global drop in population IQ, dependence upon the internet, cultural and environmental factors.
Fact (2) Mass hysteria often requires a victim. Mediaeval viruses (or adverse phenomena) were blamed on witches, which resulted in countless trials and executions. My guess is that possibly the anti-vaxers may become the latest scapegoats. Anti vaxers are a wide-ranging group so that many aren't opposed to vaccines per se. They simply believe in their right to make a free choice.
The mistake that can easily be easily made is to assume our technological society today makes our populations far smarter than the ignorant, superstitious mediaeval people who persecuted witches. Yet the truth is enslavement to the internet has substituted human brain potential with digital convenience. Many other social factors have combined to create fertile ground for mass hysteria, collective paranoia and delusion with psychosomatic symptomology.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/06/ ... udy-finds/
Fact (3) Connection between the current wave of mass hysteria and that of delusion as it existed centuries ago is solid. We are living in a far less advanced society than existed during the 1940s to 1970s. Far less people are brave enough to openly challenge the prevailing view of doom and blame.
"However, this naturalistic point of view changed in the Middle Ages after the Black Plague epidemic that wiped out about 30 million people-half the population of Europe. After that devastation, disease was no longer seen as the result of natural causes but of supernatural forces or malignant spirits that physicians were not able to deal with. At the end of the Middle Ages, but more precisely, during the Renaissance, the blame fell on witches and diabolical possession. "
How to respond? Personally I am actively preparing for such obstacles as random tests, loss of citizen rights (over vaccine refusal) and all worst case scenario possibilities. However, it is really important to get out and challenge the present attempt to stifle alternative opinion. I'm talking to increasing numbers of people and many now are questioning the official line.