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The Great Madness
Has the world gone mad? It certainly seems that way to some of us. Even the most cynical never imagined the government shutting down the country for fear of a virus, but it has suddenly become the new normal. The cynical, if they thought of it at all, would have thought the opposite. Instead of a great lock down, the response would have been for the beautiful people to insulate themselves from harm, while abandoning the rest of us to the plague. Instead, we have all gone mad together.
Not everyone has got the fever, that is this panic fever, not the one caused by the Chinese coronavirus.
Our world is now firmly divided into two camps.
- There are those fully invested in the great panic over the virus and
- there are those who look at the other camp, gobsmacked by what appears to be a general madness.
Those in panic look at the rest of us the same way preppers look at normal people. They just assume the gods will strike us down for doubting the virus.
Of course, the people in the skeptic camp could be the ones suffering from some form of madness that prevents them from seeing the threat. The trouble is, the great plague is not exactly lighting up the scoreboard. America has tested over 600,000 people suspected of having the virus. Over 500,000 tested negative. Of the positives, 12,000 needed hospital care. In a country of over 320 million people with 200,000 empty hospital beds at any one time, that’s not much of a crisis.
Yet, despite the numbers, formerly sober-minded people continue to carry on as if there are bodies in the streets. Steve Sailer, a man not known for excitability, is calling this virus a great adversary of the human race. Greg Cochran has completely lost his marbles over this thing. Geneticist and HBD enthusiast Razib Khan is in hiding, convinced the end times are upon us. In fact, the whole HBD community is a click away from fleeing to Antarctica to wait out the end of civilization.
Of course, part of the panic, a symptom of that particular virus, is a set of abracadabra phrases that have become so common they seem like something from a secret society, understood only by the initiates. The duller sorts chant about “exponential growth” while others talk about “the hospitals being overwhelmed.” That’s why we have to “flatten the curve” and “slow the spread.” These incantations are to chase away doubt and reinforce the belief that people are dying in the streets.
The dying in the streets bit is not much of an exaggeration. A popular bit of folklore now among the panicked is some version of the anonymous ER doctor or nurse relaying how they are overwhelmed and letting people die in the hallways. This urban legend turned up in China, Washington, Italy, New York and now New Orleans. Formerly sensible people now pass these whoppers around on-line, never bothering to think that maybe they are being fed a just-so story by people seeking attention.
One emerging aspect to the madness is the moral dimension. The Human Biodiversity (HBD) crowd seems to have been hardest hit. They spend a lot of time contemplating nature and their fellow man’s refusal to respect it. Part of what is driving them now is a sense that nature is going to finally exact some revenge. In other words, this panic is part of a strange revenge fantasy, where they are finally vindicated by biological reality. This sudden sense of moral purpose has made them immune to reason.
Another aspect to this general panic, unrelated to the virus itself, is a different type of revenge fantasy. Many people are cheering the collapse of the economy and civil life on the mistaken belief that what emerges from the rubble will have them at the top of the social hierarchy. This is a phenomenon shared across the political spectrum. It seems to be most popular with young people unhappy with the status quo and far too caught up in purge fantasies to be reached with facts and reason.
Probably the most salient aspect to this panic is the role of women. As has been noted too many times to count, the West is now a gynocracy. It is not a matriarchy, as women have stopped bearing children and stopped caring about children. Look around and you see childless women in positions of authority all over the West. In fact, these are women who reached their status by rejecting every aspect of womanhood. The West is now a world run by middle-aged childless women.
Anyone who has been around women in a crisis has observed a strange phenomenon among childless adult females. Some switch gets flipped in a crisis where their protective instincts get misdirected at the adults in the room. This part of their nature was never allowed to mature in the raising of children, so it comes bursting forth in an incoherent desire to help when their help is not needed. They become like mother ducks loudly herding the brood to safety.
For a society run by such women, every crisis is met with demands that everyone shelter in place. Notice how over the last few decades that public officials no longer call for volunteers or tell people to pitch in and work together. Such independent action violates the frightened female’s sense of duty to her brood. Instead, mild weather events now close the schools and force people to work from home. This virus scare is every middle-aged women’s Hunger Games moment.
Mass panics are a known phenomenon.
The general panic that took place in France between July 22 and August 6 1789 is known as The Great Fear. It was a period of rural unrest, driven by both a grain shortage and rumors of an aristocrats’ “famine plot” to starve the peasants. The exact reason for this panic is in dispute. Ergotism is a favorite reason for those with a certain sense of humor, but most historians consider it one of the primary causes of the French Revolution.
