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the fact that there was no effective resistance to the Covid tyranny is going to haunt us for a very long time.
I'm not sure about the haunting.
Nearly everyone got taken by surprise, even most of us that already weren't a fan of the state. I'd like to pose that it was early days. I have this gut feeling - grounded in smaller scale observations - that post-2020, there are now millions of people that feel Nic Dorier's famous line, but to their governments: "My trust in you is broken". Unfortunately, I also suspect that the majority of those people is now voting for populist liars, but I guess that is a great way for trust to ultimately be fully broken. After all, the biggest sociopaths fall the hardest (they're just great at recovery too.)
The question I'd ask: what are you going to do next time? To me, the greatest loss was mobility. I lost a good gig due to travel bans, some of my expense went up 10x... the way this was executed could have been ruinous. Maybe I am not being a good proactive human and I should be focusing on how to take freedom of movement, but I guess that would make the same overlords immediately label me a human trafficker. Choices, choices.
The ghost of Covid. Even if you didn't do the vaccine card, mask wearing, and didn't heed the laws that said your kids can't play at outdoor playgrounds, the fact that there was no effective resistance to the Covid tyranny is going to haunt us for a very long time.