Look, I get it. I can be pretty extreme, and pretty inflammatory, on some issues, at times. Which is odd, really, when you consider that I'm probably fairly close to a political "moderate", as compared to some of you.
I care far too much about certain things. Perhaps I value individual freedom more than you do. Fine. Perhaps I have less to lose than you do. Fine. Perhaps I trust the government less than you, and trust the cops, and courts, less than you do. Also fine.
But, with all that in mind, I must say that I'm finding some of the comments and posts, from some of you here, in recent days and the last couple of weeks, really do come across like some sort of... Controlled demoralisation, or something.
"Obey the law, bruh". "Think of your family, bruh". "Your job is more important than your freedom!". "They mean well!". "The pendulum always swings. It'll all be ok in the long term!". "Think of the collective good, dude!" "At least you're safe!" "You don't want a criminal record, bruh!"
I see all of this shit, and more, all over posts on this "community", now. And I really never thought I would see that, from here. Just the... Sheer amount of fear porn, and of "We should obey the government" is really quite... Disconcerting. And some of it is even coming from those of you who I normally find myself agreeing with, at least partly...
So here's my request: this isn't Reddit. Stop being so damn afraid of your respective governments. Stop being afraid to step on official toes, and to work outside the fucking law, in particular the emergency powers that these megalomaniacs have given themselves. Stop telling others to be afraid, or "You really don't wanna do that, bro". Sure, call out violence. Do not do that shit. But telling people to comply, and to just... Suck it up, and play along? You're better than that, or at least, you should be.
Sure, we need to be smart about this, and disobey in ways that are effective, and necessary. But to think the law will protect you, or that you should just play along, to keep the status quo, because you "value your job" so much? Well, I'm sorry, but that just ain't gonna cut it for some of us, anymore.
I don't think you understand force very well.
Every piece of legislation, administrative ruling, and OSHA overreach is backed up with the threat of deadly force. The named penalties may be minor - a fine here, a citation there, a revocation - but each of those penalties carries the unstated threat: "and if that doesn't stop you, or you ignore it, we will come with overwhelming force and end you."
Peaceful protest only works because it too is a credible threat of deadly force. It is a statement, the same statement every time: "Look at how many of us there are. There are enough to overrun your security, break down your doors - your walls, if we have to - and rip you to pieces with our bare hands, because that is all we have brought today. Do not make us come back tomorrow, or the next."
Your rant is pretty disjointed, so I'm not going to try to respond point-by-point.
Literally none of that is an argument whatsoever. It's just stating the plainly obvious as if it makes anything you said more meaningful.
You will always exist within some form of government. This is not an option. Unless you plan on going out and finding some completely uninhabited wilderness, which, there's absolutely zero stopping you from doing that now.
Rules and laws exists in literally every society throughout all of history. If you think you'll escape it somehow, then I hate to break it to ya, but it's not happening.
Go ahead and show me where I said we should just "ride it out until the end" — you won't be able to. You can say you haven't given up, but that statement alone already demonstrates that you believe it's a forgone conclusion, so don't even bother.
You can pretend it's "disjointed" because you don't have any meaningful way to respond. Pretend that you've been "fighting back" by sitting on your ass and screaming on the internet. It'll totally do the trick. You'll fit in with all the other depressed nihilists who can't be bothered to get off the internet and actually do some of the countless things available to push back against them.