Everyone should know how to cook a frog, not only the French. You do it slowly and when the water is boiling it’s already too late to jump out because the frog is cooked.Guest9999 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 12, 2021 1:55 pmHot_Pink
I get your admirable and correct desire to protect freedom, I just don't feel like we are very close to significantly losing it.
I do understand your fear of the slippery slope towards total control, like 1984 or otherwise. And if we do get there, I will be pleased to man the barricades with you. I just read the current situation differently than you. You think we are approaching the brink, the place beyond which all out fighting will be our only recourse. You feel, I think, if we show complacency about masks, and distancing and vaccinations, those who currently wield the reins of power will leap ahead ten steps into full on dictatorship. This doesn't feel that way to me.
Look at China. How they took away the little freedom of internet there was by building firewalls, blocking western websites, introducing social credit score to control internet posts. It’s just one example of slow cooking a frog.
Mask wearing does not seem like much but it’s a symbolic step of obedience. It is not even allowed to discuss these “measures” because many doctors with opposing views are banned from media platforms.
Once you start bending over, each next time does not feel so bad as the previous and before you know it, you are taking it deep like a good bargirl. Hence, it should be opposed at every step no matter how small it looks.
Mask wearing isn’t that small even, you constantly inhale all the microbes that the mask collects. It’s been general knowledge since forever that fresh air is vital for health, now people are supposed to be locked inside. Wtf? These “measures” are a test of obedience of population, they test how much they can get away with. If you play along, you’ll be made to bend more.
Moral: don’t be that frog.