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The more people keep their mouth shut about positions being defended by the Woke lobby, trans activists & radical environmentalists, the more these positions will acquire an artificial veneer of legitimacy. Check out my Freedom Blog here: https://davidthunder.substack.com/ Become a patron of my work: https://www.patreon.com/davidthunder

"The only thing we have to fear is...fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror..." - Franklin D Roosevelt, March 4th, 1933 Life is inherently risky. We must manage risk without being consumed by paralysing fear. If you enjoyed this video and would like to help me get my message out, here are three ways you can support my work: 1. Subscribe to my Freedom Blog: https://davidthunder.substack.com/ 2. Make a one-off donation to my work: https://ko-fi.com/davidthunder 3. Become a patron by pledging a monthly donation: https://www.patreon.com/davidthunder

One way public leaders and journalists shape the public mind is simply by staying quiet and keeping awkward topics away from our ears. Here are 10 burning issues they blissfully ignore. To by-pass mainstream media bias and support independent journalism, sign up to my Freedom Blog at this link: davidthunder.substack.com

Did you know that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the WHO's 2nd largest donor, has investments in the pharmaceutical industry valued at over 200 million dollars? How does this not represent a conflict of interest for the WHO, which is meant to impartially serve the health needs of the global community? If you enjoyed this video, please consider subscribing to my Freedom Blog, at: https://davidthunder.substack.com/

Twitter’s permanent suspension of my account (@davidjthunder) in October 2021, and its suspension of high-profile commentators such as Dr Robert Malone, raises serious concerns that go far beyond the individuals involved or whether their opinions are true or false. If you liked this video, consider taking out a free or paid subscription to my Freedom Blog, where I write about developments affecting a free and open society, such as freedom of expression, social engineering, and the cultural basis for self-government. Here's the direct link to my blog: https://davidthunder.substack.com/

This message is for public authorities that have used the pandemic as an excuse to expand their powers indefinitely and suspend citizens’ constitutional rights. You serve at our good pleasure. So we will keep pestering you until you answer these five simple questions. If you liked this video, consider taking out a free or paid subscription to my Freedom Blog, where I write about developments affecting a free and open society, such as freedom of expression, social engineering, and the cultural basis for self-government. Here's the direct link: https://davidthunder.substack.com/

In this video, I discuss one of the worrying tendencies we have seen over the course of this pandemic, namely the rise of a fundamentally utilitarian attitude toward human rights and liberties, that makes our basic rights hinge on the strategic goals of public actors or their interpretation of collective utility. If you liked this video, consider taking out a free or paid subscription to my Freedom Blog, where I write about developments affecting a free and open society, such as freedom of expression, social engineering, and the cultural basis for self-government. Here's the direct link: https://davidthunder.substack.com/

In The Freedom Blog, I will share my *uncensored* thoughts on the meaning & value of human freedom & the conditions that support a free & open society. The Freedom Blog aims to harness my experience and training as a political philosopher to the task of interrogating and explaining social, political, and cultural developments relevant to a free and open society. If you’d like to be part of this venture, I invite you to take out either a free or paid subscription to The Freedom Blog at https://davidthunder.substack.com

When I raised questions about Covid policies, my Twitter account was suspended permanently with a vague and unexplained charge of “misinformation.” But I refuse to be silenced. There is too much at stake at this delicate moment when Western democracies are lurching toward totalitarianism. So I’ve carved out a space of intellectual and political freedom, unhampered by Big Tech bullies and politically correct newspaper editors, called The Freedom Blog, where I will share my thoughts on culture, society, and politics, especially issues that affect human freedom and flourishing. To stay up-to-date with my latest blog posts, you can sign up here: https://davidthunder.substack.com/

In this 2 minute video, I explain how much of the far-reaching collateral damage of pandemic policies, including the erosion of civil rights, the epidemic of depression and loneliness, and the collapse of many jobs and businesses across the world, could have been greatly mitigated if scientists, public health officials, and political leaders had swallowed their pride and recognised the limits of their own knowledge and power. For a more extended explanation, see my blog post, at the link below: https://davidthunder.substack.com/p/pride-comes-before-a-fall?r=wlowt&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source= To sign up for blog updates, go to davidthunder.substack.com.

Twitter has behaved as a bully toward me and other dissenting voices it has sought to silence with no explanation of its actions other than vague charges of “misinformation,” while giving a free pass to people who tweet out patently disingenuous and misleading Tweets, so long as they reinforce the dominant, Twitter-approved narrative. But we will not be silenced. And you know why? Because we are not in this for money, or prestige, or social acceptance. We speak out against this monstrous experiment in social engineering because we care about the health and well-being of our communities, the success of our health system, the integrity of science, the liberties that governments across the world are trampling on, and the future of free and open societies. You can subscribe to my Freedom Blog, and Youtube and Telegram channels, at davidthunder.com

I would like to send a message to Twitter about the recent suspension of my account, @davidjthunder. Twitter's conception of content moderation is essentially despotic: anything they disagree with can be censored at will, with zero transparency & zero accountability.

To think ideologically is to be uncritically committed to some worldview and to defend it to the hilt, even if this means discounting, ignoring, or falsifying evidence, or tripping yourself up in contradictions. To think philosophically is to think with one's eyes open to reality, to be willing to adjust one's beliefs in light of new evidence. You can subscribe to my Freedom Blog and Telegram channel at davidthunder.com

There are clear signs that a large part of the democratic West may be on the brink of a de facto regime change: Unless we see a major course correction, we are heading in the direction of a new type of regime, characterised by a much more intrusive style of governance, a more far-reaching surveillance and police state, and a more half-hearted, utilitarian attitude to civil rights.