At some point, the bloom comes off this lock-down rose once people start to feel the real cost of listening to madmen. People will remember that the same folks who swore Boris and Natasha had used their mind control devise to install Trump in the White House are the many of the same people peddling this panic. Necessity will force a lot of people to stop going along with what they have suspected from the start is nothing more than a mass panic. Soon, this all comes to an end.
Like the Great Fear, the Great Madness will leave a mark, or at least it should leave a mark on our society. You never can be sure about these things, as the West seems to be unusually immune to learning from these events. Two centuries ago The Great Fear meant the end of the feudal order and eventually a revolution. It was not the sole cause of the revolution, maybe not the main cause. It was certainly an example of how the old order was no longer able to maintain order.
It is too soon to know what this panic means for us. Perhaps it further undermines the legitimacy of the system and the people that profit from it. Perhaps it sets off social changes that slowly transform our society in ways we have yet to imagine. Maybe the fever breaks and this event, like the Russian hoax, gets forgotten.
Given what most likely awaits on the other side of the lock-down, it is hard to imagine this great madness being forgotten. There’s always a price to be paid for following madmen.
130 Comments on "The Great Madness"
REAL Davy on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 6:47 pm
Uhhhhhhh, my nom is daveee and i is smurter than all you u put tgether. U ur all dummys and not smarts like I be.
So there.
JuanP on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 6:52 pm
Delusional Davy “Old bat, you can’t handle real information. If it diverges from your lies then you whine.”
Two more very clear projections on the part of the board’s lunatic! LOL!
Go get fucked by a goat, son of a whore!
Duncan Idaho on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 6:55 pm
“… who threw potato salad at CCNY lecturers on Dadaism & subsequently presented themselves on the granite steps of the madhouse with shaven heads & harlequin speech of suicide, demanding instantaneous lobotomy …”
— From ‘Howl (for Carl Solomon)’ by Allen Ginsberg
JuanP on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 6:55 pm
Delusional Davy “No wonder you are completely irrelevant these days.”
Another projection from the board’s lunatic! LOL!
How much is your daughter charging for an ass fuck this days, Davy? $5? LOL!
Sissyfuss on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 7:05 pm
Brainshortageisalreadyhere, all the science shows nothing but heat, heat, and more heat.
Davy on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 7:18 pm
“How much is your daughter charging for an ass fuck this days, Davy? $5? LOL!“
Probably more than your kunt wife that got parasites being a drug whore.
makati1 on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 7:19 pm
Davy cannot handle the truth, or reality, but I think that 4×4 is not far from his face and coming fast. LOL
Davy on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 7:21 pm
“Two more very clear projections on the part of the board’s lunatic! LOL! Go get fucked by a goat, son of a whore!”
How stupid are you juanPee 2 in 5 comments says nothing and includes projections. No wonder you are a high school drop out. Dumb as a box of rocks.
Davy on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 7:26 pm
“Davy cannot handle the truth, or reality, but I think that 4×4 is not far from his face and coming fast. LOL“
The old bat likewise says nothing and includes his worn out phase 2×4 but messed is up and said 4×4. You two are forum failure I enjoy tormenting. Especially you makato and your hilarious AsiaUp boondoggle. You sure got that one wrong!
JuanP on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 7:27 pm
Uhhhhhhh, my nom is pink poodle and i is smurter than all you u put tgether. U ur all dummys and not smarts like I be. So there.
JuanP on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 7:28 pm
Delusional Davy “Dumb as a box of rocks.”
Another projection! LOL! God, you are a dumbfuck!
JuanP on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 7:31 pm
What did you ever get right, Exceptionalist?
You’ve been claiming that China had collapsed for over five years! You are as stupid as they come, goat lover!
Davy on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 7:42 pm
“Another projection! LOL! God, you are a dumbfuck!“
Dumbfuck uses the word “projections” again Lol my point made again
Davy on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 7:44 pm
“You’ve been claiming that China had collapsed for over five years! You are as stupid as they come, goat lover!”
Stupid, I never said that. I said China is in decline but your widdle mind can’t comprehend that. You are a high school dropout.
Duncan Idaho on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 7:47 pm
“Sunday, the president said that 100,000 deaths would be a great win. Only in the world of Trumpian dumbfuckery could anyone brighter than a toaster oven think 100,000 avoidable deaths is a win. That’s like saying, “Hey, honey, I went to the strip club, caught an STD, knocked up a stripper named Destynee, and got a second mortgage to bail her meth tweaker boyfriend out of jail… but at least I didn’t touch the kids’ college fund.”
JuanP on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 8:38 pm
Delusional Davy “Stupid, I never said that.”
