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The Adam Curtis documentary #HyperNormalisation argued that governments, financiers, & technological utopians have, since the 1970s, given up on the complex "real world" & built a simpler "fake world" run by corporations & kept stable by politicians.
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In relation to #COVID19, the UK Govt has been “systematically #normalising” the UK’s current rate of infections.
“They’ve been acting like this is inevitable, seeming relaxed about infections going up".
The UK has suffered twice as many COVID deaths as civilian deaths in WWII.
“They’ve been acting like this is inevitable, seeming relaxed about infections going up".
The UK has suffered twice as many COVID deaths as civilian deaths in WWII.
“People often want a generic psychological explanation (for the perceived lack of concern), but we mustn’t ignore the political & ideological context in which this is happening. We’re looking at a phenomenon of #normalisation.”
