Have Tweeted before maybe about what POW camps in the Korean War can teach us about Covid. But in case…

Have Tweeted before maybe about what POW camps in the Korean War can teach us about Covid. But in case not.../1 https://t.co/b79VSMhsgl

The Korean POW camps were unique in that there were not only no escapes, but also no attempts at escape. The Koreans began by observing all prisoners as they arrived. Those who showed leadership qualities amongst the prisoners - about 5% of them - were killed. /2

Another 10% were identified as good informers on their mates (like several experts in every country right now), who helped root out any troublemakers. About 40% of the American POWs died, because without leadership or direction, they lost all will to resist or even live. /3

This is how neoliberals/libertarians operate. Identify leadership of any resistance (unions, mostly), cut the head off them, and then either offer proxy leadership (often only fantasy aspirational ideals - super cheap) for who's left, or just let them wither on the vine. /4

In the pandemic, this means eviscerating any public health-led leadership as quickly as possible, and in the meantime weaponising all of the PH concepts as meaningless or redirected slogans, like 'live with the virus'. At the same time, provide no direction to business,.../5

...or fill it with so many loopholes that each CEO or manager will continue trading, in the absence of instruction to do otherwise, as if there was no pandemic. The public, the 'soldiers' who are left, will then all happily swallow whatever hopium offered, and/or die. /end