Fine article, but all the "on the other hand"-ness gets tiresome. One can't drift in the dark forever. Occam's razor, people. It works pretty well.
I agree that "conspiracy theory" is thrown around willy-nilly and quite too often to tarnish dissenters. It has most of the makings of a moral panic.<p>However, the lockdowns are not <i>authoritarian</i>. Just like when referring to the <i>appeal to authority</i> fallacy, which is about the appeal to <i>illegitimate</i> authority, a temporary restriction on liberties for a legitimate purpose is not authoritarian.
Might be worth posting the critique that Eisenstein was alluding to <a href="https://medium.com/@jackadamweber/coronation-unveiled-a-critique-and-cure-for-charles-eisensteins-fairy-tale-pandemic-essay-c3446906a85b" rel="nofollow">https://medium.com/@jackadamweber/coronation-unveiled-a-crit...</a>
Covid-19 is <i>a</i> nasty threat and must be taken seriously.<p>The tinfoil hattery comes from the near-exclusive focus on the one threat at the expense of the rest of the threat spectrum.<p>Hence the "Newton's 3rd Law" reaction to edicts that are not popularly supported.
Both tobacco and oil companies have been trying to undermine science generally for decades now by promoting things like “DDT is actually safe.” It’s well-documented. Take a minute to google it.
Way too long to read so I'm gonna assume it says "government conspiracies are real, happen all the time because a conspiracy is just people working together towards some goal while keeping it a secret from other people and the only question is if your particular one is true or even remotely makes sense" and agree.