Japan never had a Covid mask mandate, only guidelines which most people followed. The guidelines relaxed a lot recently but everyone (at least around here) is still wearing a mask.
I have a feeling it will be another year before people finally unmask and probably another 3-5 before people feel at ease around each other in close proximity.
All the people need time back to normal life.
It’s probably also more true in Europe and NA than many realize. I’m seeing a distinct shift in public gatherings, relatively few people are willing to attend as easily and those that do are more fragile.
Japan can enforce rules/guidelines through public shaming. Works in most asian countries, i guess it has something to do with the collectivism
Public shaming you say?
In Japan, shame is worse than death. Is the conclusion i draw from my extensive research in japanese culture (reading "musashi") lol
😂 sorry to burst your bubble but this isn’t the edo period anymore…
That's what they tried in the West though. Commies trying to land a foot.
it worked to some degree honestly
Not sure what you’re talking about
in the west, it's usually 'presumably hard' to enforce rules by shame from peers. But in fact, a lot of peer pressure was felt during that time, even friendships were teste if one of the friends didn't wear a mask, he was shamed. I didn't think it was possible in Europe, because people are too individualistic , but i was wrong .
Certainly opened my eyes to angry mob mentality and that democracy can be pretty dangerous to the individual.
So much worse lies in the world besides hurting someone's feelings.
I think authorities abuse that social pressure in some cases to just get what they want. Whether it's selling vaccines for profit or cencorship.
I'm pretty convinced the Texas shooting was a deepstate run psy op.
I doubt I'll ever have enough money to fight the deepstate in court, even if I was able to convince a jury (assuming fair play in court).
I will never be able to speak my mind about it ever again.
But since the public caved to that emotional concensus, it's now solidified in a precedent
Remember: Alex Jones was the first person to start talking about the abuse on Epstein-Maxwell island, years before the mainstream media. He was dismissed then as a conspiracy theorist, and this lawsuit was partly punishment for speaking out about that.
Masks are problems in summer because of heat stroke. Hopefully summer changes.
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