Last week I wrote about my Ryanair flight from Dublin to Malaga and that 80% of Irish people were maskless on the flight which gave me hope for the future. Maybe I was a bit premature in my thinking. It’s amazing what can change in a week. This time I was flying back from Spain to Ireland with Aer Lingus rather than Ryanair. The primary reason being it was the last flight out at 11.45 pm and we wanted to squeeze as much out of the holiday as possible. The price was also reasonable for flying at such an ungodly hour and I love a good deal 😃
I’m from Northern Ireland and travel extensively with work. It’s the same everywhere......I’m sitting in a US airport right now waiting for an early morning flight and the majority of people masking are young and perfectly healthy, many of university age. It’s virtue signalling - look at us being good citizens. Meanwhile, the working class airport staff (sweeping generalisation I know!!) are just getting on with things as normal
A similar experience here in India. The middle class and expats all rushed to get jabbed multiple times and many continue to wear masks. However the working class in the cities, and most in the villages have either refused the jab or stopped at one. Unless of course they were forced to do so to keep their jobs.
Yes I do think your observations are valid, try reading about bonhoeffer's theory of stupidity, the 'educated stupid' are the most dangerous in society in a mass formation scenario.
I can add to your hypothesis regarding income and education levels.
The specialty and trust I work in has roughly 115 consultants. I was the only one from that group who refused to take the mRNA injection. When the medical director asked for reasons it was like the logical part of his brain had completely deserted him and replaced by what the media / govt wanted him to think.
The others who refused (not a huge amount) were some nurses, porters and admin staff.
Most people I know who are educated and affluent took the injection and believe all the news about it.
Let me give you my story. BTW I read Gerry O'Neill's stats too with amusement but not complete shock. I flew to Malaga on 31st May last with Aerlingus. Very busy in Dublin Airport at about 4am. I wondered why they make you weigh your own case and get the stickers and Boarding Pass as I had already done the Boarding Pass at home. Then you have to go over to the operative anyway and he does mostly the same thing. I was glad to get that out of the way and relaxed a bit. Nobody wearing masks in the airport but while queueing at the boarding gate an announcement that we would have to wear a mask for duration of the flight. Most people fumbled in their pockets. I was getting more nervous as I neared the top of the queue. Finally my turn, was asked to put on my mask, I said I was exempt so he asked for my doctor letter, I said I hadn't it with me and I shouldn't have to show it. He persisted, I told him I'd had an antigen test and he could be sure I had no infection whatsoever and then I leaned in and said I'd put one on as I board the plane and ran past him. The cabin crew didn't seem to mind. A friendly passenger asked me if I needed one ha ha. I didn't wear one for the whole flight and nobody was wearing them in Malaga Airport
The return journey on 30th June was a different thing. Nobody wearing masks in Malaga Airport or at boarding gate. But as I went to board the plane the cabin crew said I'd have to put one on, I went through the rigmarole of being exempt over and over. She called the Supervisor and he said I'd have to wear it. Where's my letter etc etc over and over. Very stressful. For a fleeting moment I thought they might refuse me the flight even though my cases were in the hold. I fidgeted in my bag for a cloth nappy I thought I'd packed. He stood over me to check, he said, if it was medical grade. So embarrassing. Eventually he found a paper thing and asked me to put it on so I put it on under my nose and went to my place. Then I took it off and sat down. During the flight he announced several times that we had to wear it as the Spanish law was to wear a nappy on public transport, Insane really. He even said we could remove them for eating but as soon as possible to put them back on. Really control freak behaviour. I didn't wear one as I knew there was nothing they could do to me then. This man was working my side of the flight but I just put on my eye-mask and pretended to be asleep. This is really mental behaviour and I don't hold out much hope for the human race
I'm heading back on 1st Sept so will probably meet more nonsense then. I spent most of 2020 and 2021 in Spain and put up with curfews and silly outdoor mask laws etc. Often being challenged for wearing the mask under the nose etc. Even some people wearing a mask on the beach and I even witnessed one poor woman wearing one in the sea with a hat and sunglasses. God help us all
My daughter goes to a posh private school. I noticed that only myself and another parent smoked out of 50 kids ( I have since then given up that filthy habit ). My theory is that the richer you are, the longer you want life to last. The longer you want life to last, the more scared you are of dying. The more scared you are of dying, the easier it is to be fear mongered. Etc etc
Generally I find the more highly (formally) educated people are, the more compliant and the more likely they are to be Covid true believers. The current societal set-up has served them very well so they’ve no reason to challenge any part of it. I have both awake and unawake friends and family and the ones who are most skeptical of the government and institutions are generally less wealthy and less educated - but way smarter! They know they can’t rely on the government to take care of them!
