You are absolutely correct.
What baffles me is that so many people don't seem to feel the constriction at all.
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We lived in Munich and Germans tended to prefer it. They're highly trained to obey authority. My country, right next door, on the other hand believes that west is better and will copy anything to catch up. So this poison spreads. I got fined last year for parking 7 minutes instead of 4 in some zone (to the bookstore and back) and for going 48 on 30 (our usual limit is 50km/h, alright). And when I was bitching in a pub, I heard one bitcoiner(!) say I deserve it for not obeying the law. Fucking cancer the system is, raising bricks in the wall.
Ohh I can't stand it. I get the same responses. You have to follow the law and any punishment of breaking it is justified. It was the same through the covid insanity.
It seems everyone around me as been well and truly domesticated.
My way is to stay strong, but silent and prepare for fleeing. I don't like confrontation and have enough on my shoulders to bother with enlighting anyone and explaining myself. Maybe it's a woman thing, guys prefer to go against the current.
It gets exhausting. You have to pick your battles.
Fleeing is always on my mind but reading through the comments here the same thing seems to be experienced worldwide.
Yup. So far the best thing for us seemed to be getting just a passport of another country to avoid being locked in place. But, that raises economical questions. It's not easy to follow it all and prepare. You're in country so large I can't even imagine it, maybe the solutions for you will be easier, different..
Getting a second passport is smart.
In some ways it feels worse here. Since we are on big country it's not easy to cross a border and "escape". Australia was picked as a giant prison island for a reason.
Being flexible to move is a good way to prepare. Minimalism and frugalism can be a great addon.
The less you need to be happy the less they can take away from you.
*my hoarding diy self is choking now*
But yes.
Can't you just like get some land in the middle of nowhere and get lost? I was playing with a thought of making a "pact" with few trustworthy friends around the globe to create a runaway spot. You know, to regroup, refresh, rethink.
That is the plan.
At the moment I am torn between buying land near where I live of if I should think bigger and try to move to another state/country.
For now I am just making the most of saving the income my city job provides while I daydream about an eventual escape.
I love the idea of a spot to share with friends. Having like-minded people around wherever you go is important.
Community is the key. I'm still on edge with that shared spot though, it really depends on how big the personal space bubble is😀 My would take a few fields😄
