Ian BetteridgeMar 10

I think this post has been in my drafts folder for about three years, occasionally being reworked, and finally – FINALLY – I've finished it. Joni Mitchell, Jello Biafra, and Peter Thiel all feature. Warning - it's REALLY LONG.

https://www.ianbetteridge.com/zen-fascist-wi/

Zen fascists will control you...

In 1979, a punk band from San Francisco recorded a song about the Governor of California. It was a joke, mostly. Jerry Brown was a Democrat, a Buddhist, a man who dated Linda Ronstadt and discussed limits and simplicity at a moment when America was in no mood for either.

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@ianbetteridge Thank you for this. I have been trying to better understand what you call the wellness to conspiracy theory pipeline for a while, and your essay helps some. I'm still struggling with the mechanism of this at scale, and occasionally find myself tempted to consider some variant of lizard people:

You want to be generally healthier? Great.
You want to be less reliant on big pharma? Good.
Homeopathic? Ummm...
Vaccines are mindcontrol mechanisms? WTF -- have you been lizardized?

Mar 10 at 1:42pmWeb