You’ve said that constantly for over five years, lunatic! LOL! You are completely full of shit!
JuanP on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 8:44 pm
Delusional Davy “You are a high school dropout.”
I like giving credit where credit is due, and that is the first truth you’ve said in a very, very, very long time, Davy! Well done!
China is on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 8:46 pm
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/china-fixed-chinese-pmis-soar-back-expansion-smashing-expectations
Davy on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 8:56 pm
“I like giving credit where credit is due, and that is the first truth you’ve said in a very, very, very long time, Davy! Well done!”
JuanP. Save your energy. You will need it. Your future looks grim and you deserve it.
Davy on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 8:59 pm
I need to save my energy, my future looks grim. Come to think of it, so does my present, and my past was also grim. Anyhow, I deserve it.
JuanP on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 9:09 pm
Delusional Davy “JuanP. Save your energy. You will need it. Your future looks grim and you deserve it.”
You are projecting again, fool! ROFLMFAO!
Davy on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 9:17 pm
There you go JuanP another projection word. I will give you an award soon for the depth of your intellect.
China is on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 9:20 pm
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/unpacking-chinas-viral-propaganda-war
world grater supremacist muzzies love for teh sake of supremacist muzzies on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 9:36 pm
Rolla, Missouri, USA [Passing clouds.] 14 °C
It’s only a matter of time before tard research triage the goat plantation for disposal of amputated muzzies.
muzzies in canada say befirend kufar is worse thena beerfivirs
why this muzzie imam not amputated
amputated all muzzies start with muzzie imams
world grater supremacist muzzies jerk lo allah created muzzies best of humanity kufar are lowest of animals on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 9:40 pm
Sullivan, Missouri, USA [Clear.] 14 °C
why whitey supertard tom holland not love muzzies for teh sake ofsupremacist muzzies.
he has youtube titled “muzzies: untold story”
i like people who are anti (((supremetard))) they can turn around and defend (((supremetard))) such as whitey supertard tom holland he is an atheist but he said he’s Christian.
Same thing with (((supertard))) Paul
we need the people’s trial of global muzzies for crimes against humanity and amputate all muzzies starting from muzzie imams
world grater supremaicst muzzies jerk double rainbow all the way across the sky so intense whoa it begins to look like a triple rainbow zomg what does it mean oh goood WDIM WDIM oh god oh on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 9:45 pm
Lebanon, Missouri [Passing clouds.] 16 °C
why muzzie mosques open during beervirus
supremacist muzzies don’t obey secular laws, that’s why
amputate all supremacist muzzies for them because they break sharia constantly, start with the muzzies imam
JuanP on Mon, 30th Mar 2020 9:54 pm
Delusional Davy ” I will give you an award soon for the depth of your intellect.”
ROFLMFAO! You would need to have a better brain and a healthy mind to understand the depth of my intellect, demented fool! LOL!
Theedrich on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 12:20 am
India will provide the true virus death rate. In contrast, the Chicoms — the extreme in Leftists — are constitutional liars. So the truth about their virus will never be known. The craven World Health Organization is in their thrall, and so an utterly unreliable source of viral info. Ditto “American” tech companies like Google and Amazon. Taiwan is the only Chinese nation of any substantial truth, but most Western international companies that have sold their souls to the mainland Chinks are themselves suicidal international viruses of a different sort. They all want “growth” on the cheap — i.e., by means of serfs and slaves.
On the other hand, India, which has over 10^9 featherless bipeds, but with almost no anti-viral measures, instruments or personnel to protect them all, will be nearly totally infected. The denominator of the calculation is, hence, over a billion. The death rate — the numerator —, whatever it turns out to be, will be more or less truthfully reported. From this it will be easy to calculate the numerator/denominator = death rate.
All this will not be known for some months, perhaps even more than a year. But thereafter the world can ignore the WHO and proceed with fairly accurate data about the Chicom disease.
world grater supremaicst muzzies jerk double rainbow all the way across the sky so intense whoa it begins to look like a triple rainbow zomg what does it mean oh goood WDIM WDIM oh god on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 12:53 am
Urbana, Missouri[Light rain. Overcast.] 10 °C
why whitey supertard trump doesn’t fire whiey supertar dr. fauci
every1 and his bf and his hubby knows whitey supertra trump is germophobe
dr. fauci is an expect, he knows about germophobes
why whitey supertard dr. fauci doesn’t tell whitey supertard president trump they’re exploiting his weakness?
ask ur self cui bono
supremacist muzzies
proof:
supremacist muzzies in candada said befriend kufar worse than covid
did this muzzie get amputated no
muzzie illinois said conquer america
did this muzzie imam get amputated no
amputate all muzzies start with muzzie imams
Abraham van Helsing on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 2:40 am
In Italy everybody is a right-winger these days. It is now openly bon-ton to no longer demonize Mussolini, but rather to point at the positive achievements of Benito. Two Mussolini’s play prominent parts in Italian politics.
