I think you get answers when you actively resist measures. If you don't, you won't notice much of what people call oppression. Nobody who doesn't take a risk really notices what's going on. How could they?
Those who play by the rules don't seem to have anything to fear, do they?
But the fact that bank accounts are actually closed, people dismissed, removed from office and so on, all this passes by those who are not affected directly or indirectly (through friends or family members who know someone or have experienced disadvantages themselves).
It has probably always been the case that people have behaved against the rules, but because you were also inconspicuous and conformist, you didn't notice it. Perception sharpens the more you resist or avoid things that you can no longer do without a test, mask and vaccination.
So what does your own life look like? Do you avoid places that demand compliance? Or do you move around in them?
If you don't take either side that has formed, does that mean you don't want to be extreme? I understand that, because I wouldn't call myself extreme either, although others do that for me. I refused to test and was subsequently dismissed. What does that say? In a pre-2020 world, such a thing seemed impossible.
Personally, I am at an age where I rarely if ever realised travel, clubs, dancing etc. anyway. But I see a world where others are no longer allowed to do that if they don't obey the rules. That alone I find extreme. Without meaning to, I am already on one side of the fronts. You can't always choose, because if you don't obey, others place you where they want you.
Yes, it all seems very surreal. I have also made the observation that people don't really want to control others, let them through where tests are required or no longer address the fact that some don't wear a mask.
However, and this is the bad thing in my eyes, you can never know if you are getting into a relaxed atmosphere or not. Not knowing whether someone will let you pass, let you in somewhere, is a real problem. Moving through public space and being cheated of the knowledge that the majority will leave you alone, that you can go your own way if you are not provocative yourself, is, in my view, like a straitjacket that I don't know how long I will have to wear.
How free do you feel yourself?
Which form of oppression should I accept? The side telling me I'll live if I do this, or the side telling me I'll die if I do that? Why should I believe anyone? Until I have a clear explanation void of sketchy nonsense, it's all sketchy nonsense.
I'll do my best to not interfere as everyone makes their choices, since they feel they need to.
I won't pretend I have the answers.
Already know how to live if shit hits the fan. Don't often talk about my life so don't expect me to reveal too much.
What do you mean? Is it, that in this corona affair that people from both sides appear oppressive towards you?
Since I "took one side" even though I did not choose to do, I see myself dominated and my living space narrowed in a way I never would have anticipated. But my side does not include telling anyone he is going to die, since I don't believe people die that easily anyways. I think there are extremes with which I cannot argue nor come to peaceful terms, So I leave it. I guess the best way to navigate through this crisis is to keep ones humor and to enjoy what is left of opportunities. Even being creative.
I have no specific idea what to do when shit hits the fan.
These things are tough to navigate. So are most life obstacles.