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 The scary thing is, even if the MSM reported “COVID shots are killing people”, what would people do? The news cycle is already so shocking/horrifying I feel like it would just get buried.
In Russia, the average person assumes that the government will intentionally harm or kill citizens for no good reason. They’re desensitized to it. I feel like that’s the direction we’re heading. 
 🚨 Exactly. Fear based societies are easiest to control. 

1% keep us 99% arguing about the small things which keeps us distracted to where most can’t follow the money 💰 & see WHY they keep us fighting amongst one another. 

It’s really gross when you look at it from the world scale. 😭 
 Not getting myself or my kids vaccinated was one of the smartest decisions I’ve ever made.
Now, there were so many people and institutions putting immense pressure to get the shot, that I no longer trust. It’s a very uneasy feeling. 
 I forget what comedian said this, but:
They should change the term “conspiracy theory” to “spoiler-alert”
Similarly, if you had told people when the shots first came out that they’d be getting 5 boosters, they would have called you an insane idiot. 
 I don’t think people would have called others idiots based off idea of booster shots. At least some parents wouldn’t who chose to vaccine (baby ones etc) their children, which is required in my state if they go to public school. 

So it’s 2024 & we have a country severely fractured based on if they chose Covid vaccine or didn’t. 

My hope is to get past that. THIS divide is coming on strong to be another generational divide which has been historically to keep poor from rising together against rich. 

Same as: religion, skin color, generational wealth, wrong side of the tracks, etc that has been used for millennia 
 My last comment wasn’t worded quite right.
Agree 💯, we need to be avoid being divided. I don’t mean to spread negativity or any disrespect to those who got the shots.
I feel like I’ve been stuck in this digital Gulag the last few years and there’s finally a platform to speak freely. 
 🙏🥰😊 Understand completely. I always go with most humanity does what they feel is best if/when all things being equal. Very few are truly malicious. Others have called me ignorant, etc. That’s okay.

Pretty sure whoever brought me here felt the same way. They know who I am IRL & what I’ve done: and my love is always on the side of humanity and peace. Or they just wanted to see me go wild in a place that can an echo chamber. 🤣🫂💜 Time will tell.