There is something more pointless than not trying to stand up and fight back, and it's standing up and fighting back only to end up being fucked horribly, driven into despair and failing to even protect the things you loved and wanted to protect anyway.
Chances are, as far as covid world is concerned, we had already stooped to this level of low or we are very close to it.
If 50% of any given Asian population doesn't ignore mask/social distancing mandates and take off their masks while demanding the government to open borders unconditionally NOW, count all of us, no matter where we are, to be locked down for a decade and end up with the worst pyrrhic victory possible in a war against EVIL itself.
If EVIL loses in a pyrrhic victory, it has basically won. Mark my words.
Was thinking about this yesterday. The point is not to be boisterous but rather to be stubborn. Just insist on maintaining status quo and force the burden of proof and responsibility back into the aggressor in so doing reflecting as much energy back towards them as possible. In this way the power of numbers will drain the resources of the despots.
This has been my method. I don't go around loudly screaming about the stupidity and danger of all this complicity (except to like minded friends I can vent to) I just go about like its already over. I respond to "you need a mask!" With "no thank you, have a nice day!" And keep walking as they recite whatever new "statute" they're blindly following today.
Haven't worn a mask for months, and where I live, folks have generally just settled back into a you do you kinda attitude.
Like if I can do it right here?
The masks have been mandated with 100% compliance. Not just here, in Japan and South Korea you see the same thing. 20 months of nothing but masked people on the streets and I believe it will be for a decade more. If you don't wear a mask and go inside people can and will take you as seriously as they will with a super spreader. Even taking off the lid of your mask will trigger this behavior at times. (I do not live in the states)