Westerners are afraid of death.

Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding. That's the core of our society's irrational response to this pandemic. The fear of death is driving people crazy. And even when people feel confident that they wouldn't end up in the ICU over this, they fear for the more vulnerable people in their lives. Like their elderly parents/grandparents or the immunocompromised.

If we ban cars, we could save a lot of lives too. Are we gonna ban cars? Accidents are the #1 cause of death for young adults. Suicide is the #2 killer of young adults. How many excess suicides did we have during this pandemic? Where is the suicide ticker?

Life carried with it some risk. Yes a virus is contagious. But you know what? A 20 year old douchebag doped up on lean behind a wheel killed a young Aryan woman and her three Aryan daughters in Brampton. Driving kills other people too. Not just coofs. Are we gonna ban cars? Are we gonna ban cough syrup because douchebags get high on cough syrup and then drive under the influence?

Westerners are afraid of death.

To quote Ted Kaczynski:

Many modern people, on the other hand, are disturbed by the prospect of physical deterioration and death, as is shown by the amount of effort they expend trying to maintain their physical condition, appearance and health. We argue that this is due to unfulfillment resulting from the fact that they have never put their physical powers to any practical use, have never gone through the power process using their bodies in a serious way. It is not the primitive man, who has used his body daily for practical purposes, who fears the deterioration of age, but the modern man, who has never had a practical use for his body beyond walking from his car to his house. It is the man whose need for the power process has been satisfied during his life who is best prepared to accept the end of that life.