Do you have any theory about who she is speaking to? Performing for? And why?
See this is where my thoughts ALWAYS go!
I realize that this is distinct between us, but that's why I ask. I like to check theories against other's insights. No right or wrong. And it's always dicey to assume intentions, for sure.
Do you have any theory about who she is speaking to? Performing for? And why?
See this is where my thoughts ALWAYS go!
I realize that this is distinct between us, but that's why I ask. I like to check theories against other's insights. No right or wrong. And it's always dicey to assume intentions, for sure.
But that's where I came up with the Zombie analogy. I actually looked up Zombie and found the roots of the lore. It's a being controlled by another being, a witch doctor.
"Zombies are featured widely in Haitian rural folklore as dead persons physically revived by the act of necromancy of a bokor, a sorcerer or witch. The bokor is opposed by the houngan (priest) and the mambo (priestess) of the formal voodoo religion. A zombie remains under the control of the bokor as a personal slave, having no will of its own"
Broadly speaking, she's speaking to that population cohort that has internalized the subtext of personal helplessness that is prevalent through so many messages being broadcast by "establishment" authorities these days.
But she's also invested in that same "I'm helpless" mentality, as she claimed that a personal risk assessment for COVID was impossible even for her, who presumably does this professionally--which is absurd, as if she cannot assess risk for one person (herself) how could she possibly hope to assess risk for any group of people?
She's reflecting the collectivist "we can only exist as part of a group" mentality that libertarians such as myself reject entirely. If Ayn Rand were alive and writing today she would be writing about Faucism and COVID-19 paranoia, bringing the same condemnation of collectivist thinking to bear that she used in "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged".
As for who's pulling her strings? From one single essay there is no way to know for certain. She's in academia, which makes her a part of the group most opposed to individual thought and expression around, but I have no way to divine who's leading her around by the nose.
Do you have any theory about who she is speaking to? Performing for? And why?
See this is where my thoughts ALWAYS go!
I realize that this is distinct between us, but that's why I ask. I like to check theories against other's insights. No right or wrong. And it's always dicey to assume intentions, for sure.
But that's where I came up with the Zombie analogy. I actually looked up Zombie and found the roots of the lore. It's a being controlled by another being, a witch doctor.
"Zombies are featured widely in Haitian rural folklore as dead persons physically revived by the act of necromancy of a bokor, a sorcerer or witch. The bokor is opposed by the houngan (priest) and the mambo (priestess) of the formal voodoo religion. A zombie remains under the control of the bokor as a personal slave, having no will of its own"
Who is her "bokor"?
Broadly speaking, she's speaking to that population cohort that has internalized the subtext of personal helplessness that is prevalent through so many messages being broadcast by "establishment" authorities these days.
But she's also invested in that same "I'm helpless" mentality, as she claimed that a personal risk assessment for COVID was impossible even for her, who presumably does this professionally--which is absurd, as if she cannot assess risk for one person (herself) how could she possibly hope to assess risk for any group of people?
She's reflecting the collectivist "we can only exist as part of a group" mentality that libertarians such as myself reject entirely. If Ayn Rand were alive and writing today she would be writing about Faucism and COVID-19 paranoia, bringing the same condemnation of collectivist thinking to bear that she used in "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged".
As for who's pulling her strings? From one single essay there is no way to know for certain. She's in academia, which makes her a part of the group most opposed to individual thought and expression around, but I have no way to divine who's leading her around by the nose.