seeing the push back and their flailing around

What we're seeing is not them "flailing around", it's mass psychological manipulation and they've done it successfully many times before.

They first put the idea out there, and of course most people viscerally hate it. But the intent isn't to put the idea into practice right then and there. They immediately back off the idea or claim that it's a "conspiracy theory".

By virtue of the door-in-the-face technique, people are now psychologically primed to accept lesser tyrannies because well at least it isn't as bad as a vaccine passport. The government getting private companies to force vaccination on their employees is bad, after all, but people can always go work for another company, right? It's not like the government is forcing it on everyone.

Soon enough the idea of vaccine passports doesn't seem all that outlandish to the average person. It's been mentioned for months on end. Even the average person who opposes them can't work up the level of zeal about the issue they used to have.

And it's at that point that vaccine passports get introduced.

seeing the push back and their flailing around

What we're seeing is not them "flailing around", it's mass psychological manipulation and they've done it successfully many times before.

They first put the idea out there, and of course most people viscerally hate it. But the intent isn't to put the idea into practice right then and there. They immediately back off the idea or claim that it's a "conspiracy theory".

By virtue of the foot-in-the-door technique, people are now psychologically primed to accept lesser tyrannies because well at least it isn't as bad as a vaccine passport. The government getting private companies to force vaccination on their employees is bad, after all, but people can always go work for another company, right? It's not like the government is forcing it on everyone.

Soon enough the idea of vaccine passports doesn't seem all that outlandish to the average person. It's been mentioned for months on end. Even the average person who opposes them can't work up the level of zeal about the issue they used to have.

And it's at that point that vaccine passports get introduced.