Still seeing people constantly lamenting that "people are so inconsiderate, not masking up, this is evidence that nobody cares about the well-being of others", and like
Am I the only one who observed many people initially taking precautions and then stopping to do so precisely when the government convinced them that it was not necessary?
I feel like nobody ever talks about the role of authority figures in this whole disaster, and everybody *insists* on individualizing this problem
long, re: covid masking failure
@joepie91 (attached to locked post reply) oh, yeah
I don't think it was quite as sudden here. and you are very right about the individualization; people will want to do good and be right by each other by default,
but we are missing education and the education system is trapped in the same gills that decided to stop pandemic guidance,
where training for the "use your brain" part is taken away and replaced by the "hello here are your instructions",
not everyone is carefully weighing all the diff Masks and so on, and the actually Immediate motivations to are gone,
shame on your town for sticking that hard, i think it was more gradual here though i didn't keep track of any official guidance really
but those authority figures also shouldn't have the authority of *thinking for everyone*, and that's what we get from a status-quo where the most important workers are chronically stressed
bandaid on bandaid,
ultimately its fascism and centralization and homogeneous crops with no fuckin free seed harvest (but with this different kinda thought planning thing)
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you bring an open question,,
activism against authority figures vs activism to get a critical% of people to wear masks + trauma?
:: activism to educate where masking is needed, the risks of not, spaces to feel good masking in, discuss harassment,,,, ettcccc
people who absolutely undeniably need masking (as everyone felt at the start of the pandemic) are the ones propping this up though:
something similar is that a quick search for "japan covid masking" shows [Masked Japan: 90% cover face 1 month after rules lifted](https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Masked-Japan-90-cover-face-1-month-after-rules-lifted) and as far as i gather japan is a place where being good to your peers is very important? eduuucattiioooonnnn
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@joepie91 yep, that's what happened here too. People stopped taking precautions because the government proudly announced there would be no more requirements for precautions.
@joepie91 Even better: In Austria, cops will now stop you and force you to take it off or risk a fine due to a ban on face coverings (which was first introduced because of islamophobia :D). Happened to an acquaintance of mine. Note that at the start of the year, we were assured by some government fuck that this wouldn't happen, and yet here we are.