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I don’t understand what the end goal of the governments are supposed to be by “dehumanizing” and “terrifying” the populace. When I ask this question I get the a

I don’t understand what the end goal of the governments are supposed to be by “dehumanizing” and “terrifying” the populace. When I ask this question I get the absolutely useless response of “control”. What kind of control? How? We have laws that limit behavior in a variety of ways already.

kadoban 5y ago
Yeah it's fundamentally kind of just confusing. My thinking is they can't really think of a real harm of people wearing masks, so they just go with an amorphous scary one and hope nobody notices that it basically makes no sense.
- an9n 5y ago
  Funny, because I seem to remember the media bleating on at length about burkas etc. in Afghanistan being oppressive when it suited them.
an9n 5y ago
If you can't see how the removal of bodily autonomy equates to control, there's no hope for you.
- kadoban 5y ago
  It's control the same way "no shirt, no shoes, no service" is the start of a distopian hellscape, except masks have far _more_ of a reason to be required.
  - an9n 5y ago
    That's not where it ends - where it ends is that you become a slave with a third party able to inject you with whatever they like whenever they like, and people that resist having their posessions stolen, their livelihood taken away and being herded into concentration camps - which is ALREADY HAPPENING in Australia. If you want this for yourself, you friends or your family you are insane.
    - kadoban 5y ago
      What do masks have to do with any of that? Sketch out for me why mask requirements need to happen before a government imposes any of that, even assuming your premises are completely valid and that's the intent. Also, would you say that vaccine requirements are new? Where did you go to school? Did you take required vaccines to attend? Are you familiar with other vaccines from history, in particular for smallpox and polio? How do you feel about how those were handled at the time? Also...I mean seriously, try to get over yourself. "slavery" and "concentration camps"? You must know how hard everyone's eyes roll at this stuff right?

kadoban 5y ago

Yeah it's fundamentally kind of just confusing. My thinking is they can't really think of a real harm of people wearing masks, so they just go with an amorphous scary one and hope nobody notices that it basically makes no sense.

an9n 5y ago
Funny, because I seem to remember the media bleating on at length about burkas etc. in Afghanistan being oppressive when it suited them.

an9n 5y ago

If you can't see how the removal of bodily autonomy equates to control, there's no hope for you.

kadoban 5y ago
It's control the same way "no shirt, no shoes, no service" is the start of a distopian hellscape, except masks have far _more_ of a reason to be required.
- an9n 5y ago
  That's not where it ends - where it ends is that you become a slave with a third party able to inject you with whatever they like whenever they like, and people that resist having their posessions stolen, their livelihood taken away and being herded into concentration camps - which is ALREADY HAPPENING in Australia. If you want this for yourself, you friends or your family you are insane.
  - kadoban 5y ago
    What do masks have to do with any of that? Sketch out for me why mask requirements need to happen before a government imposes any of that, even assuming your premises are completely valid and that's the intent. Also, would you say that vaccine requirements are new? Where did you go to school? Did you take required vaccines to attend? Are you familiar with other vaccines from history, in particular for smallpox and polio? How do you feel about how those were handled at the time? Also...I mean seriously, try to get over yourself. "slavery" and "concentration camps"? You must know how hard everyone's eyes roll at this stuff right?