Oh man, definitely Black Mirror-esque. It's everywhere. It's like
walking around a cult compound. Even though in some places near me the
masks are starting to disappear and there's some semblance of normalcy.
Something's still off.
Even the people I know who are slightly skeptical of the narrative
become full-blown vaccine-and-mask Jonestown residents if I push a
little too much. All of them side with obedience and power. The masks
work. The vaccines work. Only point of disagreement is that too many
businesses were shut down by "the Dems."
What I've discovered is that they have a little switch in their minds
that turns on when they wander too far from acceptable opinion. They
snap back to attention real fast. I can almost see it happen in
conversation. They've been trained not to go past a certain point.
That's when I see how powerful propaganda in the US education and media
ecosystems has been. Something kicks in like an electric fence and
that's it.
It's changed everything. Changed my friendships. Changed my trust in
others. Changed family relations. Forever. Can't ever have that worldback.