היכן בית השם? – מכתב פתוח לנשים שאננות מישוב שילה
Politics VS Economics
“The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.”
― Thomas Sowell, Is Reality Optional? and Other Essays
אבד חסיד מן הארץ וישר באדם אין, אין קורא בשמך בצדק מתעורר להחזיק בך
The Case of Yonoson Rosenblum and Corona
It’s curious.
When Charedi establishment liars lie the rubes into following the Goyish establishment, they directly invoke, not the putative “experts“, but the supposedly-independent “Da’as Torah” and “Gedolim” aping the Goyish establishment.
And yet, when their wise counsel explodes in their faces, as usual, the obligatory retraction takes the form of attacking in hindsight only the Goyish establishment experts (the ones followed blindly by “Da’as Torah” and the “Gedolim”, too!), no mention of “Da’as Torah” and “Gedolim” who gave assent and support until the bitter end.
Here is the evidence:
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Corona is just one example.
Curious, no?
(Thanks to Chananya Weissman for the reference.)