There is a new right-wing star that could threaten Salvini, a Georgia Meloni, “Sister Italy”, who leads the “Brothers of Italy”. In her eyes the only interesting thing about a Muslim or African is his departure date. She is anti-feminist, but doesn’t want to leave the EU, where Salvini is flirting with Russia and China. She is very witty. Somehow a female fascist is less threatening than a male one:
https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium-meet-italy-s-le-pen-the-defender-of-christian-identity-who-could-become-premier-1.7313909
Italy is the most right-wing country in western Europe by far. The revolution will start in Italy, just like it did 100 years ago and this time Anglo globalists will not crush that revolution, because Europe has mighty potential new allies:
Yesterday in the news, Hungarian PM cordially rubbing elbows with Chinese benefactors, who fly in supplies for fighting corona:
https://propeller.hu/images/cikk/2018_04/Orban_repulo_maszk_mti_kovacstamas.JPG
Chinese and Russians are busy with a charm offensive in order to soak off the Europeans from their Anglo overlords and talk them into the all-Eurasian New Silk Road scheme. Orban and Salvini, who both openly despise George Soros, do not need to be convinced.
Abraham van Helsing on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 2:50 am
Orban cordially rubbing Chinese elbows earlier this week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAzQrtUcBeA
“Hungarian PM Viktor Orban supports China’s Belt and Road Initiative” (3 years ago):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62okWUNmlpo
“Hungary prime minister commends China’s contribution to central Europe’s growth” (1 year ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_E-NfLHRJ0
Massive geopolitical change is underway.
Thanks dear BoJo, for enabling this with Brexit! You just parked your country in a losing coalition, terminating two Anglo centuries.
ROFL
Abraham van Helsing on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 3:02 am
*** Again this irritating memory hole posting ***
Try again, with broken link this time:
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Extremely encouraging new daily figures from the Netherlands, Italy and Germany: all are “over the corona top”, Spain and Anglos are lagging a little behind.
They all eventually will follow the pattern of China. Click on individual countries for details (first column):
tinyurl. com/s4gvvck
I don’t believe these 3,000 Chinese corona deaths, will be more likely in 10-20,000 range, don’t think corona is particularly “racist”, but it doesn’t matter.
anon on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 3:04 am
there is already a growing reaction, and the reaction is rage.
Abraham van Helsing on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 3:12 am
Haha, this Scotsman is doing fine during corona days (video at the top). Pay close attention not to miss the point:
https://www.geenstijl.nl/5152699/coronacht-karaoke-in-het-stijlloze-coronacafe/#comments
Abraham van Helsing on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 4:07 am
I have been saying this for some days now and the Germans are finally the first to state the obvious: the best way to get the economy on its feet again is by an Auschwitzian “selection an der Rampe”: identify those who are healthy and able to work and give them a certificate to prove it and separate them from the others, who should remain in lockdown (after they have their cloths fumigated with cyanide of course, we don’t want them to get sick, now do we?)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/29/germany-will-issue-coronavirus-antibody-certificates-allow-quarantined/
“Germany will issue coronavirus antibody certificates to allow quarantined to re-enter society”
The certificates can be used as a social passe partout, giving access to cafes, trains, shops, workplace.
Leave it to ze Germans.
doug nicodemus on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 8:38 am
what kinda bullshit is this…did zerohedge finally lose its mind…if you believe this please go and huge/shake hands with everyone you can…improve the gene pool…
Abraham van Helsing on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 8:50 am
“Model cited by White House says 82,000 people could die from coronavirus by August, even with social distancing”
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/30/health/coronavirus-us-ihme-model-us/index.html
Italy will have 20,000 people dead in August.
The US are 4 times Italy. Is to be expected.
Nothing to get exited about old people who die anyway soon.
The only thing to get exited about is that death by pneumonia is a very horrible death.
Abraham van Helsing on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 3:56 pm
Corona blame game starts:
$20 Trillion lawsuit against China filed by US jewish laywer:
https://greatgameindia.com/20-trillion-lawsuit-against-china-for-waging-biological-war/
“Coronavirus COVID19 $20 Trillion Lawsuit Against China For Waging Biological War”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Klayman
Another false flag in the works by The Tribe.
