COVID retrospective: what has surprised you?

I think, in a sense, that’s up to the response of the populations of various countries. I very honestly believe that fundamental transformation of society is the desired endgame. The change of human society into a technocratically administrated global governance structure that affects all of its parts. Economic, governmental, cultural and even human (biology and otherwise.)

One may ask, “Who in their right mind would desire that type of endgame?” Skepticism of such things is understandable. I think the actual answer is hardly anybody in terms of numbers. Therein lies part of the issue, so much of the actual structure of things at the present time allows for a situation where a very tiny tail of psychopathy (in a human society bell curve of sorts) ends up as a kind of rudder for the long term direction and course of many institutions that are not populated by people bent on anything like planetary tyranny. I think bringing these things about takes far fewer men and women desiring such things and acting in concert in ways that are far less cartoonish in their coordination than we tend to imagine.

They will, of course, fail. Like those who defied God at Babel it may be when they believe they’re closest to their objectives.
I think and state all these things with cheerful calmness and no fever of mind. I just think it’s the best explanation for so many things. Perhaps better put, I think Lewis’ “Space Trilogy” is one of the most profoundly meaningful works of fiction I’ve ever read. Hence my titling of my other thread. (shameless plug :grinning:)
I also think that there are dangers involved in recognizing the brilliance and extreme applicability of Lewis’ work there. And dangers in the best and most truthful research into the inter-relationship of some of these topics. In some ways, more so than in less-than-accurate research and discussions on the same topics. Not that I’m an expert. I’m certainly not.

I try to maintain a Biblical balance and faithfulness in thinking about these things, though. Even from a seemingly less than mainstream view of the current COVID stuff. My own view is that those who actively desire the full-scale change of human society with medically centered justifications as part of the means to do so have already suffered severe setbacks. Their attempts to continue their program in our era, though, are very far from concluded.