honestly, anyone who hasn't spent that last 5 years of their life organising to never get caught up in that shit again is asking for it, at this point, or way too high on the kool-aid of the media circus vendors

maybe i have an extra special viewpoint because i "broke" the lockdowns several times in Serbia and discovered that the police and border control in both Serbia and Bulgaria didn't give a flying fuck really, although serbia was a bit mean one time, i just treked around the nearby hill to find my way across, got arrested, was locked up for a day and that was that end of story (and the cops who processed me gave me a lift to Sofia after i was released, even!)... oh and i have stories about hiking nearly 500km during lockdown in serbia prior to that fun as well, again, also, nada, nix, nishto

so i know that it's not as doom as maybe some think it might be, because i was on the margins and pushed the boundaries, but i sure as hell would not want to be anywhere near a dense population center, even in the relatively lax enforcement environment of the balkans, no more city living for me, if there is more than a legion of people within 36 square kilometers of me it's too dense (right now i would guess there is maybe 3000 people in a similar distance from where i am)

the thing that was very clear throughout my adventure in those times was that the illusion that people were under was wisp-thin but the real danger would be from being around those most convinced of its power, so, population = bad.

i honestly don't feel like i'm part of that story, it never felt real nor did it ever really feel like it was ever going to touch me

i wish for anyone reading this to also recognise this, or at least have the question in their mind next time they try this kind of totalitarianism