Social Distancing

I was standing at Target today, on my designated marker (whoever makes those must have done well in all this), and it struck me that this pattern might well be getting ingrained in our muscle memory and in our unconscious.  When all this lifts, where will hugs and physical touch fit?  Almost none of this was necessary, but much of it may be lasting.

And then it struck me that if I was plotting to take over the world, that creating social schizms, and increasing net social distance and sense of alienation and disconnection among the target population might be a key goal.  You would want to prevent self organizing systems from forming, prevent bands of people getting together to oppose you.  You would want everyone shaking in terror at home in front of a glowing light through which you feed them each day’s thoughts and fears.

Then it struck me that we are really talking about PHYSICAL distancing aren’t we?  That is the goal?  To be physically distant?  Then why is it called SOCIAL distancing?  I guess you aren’t supposed to visit your friend’s house, but the theory is that if you did, you would stay 6′ apart.  That is how it is iterated everywhere I’ve seen it mentioned.

All of this is very interesting.  I’m aware of this whole Q thing, but I’m not willing to place too much faith in it.  It could equally be a PsyOp conducted by the aspiring conquerors to create some degree of control over people who might otherwise already be out shooting people.  I’m not saying that’s what I believe, but I am saying it is possible.  Anyone who creates their own opponent can control the course of the game.

But there is not and never has been any empirical data showing that keeping a a 6′ distance is any better than mantras or throwing salt over your shoulder to prevent disease.  I have seen it alleged that it was literally originally the idea of a 6th grader in a science project.  I would buy that, although I haven’t seen enough evidence of that claim either.

As often as science is invoked though, it is distressingly obvious how little science has to do with any of this. 

Science did not dictate we shut down our society in a way no society every has before.

Science did not dictate we wear masks that appear to do nothing where viruses are concerned.

And science does not exist to any extent, as far as I know, with respect to the recommendation of physical distancing.

It’s a shit show.  My hope is that people are waking up.  That seems to be a valid hope.