Whether this has been one of the outcomes following on from Covid and the lockdowns remains to be seen but it's pretty depressing
started way before Covid........
since way back before the dinosaurs "creatures" [ humans are one! ] there has been a pecking order. .. comments like survival of the species / fittest / etc .. were pointed out by Darwin..
In the animal Kingdom if you "rebel" you tend to get killed/ eaten / banished, the weakest get left to die.
The human race, and in particular individual countries have fallen foul of the trap ... pity/ anything for a quiet life / I dont really care a **##? .... it starts off small, all wars are started small over something petty or the need to fulfil greed......
Take the illegal immigrants as 1 issue ... allowed a few to penetrate our defences, sent a load back whence they came and some stayed some hid from plain sight and melted into the population! It all starts with people with similar misplaced ideology like the chap on 5 live Nathan McGovern? said before race "Police are wasting time chasing protesters rather than addressing the climate and ecological emergency, and our broken relationship to animals. AND after it we didnt kill Hill Sixteen [ WELL you had a very big hand in it.. [was an Aintree specialist !] ........ Take his argument,
an after thought after climate and ecological causes! Bloke is a self centred egoist that wants to be " leader of a protest group" but not much left to protest against.
I would seriously know how his stopping the race helps either of the very important things he mentions... is it damage to grass... horses farting athus adding methane to environment? I think he was on the 5 live programme and came over as the biggest T W O T ever to make a case for their actions! .. this is the small thing that can escalate ...
the goody goody 2 shoes in a dying situation ... maybe religion? ... see an opportunity to stand up for something that is contrary to the order of things ... now we have so many little hiccups they as acollective become disruptive as they all intertwine and add / distract or take away the reality of life!