There's nought stranger than folk as the saying goes. I can't add to what is a very well written and comprehensive piece of writing and agree the more affluent in society tend to be blindly obedient to nonsensical rules regarding mask wearing and volunteering like sheep for the experimental mRNA injections. The more materialistic obviously don't see the bigger picture and rule out the possibility in their narrow mindedness that life is really a pilgrimage to prepare our souls for eternity . Fear of death and sickness is understandable and I empathise with those who have genuine underlying health conditions or anxieties.
We are a nation of self serving public and civil servants who will willingly micromanage and police themselves and the rest of us who get swept along with their nonsensical rules and health and safety BS regulations.
Finally we have the medical profession and health service providers who are totally controlled and indoctrinated by the Pharmaceutical Industry who pay for all the nutty professors and lecturers to infiltrate their minds in college and training with the doctrine that everything outside their conventional medicine is quackery, superstition and must always be stamped out.
People will not question their doctors and the vast majority of doctors will not question the medical councils that are controlled by the Pharmaceutical industry and their on going experimental and commercial enterprises.
Oh that made me laugh 😂 I saw the same a few weeks ago. On Flight out to Malaga Aer Lingus, masks required because Spain requires them on public transport!! That was the reason given. At the door entering the aircraft I was told to put a mask on. I did not have a mask.I said I would arrange something. So I sat down. It was morning. I ordered wine and two tea. Lined them up in front of me.drank the wine quickly and at the end of the flight handed the two full Teas back to the same girl who laboured the mask point. I drink slowly I said 😊. She knew. !!No mask required when eating or drinking. 80 % of the flight were masked. Including the crew. Return flight Aer Lingus no masks required as Ireland does not require masks on public transport…. Mad world. 80 % masked again.
Ah Dublin 4, I remember it well & am not the least surprised about its vaxx rate, same with progressive enclaves in the US and Canada.…speaking of, I give this post Bonus Points for the Trudeau blackface reference.
The reason is because the middle class have followed all the rules all through life, done well in school where they are indoctorinated and figured out instinctively to not rock the boat and overall they have done well in life. So why would they suspect anything is wrong. They usually have that superior attitude of being right and being the good citizen too. Hence the virtue signalling. It is all about being in the right group and the media matrix shapes that.
As Chomsky has stated in his writings, the middle class are the most bought in and propagandized group. It is a hard fact for the middle class to swallow that they are the most thoroughly deceived because they do then to think they are ever so educated and bright and above any of that sort of manipulation because they are too clever for it. But alas not.
Enjoyed reading this and very interesting and probably valid observation on the Ryan-Air / Aer lingus socio economic points. Plus west of Ireland country people would never travel to Dublin for an Aer lingus Flight but they would for a cheap Ryan Air flight. If both were flying to the same destination. Thanks for the link to my substack too. Keep up the great work!
I think you've hit the nail on the head, it's something I've observed myself. Those who consider themselves educated and well-informed, dedicated newspaper readers and TV news watchers, tend to be middle class. My middle class friends want to do everything they can to be a good citizen. My manual worker friends and acquaintances, and young people, mostly don't know what all the fuss is about because they're not interested in current affairs and haven't been brainwashed.
I was reading this out to my wife and told her that I figured the reason was socio-economic. And then came back at the point I'd left your substack and these were the words that I was met with;
"Ryanair flights are generally cheaper than Aer Lingus. Could the socio-economic background of the people flying on those flights have anything to do with it ?"
So damned obvious. The story here in NZ in the last day or so is that the Government might have overestimated the % of Maori who have been vaccinated. Who cluster in the lower socio-economic groups. Only the rich die young.
There is a professor in Israel who said that it was more than a coincidence that these injections were given to whole Populations and the subsequent rise of monkey virus.
He was inferring that peoples natural immmunity was affected by the injection hence the rise of monkey virus.
The reaction: he was banned from Twitter.
The evidence shows that natural immunity is affected by the injection.
