@apophis@vozercozer i wish there were a way to say "i think the covid pandemic (which was a real disease that really was spreading and really did infect millions) and the lockdowns (which were useful and effective in reducing the spread) were (nonetheless) used by governments and corporations to rapidly push through radical changes to society" without sounding like an antivaxxer
@haematophage@vozercozer been wishing something like this since "i think the 9/11 attacks (which actually happened and were actually done by folks who themselves were not US government operatives) were nonetheless used by governments and corporations to erode all the safeguards of american civil liberties that reagan wasn't able to destroy"