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It is, clearly, an extortion. But you know what? I think I'd support such solution. The whole saga put me and my family into a very bad mental state. I'm fight
by aakresearch 5y ago
It is, clearly, an extortion. But you know what? I think I'd support such solution.
The whole saga put me and my family into a very bad mental state. I'm fighting constant panic attacks, psychotic episodes and becoming more and more suicidal, to the point of no return. We escaped ex-USSR hoping to get out of state-sanctioned bullying, and got into something even worse without a chance to escape anymore. So, if they tax us proportionally to the perceived risks, instead of constantly moralizing, yelling, pass checks, etc. - it is a win in my book. No more stress of living in "fight-or-flight" situation. At least I'll get back my ability to think rationally about it, something which I was not able to do since the "public health orders" hit the fan. Take my money, but leave me alone!
My previous take on it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29401254 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29401254
- raxxorrax 5y agoI am vaccinated but I will pay voluntarily.
- errantmind 5y agoI hate to break it to you but a tax like this is a brand.. a scarlet letter. It only gets worse after. You can unironically move to Texas if you want a real break. Relatively few people care about Covid down here. It is all over the MSM still but most people are just done.
- aakresearch 5y agoWe are in Victoria, AU - permanent "State of Disaster". In hindsight, we shouldn't have let our GC lottery win lapse a few years ago, some US states are looking OK still. Or we could get back to Belarus, which is (surprisingly!) somewhat sane in terms of C..D. Too bad the head honcho there is batshit crazy in all other aspects. The problem is now a complete lack of energy to make any kind of move, even laterally to a neighboring state. The soul has been drained out of us and the remaining shell is not viable for much longer.
- errantmind 5y agoI don't know you, but I believe sometimes you just have to force a change, energy or not. Better to do something than live miserable, even if you don't know if it will be any better.