A lot of people loony or not are terrified of international organizations and non-democratic foundations and networks forcing down a global system of governance

A lot of people loony or not are terrified of international organizations and non-democratic foundations and networks forcing down a global system of governance against their wishes and local desires, there are all sorts of reasons for this and so these people see the '15 minute' cities as a step into being less autonomous or able to travel freely which there is some truth to. The bigger problem though is that we are in a time where even the US politicians seem to defer decisions to international bodies and try to get them down stream to voters, and people are recognizing this and reacting to it with the only power and limited information they can muster.... So, yes, silly protest or loony or whatever, these people are fearful of a very real thing taking place all over the world and announced widely by the people propagating it. There is a wider issue here where some people value individual liberty and some people value order, environment or public health more. For some people seeing the WEF declare you will own nothing and eat insects, all sorts of folks saying you wont drive cars, etc etc - people can see this as an amazing step forward in [environment or equity in this case] - other people see this as a totalitarian step into removing their autonomy. It's good to keep in mind that discarding grievances as being 'woke' or 'conspiracy minded' or apparently 'swivel-eyed loonish' (this term tickles me a lot as a non UK person lol) is a good way to feel right and morally sound but the end results for society at large will probably be less than exciting.