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I don't know anyone that's disappeared. I know quite a few people who have died or committed suicide. I guess I don't have any murders even a hop or two away either though.
maybe five friends happy to keep a quiet correspondence, and a handful of trusted family members who'd rather vanish like Tank Man than betray blood.
It's plausible. I would have a hard time asking folks to support my disappearance but I have a hard time asking for things generally.
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jews have plenty of relatives who gradually showed up decades after becoming refugees.
the refugee mindset is regrettably common, even without any obvious collective punishment; all it takes is one frightening conversation with someone who knows everyone you love, and tells you they're better off being your penpals from now on.
why do you think it's uncommon?
the typical geek does not have a Dunbar's worth of daily contacts; maybe five friends happy to keep a quiet correspondence, and a handful of trusted family members who'd rather vanish like Tank Man than betray blood.
not showing up to contest divorce is quite gallant, if the contingency were known beforehand. it doesn't even need to be actually planned, simply warned enough times that smoke-signalling "I told you so" is not worth the flaming newsprint.
there are a billion people east of Pakistan; does the Anglosphere have any real finger on e.g. the border between Russia and China, let alone random crews of merchant freighters?
I was gonna write "the border between Afghanistan and China", and then I remembered it's a little tight and possibly also narrow