Take the injection and catch the virus? You won’t get natural immunity against it. Plenty of evidence to back that up.
we had the opposite experience on the flight to Billund in Denmark. since there are no mask rules either way, only 3-4 people on each flight wore masks. everyone else was unmasked. Denmark was a similar experience (so was Dublin airport): no social distancing, very few masks, most people walking right past handwash dispensers, etc. All good but with a few mandates it could definitely turn quickly.
I’m from Northern Ireland and travel extensively with work. It’s the same everywhere......I’m sitting in a US airport right now waiting for an early morning flight and the majority of people masking are young and perfectly healthy, many of university age. It’s virtue signalling - look at us being good citizens. Meanwhile, the working class airport staff (sweeping generalisation I know!!) are just getting on with things as normal
A similar experience here in India. The middle class and expats all rushed to get jabbed multiple times and many continue to wear masks. However the working class in the cities, and most in the villages have either refused the jab or stopped at one. Unless of course they were forced to do so to keep their jobs.
Yes I do think your observations are valid, try reading about bonhoeffer's theory of stupidity, the 'educated stupid' are the most dangerous in society in a mass formation scenario.
An interesting observation.
I can add to your hypothesis regarding income and education levels.
The specialty and trust I work in has roughly 115 consultants. I was the only one from that group who refused to take the mRNA injection. When the medical director asked for reasons it was like the logical part of his brain had completely deserted him and replaced by what the media / govt wanted him to think.
The others who refused (not a huge amount) were some nurses, porters and admin staff.
Most people I know who are educated and affluent took the injection and believe all the news about it.
Let me give you my story. BTW I read Gerry O'Neill's stats too with amusement but not complete shock. I flew to Malaga on 31st May last with Aerlingus. Very busy in Dublin Airport at about 4am. I wondered why they make you weigh your own case and get the stickers and Boarding Pass as I had already done the Boarding Pass at home. Then you have to go over to the operative anyway and he does mostly the same thing. I was glad to get that out of the way and relaxed a bit. Nobody wearing masks in the airport but while queueing at the boarding gate an announcement that we would have to wear a mask for duration of the flight. Most people fumbled in their pockets. I was getting more nervous as I neared the top of the queue. Finally my turn, was asked to put on my mask, I said I was exempt so he asked for my doctor letter, I said I hadn't it with me and I shouldn't have to show it. He persisted, I told him I'd had an antigen test and he could be sure I had no infection whatsoever and then I leaned in and said I'd put one on as I board the plane and ran past him. The cabin crew didn't seem to mind. A friendly passenger asked me if I needed one ha ha. I didn't wear one for the whole flight and nobody was wearing them in Malaga Airport
The return journey on 30th June was a different thing. Nobody wearing masks in Malaga Airport or at boarding gate. But as I went to board the plane the cabin crew said I'd have to put one on, I went through the rigmarole of being exempt over and over. She called the Supervisor and he said I'd have to wear it. Where's my letter etc etc over and over. Very stressful. For a fleeting moment I thought they might refuse me the flight even though my cases were in the hold. I fidgeted in my bag for a cloth nappy I thought I'd packed. He stood over me to check, he said, if it was medical grade. So embarrassing. Eventually he found a paper thing and asked me to put it on so I put it on under my nose and went to my place. Then I took it off and sat down. During the flight he announced several times that we had to wear it as the Spanish law was to wear a nappy on public transport, Insane really. He even said we could remove them for eating but as soon as possible to put them back on. Really control freak behaviour. I didn't wear one as I knew there was nothing they could do to me then. This man was working my side of the flight but I just put on my eye-mask and pretended to be asleep. This is really mental behaviour and I don't hold out much hope for the human race
I'm heading back on 1st Sept so will probably meet more nonsense then. I spent most of 2020 and 2021 in Spain and put up with curfews and silly outdoor mask laws etc. Often being challenged for wearing the mask under the nose etc. Even some people wearing a mask on the beach and I even witnessed one poor woman wearing one in the sea with a hat and sunglasses. God help us all
My daughter goes to a posh private school. I noticed that only myself and another parent smoked out of 50 kids ( I have since then given up that filthy habit ). My theory is that the richer you are, the longer you want life to last. The longer you want life to last, the more scared you are of dying. The more scared you are of dying, the easier it is to be fear mongered. Etc etc
Generally I find the more highly (formally) educated people are, the more compliant and the more likely they are to be Covid true believers. The current societal set-up has served them very well so they’ve no reason to challenge any part of it. I have both awake and unawake friends and family and the ones who are most skeptical of the government and institutions are generally less wealthy and less educated - but way smarter! They know they can’t rely on the government to take care of them!
