Why did more than 900 people commit suicide in Jonestown, Guyana in 1978 ?
It was blind belief and faith in a leader that brought that tragedy to the news that day decades ago. Mr. Jim Jones led all those unquestioning and faithful followers …… to their deaths .
I see similarities today in that we now have a leader who endlessly ridicules and denigrates scientists and those in the medical profession. He fires them from life long works that were meant to protect us all simply because they may have had the educated temerity to point out his being wrong . And it seems we are willing to accept this without murmur.
A true leader would use every tool at his disposal for the benefit of those he’s responsible for and I would have to say that scientists and those advanced in the medical profession would be a very valuable tool right now. But a cult leader and a cult follower would have a different thought .
I guess what brought this on was that today I entered the ABC liquor store with my corona mask on. I patiently waited for a mask-less couple to finish their perusal of all the ales and beers in the cooler before coming in my direction. As I stepped aside ……
” Must be a Democrat ” the man said to his wife making sure I could hear.
“Must be a Democrat ” he said about some one who is likely more conservative than he.
Name it… air or water pollution , people with no medical insurance, even a world wide disease. And only here in the United States will “every single issue” become a partisan argument. And that is a symbol of us all ……. blind faith cult followers of two political parties.
Can’t think for yourself …. then drink the Kool Aid