Abraham van Helsing on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 4:01 pm
Biden between a rock and a hard place:
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2020/03/patrick-j-buchanan/is-the-pandemic-killing-bidens-bid/
Abraham van Helsing on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 4:23 pm
Russia humanitarian aid for the US:
“Russian Covid-19 aid plane to US: Putin asked Trump if he needed help & he accepted, Kremlin spokesman says“
https://www.rt.com/news/484623-russia-coronavirus-aid-us/
I thought humanitarian aid was only given to third world countries… oh wait…
FuelShortageComing on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 4:32 pm
Wow. They are pushing that COVID shit real hard. Either the world has gone mad, or they pushing one world government.
world grater supremaicst muzzies jerk double rainbow all the way across the sky so intense whoa it begins to look like a triple rainbow zomg what does it mean oh goood WDIM WDIM oh god on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 4:49 pm
i’m taking permanent retiemnet
ill be back ina few weeks
meanwhile change ur underwear after 5 days and love supermacist muzzies more for the sake of supremacist muzzies
tnx supertards
Abraham van Helsing on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 4:53 pm
“Pope says Italy tax dodgers bear partial blame for virus health care crisis“
https://www.euractiv.com/section/coronavirus/news/pope-says-italy-tax-dodgers-bear-partial-blame-for-virus-health-care-crisis/
Perhaps they take it from him. The pope backed a prominent Italian journalist, who had written:
“It has become evident that those who do not pay taxes do not only commit a felony but also a crime: if there are not enough hospital beds and artificial respirators, it is also their fault,” Francis quoted verbatim from the article.
According to Italian Treasury figures last September, tax dodgers cost the country 109 billion euros on average each year between 2013 and 2015. Italy has the highest level of Value Added Tax evasion in the EU, the European Commission says.”
There is only one solution for the underfunded Italian public sector. In the old days of the shabby lira, the government simply printed the money they needed and as such “punished” its own population with 10% inflation per year. With the German-solid euro that is no longer possible.
Solution: because of the tax dodging 70% of the Italians live in real estate with on average only 17%, internationally a ridiculously low figure. I calculated that in order to bring down Italian public debt from 130% to 100%, it suffices to saddle every Italian household with an extra mortgage of a meager 20k euro.
The article of Francis and support from the pope come at precisely the right time.
FuelShortageComing on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 4:56 pm
I never saw so many happy people in my neighbourhood since this COVID shit began.
People are riding their push bikes whole family together kids including. Joking in the neighbourhood
Abraham van Helsing on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 5:20 pm
Carrier Theo in trouble, captain sounds the alarm bell. 6000 service personel, nr of infections increased from 35 to 200.
https://www.geenstijl.nl/5152713/nimitz-class-carrier-uss-theodore-roosevelt-200-besmette-matrozen-kapitein-luidt-noodklok/
English:
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Exclusive-Captain-of-aircraft-carrier-with-15167883.php#photo-19241846
“Exclusive: Captain of aircraft carrier with growing coronavirus outbreak pleads for help from Navy“
FuelShortageComing on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 5:58 pm
Grocery store in Montreal are full. Nothing missing. Was really surprized.
Duncan Idaho on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 6:20 pm
Pouya Alimagham پويا عالي مقام @iPouya – 0:48 UTC · Mar 31, 2020
The regime doesn’t want to antagonize the religious classes. Thus, it isn’t doing anything about the fact that some religious sites remain open & clerics are encouraging worshippers to come & pray. These gatherings risk exploding #COVID19.
I’m talking about the US, not #Iran.
Duncan Idaho on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 6:30 pm
“Every crisis is also a chance. Congress has used it to again loot the people and to push more money to the rich. At the same time the powers that be have denied universal healthcare and paid sick leave to those who need it. The covid-19 epidemic is a chance to change that.”
makati1 on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 7:35 pm
Duncan, there is no chance as long as the people refuse to get out in the street by the millions and threaten the lives of the wealthy.
The virus will cause more problems, down the road, for the serfs than for the elite. The wealthy may run out of Screaming Eagle Cabernet 1992, at $500,000. per bottle, but not toilet paper.
This is an interesting year all around and certainly more “interesting” events yet to unfold. Buckle up!
Duncan Idaho on Tue, 31st Mar 2020 9:08 pm
Hint:
I lived in Sonoma, Valley of The Moon. Screaming Eagle would not make it at most parties I attended.
The cellar masters had their special stash .
“There were just 154,080 airline passengers in the U.S. yesterday compared to 2.36 million on the same day a year earlier, according to TSA screening figures. via @Tom_Winter”