In the following, Ben Bartee reminds us of Ursula von der Leyen’s eagerness to vaccinate the world. Not only against whatever the latest disease Bill Gates has found to profit from, but also against “the virus” that is free speech.
In 2024, Ursula von der Leyen, non-popularly-elected president of the European Commission* and ultra-girlboss extraordinaire, came out swinging against free speech in a white-knuckle speech in which she likened “malign information” to a “virus” that society must be inoculated against (by the state, obviously) via the “vaccine” of “prebunking,” a euphemism for censorship.
“And finally, it takes resilience. As technology evolves, we need to build up societal immunity around information manipulation. Because research has shown that prebunking is more successful than debunking … in short, prevention is preferable to cure.
Perhaps if you think of information manipulation as a virus. Instead of treating an infection once it has taken hold – that is debunking – it is much better to vaccinate so that the body is inoculated.
Prebunking is the same approach. Because disinformation relies on people passing it on to others. It is essential that people know what malign information influence is and what the techniques are that are behind it …
And as the knowledge goes up, our chances of being influenced goes down, and that builds up the societal resilience that we will need.” ...<<<Read More>>>...
