Compliance is always the worst thing you can do in these situations, but what westerners are trained to do unthinkingly. In another post he speaks about how he *complied even harder* in order to get back to the country that did this to him, by vaccinating his children and giving the government tens of thousands of dollars.

Can't tell you how strongly I feel about this. Literally cut all ties after their behaviour during Covid. There is a better place for all of us beyond nation state borders.