Every Government in the world, every ruler, king, Pharaoh etc, has been about control, rules and laws, sometimes one rule for the elite and one rule for the others, but even the elite have needed controlling in order for those governments with their various levels of tyranny, to work. Even Human Rights laws have been imposed upon us, in the name of limiting unjust laws and tyranny, but still we are all subject to controls, usually said to be in the public interest or health, hygiene, safety - we accept things like wearing seat belts, where we can park our cars, buying TV licenses, not possessing certain substances, paying out taxes - now they have stretched here as previously in other regimes, to banning mass gatherings, public protests and lockdowns.
We accept the need for a passport if we want to go abroad - and strangely that the passport asks that citizens be allowed to pass unhindered but we are still subjected to searches of bags and person, questions, need for visas.
Make no mistake, government control is not new - and to me it seems obvious that with population crisis, environmental crisis, let alone viruses, most governments will wish to impose more controls on us to protect themselves and the wealthy. The Ten Commandments has become the ten thousand commandments - they rule by divide and conquer, alienation from our fellow human beings, greed, ignorance and fear.
BUT we are human and we are here to enjoy our lives as best we can - so we don't want to be sent to prison and each ha to decide which rules that we see as justifiable and will obey, and which not and whether or not we will risk what freedom we have left.
I am
not one to tell others what to do or be told what to do, although I
will listen to advice and do expect people in my house to behave in a
certain way or leave.
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