There's nought stranger than folk as the saying goes. I can't add to what is a very well written and comprehensive piece of writing and agree the more affluent in society tend to be blindly obedient to nonsensical rules regarding mask wearing and volunteering like sheep for the experimental mRNA injections. The more materialistic obviously don't see the bigger picture and rule out the possibility in their narrow mindedness that life is really a pilgrimage to prepare our souls for eternity . Fear of death and sickness is understandable and I empathise with those who have genuine underlying health conditions or anxieties.
We are a nation of self serving public and civil servants who will willingly micromanage and police themselves and the rest of us who get swept along with their nonsensical rules and health and safety BS regulations.
Finally we have the medical profession and health service providers who are totally controlled and indoctrinated by the Pharmaceutical Industry who pay for all the nutty professors and lecturers to infiltrate their minds in college and training with the doctrine that everything outside their conventional medicine is quackery, superstition and must always be stamped out.
People will not question their doctors and the vast majority of doctors will not question the medical councils that are controlled by the Pharmaceutical industry and their on going experimental and commercial enterprises.
Oh that made me laugh 😂 I saw the same a few weeks ago. On Flight out to Malaga Aer Lingus, masks required because Spain requires them on public transport!! That was the reason given. At the door entering the aircraft I was told to put a mask on. I did not have a mask.I said I would arrange something. So I sat down. It was morning. I ordered wine and two tea. Lined them up in front of me.drank the wine quickly and at the end of the flight handed the two full Teas back to the same girl who laboured the mask point. I drink slowly I said 😊. She knew. !!No mask required when eating or drinking. 80 % of the flight were masked. Including the crew. Return flight Aer Lingus no masks required as Ireland does not require masks on public transport…. Mad world. 80 % masked again.
Ah Dublin 4, I remember it well & am not the least surprised about its vaxx rate, same with progressive enclaves in the US and Canada.…speaking of, I give this post Bonus Points for the Trudeau blackface reference.
The reason is because the middle class have followed all the rules all through life, done well in school where they are indoctorinated and figured out instinctively to not rock the boat and overall they have done well in life. So why would they suspect anything is wrong. They usually have that superior attitude of being right and being the good citizen too. Hence the virtue signalling. It is all about being in the right group and the media matrix shapes that.
As Chomsky has stated in his writings, the middle class are the most bought in and propagandized group. It is a hard fact for the middle class to swallow that they are the most thoroughly deceived because they do then to think they are ever so educated and bright and above any of that sort of manipulation because they are too clever for it. But alas not.
Enjoyed reading this and very interesting and probably valid observation on the Ryan-Air / Aer lingus socio economic points. Plus west of Ireland country people would never travel to Dublin for an Aer lingus Flight but they would for a cheap Ryan Air flight. If both were flying to the same destination. Thanks for the link to my substack too. Keep up the great work!
I think you've hit the nail on the head, it's something I've observed myself. Those who consider themselves educated and well-informed, dedicated newspaper readers and TV news watchers, tend to be middle class. My middle class friends want to do everything they can to be a good citizen. My manual worker friends and acquaintances, and young people, mostly don't know what all the fuss is about because they're not interested in current affairs and haven't been brainwashed.
I was reading this out to my wife and told her that I figured the reason was socio-economic. And then came back at the point I'd left your substack and these were the words that I was met with;
"Ryanair flights are generally cheaper than Aer Lingus. Could the socio-economic background of the people flying on those flights have anything to do with it ?"
So damned obvious. The story here in NZ in the last day or so is that the Government might have overestimated the % of Maori who have been vaccinated. Who cluster in the lower socio-economic groups. Only the rich die young.
There is a professor in Israel who said that it was more than a coincidence that these injections were given to whole Populations and the subsequent rise of monkey virus.
He was inferring that peoples natural immmunity was affected by the injection hence the rise of monkey virus.
The reaction: he was banned from Twitter.
The evidence shows that natural immunity is affected by the injection.
Take the injection and catch the virus? You won’t get natural immunity against it. Plenty of evidence to back that up.
we had the opposite experience on the flight to Billund in Denmark. since there are no mask rules either way, only 3-4 people on each flight wore masks. everyone else was unmasked. Denmark was a similar experience (so was Dublin airport): no social distancing, very few masks, most people walking right past handwash dispensers, etc. All good but with a few mandates it could definitely turn quickly.