0049 The federal government responds.  But the term, “federal”, is now delocalized.  It used to refer to a federation of sovereign states in America.  Now, it means a federation of sovereign states in both America and Europe, even though the Europeans have not recognized the subtle shift in terminology.

Technocratic progressivism knows how to shift the meanings of words.

0050 Here is a picture of the plague-unraveled individual.

0051 The normal context of the federal government_3c brings the actuality of a medical state of emergency_2c, complete with quarantines of healthy citizens, into relation with the potential of ‘biosecurity’_1c.

The normal context of a state of fear_3b brings the actuality that the novel coronavirus endangers vulnerable persons_2b into relation with the government apparatuses of subsidiary states, such as Germany and Italy, as well as America and Canada_1b.

The normal context of the sociopathic reactionary resistance_3a brings the actuality of common folk denying the well-publicized dangers_2a into relation with the potential of a countervailing democratic initiative_1a.

Of course, the federal government_3c and the leviathan_1b can manage the anticipated_3a commonsense_2a democratic_1ainitiative.  That is where the control files on politicians, influencers, corporate media celebrities, religious leaders, and so on, enters the picture.

0052 How about some anecdotal evidence?

Crawford describes his observations of people in the California Bay Area, a technocratic progressive heartland.

First, people wear masks outdoors, not so much for personal protection, but because zero covid is a heroic battle, requiring a literal effacement of the individual.

Ah, wearing masks_1a signals one’s virtuous solidarity with vulnerable persons endangered by the virus_2b.  It is an expression of democracy_1a in support of the leviathan_1b, rather than common folk, who do not care about those designated as “vulnerable”_2a.

0053 Here is the virtual nested form in the category of firstness.

The normal context of biosecurity_1c virtual brings slogans from the leviathan_1b into relation with the potential of affirmation by democratic expression_1a.

Here is a diagram.

0054 What about lockdowns?

Does staying home during a lockdown show democratic assent?

Here is a picture of the virtual nested form in the realm of actuality.

0055 Crawford describes how lockdowns force social isolation.  Social atomization is one of the conditions that support the rise of totalitarian movements.  The Party offers the only way to… um… party.

Also, social isolation purifies the citizens of the Bay Area, who democratically assent_1a to the leviathan_1b rather than what used to be called “commonsense”_2a.  Those wearing masks outdoors dance to the cultish vibe of hygiene maximalists.  Here are the uncontaminated spiritual warriors of a nascent hygiene state.

Crawford waxes eloquent about a social scene that makes common folk want to puke.

0056 Here is a picture of the virtual nested form in the category of secondness.

0057 Need I continue?

The denizens of the San Francisco Bay Area abandon commonsense_2a and embrace medical tyranny_1b.

Denizens?

Well, they aren’t individuals anymore, are they?