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Hi @kennyskitchen

This is such an interesting and important question @riverflows has raised. 

> In the past, most of the big examples of this technique were more aimed towards military affairs, either by creating disasters, or simply allowing them to happen (even though there was plenty of warning), and using the disaster as an excuse to invade someone or start a war.

I've long been aware of the use of war by government to create distraction. Problem-Reaction-Solution as a technique can be seen at work in our media in the UK on almost a weekly basis, along with the less subtle techniques demonizing individuals, or groups, to create a smoke screen of distraction from the real culprits who negate our freedoms - government, establishment and big business. 

It never occurred to me that these techniques could be, or would be, applied to natural disasters. But it makes sense that they would use any opportunity for control to gain a greater choke hold on freedoms.

It's interesting to see the distinction between entirely manufactured disasters and those that are real, but inflated to create fear. Both instances create the same control mechanisms. 

The levels of mass histeria created by the carona virus springs to mind. While it is important to contain and eliminate, I'm pretty sure it's being used to facilitate stricter limitations on movement. 

Isn't it strange how these so called 'catastrophic diseases' appear every decade, usually in China! Then they are miraculously cured or contained by application of science. It's almost like a fictitious narrative that paints a certain place as being negative, with the golden hero of science that saves the day. 

Don't get me wrong, I think science had a lot to recommend it... but that doesn't take away from the fact that the narrative is pointing us toward very definitive definitions of what is right. And away from asking/answering questions for ourselves.

By the way, can anyone answer the tribesteem up bi-weekly question? I'd like to give it a pop myself. I guess I can find it on @tribesteemup blog page?

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