A Caste System is Already Here
I've spoken at length how the government response to covid is class warfare and involved the biggest transfer of wealth from the middle class to the weathly in my lifetime. I've also spoken about how it's creating a caste system in the United States, using the example of service workers who are forced to wear masks while people using those services do not. It goes greater than that, and New Years Eve is a great example.
This caste system was really obvious during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, where only a select few celebrities were allowed to witness the parade in person, while the rest of us in the lower caste got to watch from home. The same is happening tonight. While in my area venues used by the plebes are forced to close at 11 or not allowed to be open at all, we will get to watch celebrities of a higher class celebrate. We are stuck in homes, they are living high. Pay attention to this- as it's the new normal. Politicians, celebrities and ultra wealthy will be awarded freedoms and privileges that the lower castes are not. We will see this over and over this year to normalize the behavior.
Some countries are futher along than the US, like Canada. Canada has been one of the most locked down countries in the world this year, and they already refer to their government controlled wilderness as Crown Land. Access to that land was cut off for all people except government agents as a part of the Canadian government response to this year's corona virus. That's not a move that prevents the spread of course, since outdoor exercise is recommended as a way to stay healthy, but an advancement of a caste system.
In countries like the US, land controlled by the federal government is referred to as Public Land because the intent was for it to remain open to all people to use. However, even here that has been changing. It's all intentional. One of the stated agendas of the World Economic Forum is to remove humans from rural and wilderness areas and concentrate them in smart cities. Only a select few in the upper caste will be allowed to visit these closed off areas. The moves this year are baby steps towards acheiving that.
It's not a new push either. In 2001 the United States decreed one third of federally controlled public lands to be "roadless" which prohibited vehicle traffic. In one brush of the pen one third of all publicly accessable land was cut off to people for many uses. It was sold as an environmental rule change, but the effect was quite different. Take the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri for example- the Forest Service installed posts to block vehicle access to lakes by vehicles, then turned around and poured a blacktop path to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act since they cut off access to people in wheelchairs. The act wasn't about protecting the environment, it was about taking away access.
Look at how sports are being treated as another example. My hockey league still hasn't been able to complete games scheduled for March due to lockdowns while the NHL finished their season and has another season scheduled. The professional players get special treatment and like 2020, only celebrities or the politically connected will be able to attend games at their whim. The rest of us get to watch from home.
How many times have politicians been caught breaking their own rules when it comes to quarantines and lockdowns? In my own town Sam Page locked down all of St Louis County, and just went to a nice sit down restaraunt in nearby St Charles County. Happily, the owner of that restaraunt refused him service.
This will go on until people push back. I see so many people happy to see 2020 end with the expectation that 2021 will be better. Next year won't be any better than this year unless each of us changes to make that happen. If we all act the way we did this year, 2021 will be worse in many ways. Take a moment to ponder actions you can take to make 2021 a better year for humanity than 2020. Together, we can do it.