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Disturbing - Many LOVE the Restrictions.
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[quote:NEX:MV80NTkyNDE4XzgzNjE1MzQ5XzYzQTdEODlF] [b][i][u]Still.......could be worse.[/u][/i][/b] (Jeremy Clarkson) If you guys across the pond would like to see what mindless adaptation looks like, come to my country. The Netherlands. So, right at the start of this COVID thing (we Dutchies call it Corona Crisis which sounds less severe than COVID I suppose, dunno) there was a sense of a collective vacation where people would stay home, come together (imagine that), go out on the streets in masses (to witness the Apocalypse I guess) and fill their shopping carts with toilet paper. TP is STILL in short supply at supermarkets. NOTE: In my country there was never an atmosphere of fear though. There still isn't. I must admit though that more people are starting to personally know someone who actually contracted COVID including myself. The last couple of months something has changed. People are blindly accepting the governments 'guidelines' of mask wearing (which from December on will be MANDATORY to wear in ALL public spaces), social distancing (well sort of) and working from home (only 1% of the workforce is actually doing that, government workers mostly) and stay indoors as much as possible (a concept quickly dropped as soon as the weekend starts). Masks in all sorts and sizes are on the shelves of supermarkets. People are wearing them (old and young) all the time: In cars, on bicycles, while jogging (I kid you not!), while shopping, while walking the dog....... Even young kids as young as ,say, 10 years old are wearing masks will "cool designs" to look cool or 'gangster' as one told me after asking why the hell he was wearing one of those. The new normal has been accepted at large without a fight or way word in exchange of ALL characteristics which makes up OUR (national) society. Just like that, seemingly over night. [/quote]
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I’m trying to figure it out.
I’ve seen it first-hand with several family members on family text. They seem downright
excited
with the new restrictions placed locally, as mild as they are compared to other places. That’s the only way I can describe it accurately - there’s real energy and excitement about the new restrictions, like they can now become more fully part of the pandemic movie they’re playing in their heads.
To be clear, this isn’t about my family members. I’m using them as first-hand experience with how the minds work of those who are compliant. It’s disturbing. It’s like street theatre and they can’t wait to participate.
I’m interested in hearing what others’ experiences are with those all on-board with restrictions, and what you think is their motivation behind it. So many people are acting in ways I never thought the majority in society would act like.
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