Part of it is Choices are bad, especially false ones. You’re making people pretend you’re not forcing them to do it, which makes them feel bad about choosing to do it and agonize about the ‘decisions’ being made and what’s been lost.
Part of it is legitimate vs. illegitimate authority, and clarity of what is going on. You’re not taking ownership and responsibility, and you’re gaslighting everyone about what’s going on, and also you’re telling everyone implicitly that you lack the power to demand vaccinations (else why not demand them?) but you’re turning around and demanding them anyway by other convoluted means.
E.g. if you want to draft all the people into the army (e.g. you’re like Switzerland and need everyone to be ready to fight at all times), actually doing a draft means you’re kidnapping and enslaving them and forcing them to fight, but at least you’re owning that you’re doing that. If you make it impossible for those without military service to hold a job or go outside, you’re gaslighting those people and it’s not like you’re not kidnapping and enslaving them and forcing them to fight—only a very small portion of people can afford to accept those consequences.
Part of it is Choices are bad, especially false ones. You’re making people pretend you’re not forcing them to do it, which makes them feel bad about choosing to do it and agonize about the ‘decisions’ being made and what’s been lost.
Part of it is legitimate vs. illegitimate authority, and clarity of what is going on. You’re not taking ownership and responsibility, and you’re gaslighting everyone about what’s going on, and also you’re telling everyone implicitly that you lack the power to demand vaccinations (else why not demand them?) but you’re turning around and demanding them anyway by other convoluted means.
E.g. if you want to draft all the people into the army (e.g. you’re like Switzerland and need everyone to be ready to fight at all times), actually doing a draft means you’re kidnapping and enslaving them and forcing them to fight, but at least you’re owning that you’re doing that. If you make it impossible for those without military service to hold a job or go outside, you’re gaslighting those people and it’s not like you’re not kidnapping and enslaving them and forcing them to fight—only a very small portion of people can afford to accept those consequences.
I love this explanation. Thank you!!! Also, now that you’re back in NYC we should get lunch sometime.
Anyway, Austria must be reading your stuff—they’re doing a straight up mandate starting February 1
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/world/europe/covid-austria-lockdown.html
On the other hand, those lockdowns may only last until the cases start going down again, but you can’t get unvaccinated.