I know very little about the big stimulus package. But there are three pieces of legislation that interested me. Furthermore, I know very little about these three pieces of legislation.
We are all aware that the $600 one time payment to Americans suffering this manufactured economic depression is insulting, degrading and meant to incite anger. It is acting as the carrot they can dangle out in front of us to wallop us with the stick of these three pieces of legislation (three among many more I might add) that are hidden within this massive bill:
1) Moratorium on evictions will continue. This likely means landlords will take stimulus based loans / payments / tax write-offs since their renters can’t afford to pay rent. Just like in situations where the businesses that are taking any stimulus money, those businesses are now community policing their staff and customers and forcing social change and medical interventions on people, which are human rights violations. As landlords are taking stimulus money to cover rent, they will now act as the community policers for their renters. Who knows what the renters will have to capitulate to as new rules and regulations will be set out by the landlords. There are strings attached with these stimulus loans. If you take the loan, then you will be forced to work with a government approved wrap around service that will make your building or business a COVID-19 approved source of income. A landlord who has accepted stimulus money cannot host tenants in his building unless it is a “COVID-19” approved building and passed regulation. Just like a business that has taken stimulus money cannot continue doing business unless he implements COVID-19 approved policy and procedures to the staff and customer. Bottom line is the moratorium on evictions sounds good on the outside, but it’s another piece of social conditioning that is preparing people who rent, especially in concentrated urban areas, for a different way of life.
2) There is some fuzzy language about making it unlawful to stream or share memes. As a content creator, I felt it was something to look into though. I need to look more into it. Says something about corporations, like Disney for instance, being able to sue the person who is live-streaming or meme-ing if an image from say, Disney, happens to come into the messaging. The fine is $30,000. This tells me the algorithms are refining. There may be an example in the news of someone who has to pay this fine or go to jail. This example exists to scare us into self-censoring.
3) Companies don’t want to be held liable for any injuries or injustices or constitutional violations as a result of the COVID-19 policies they’ve had to implement and impart on their staff and customers. Much like the vaccine companies are not liable for injuries caused by their product, companies, large and small, want those same protections from liability. Although constitutional protections remain in tact, they remain in tact only on a technical basis. By waiving all liability to companies who violate constitutional or human rights protections, it ultimately does undermine those very constitutional and human rights.
That’s all I have so far.
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