The last two years has been pretty rough for the entire world, and I would say probably more so for poorer countries much like my own, South Africa. Apart from the toll on lives lost this pandemic has taken, the accompanying external factors caused by the direct decisions to to save lives are just as detrimental. That's because the effects of these decisions take far longer to manifest, giving us a false sense that the choices made was the lessor of two evils. Unfortunately time is a cruel mistress, and we now know that the actions taken by governments had very little effect to change outcomes. Countries that implemented the most draconian regulations to combat the pandemic ended up with almost identical infections and deaths. Now the questions that should be asked is, was it all worth it?
I'll use South Africa as an example, due to the actions of government and lockdowns, we have increase unemployment by an estimate 2 million people, putting the total unemployment at 11.5 million people. Out of the the 62 million population onnly 14mil have jobs. Adding insult to injury our social welfare has increase from 19mil to 27.5mil in about a year, basically meaning that only 14mil people are providing for 48mil. You don't even need basic math to figure out that this is a recipe for disaster. The cheery on top of this epic shitstorm is that our ruling party the ANC, who are running the country, are also robbing us blind through state corruption. It's almost impossible to adequately explain how deep this corruption goes, every single cent that passes through the hands of government they most likely steal 20% of. This is from Covid funding, to social welfare, to Covid protection for government institutions and schools, they were literally caught stealing food that was being giving to the poor.
My point is, firstly that the long term effects of this are going to be as serious as what we had to face during the pandemic, sadly they will go unnoticed and those responsible will never admit it. Secondly, that allowing some governments unlimited power for the sake of safety and because it was the trend across the world, was never a good idea.
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” - Benjamin Franklin
We as a country now find ourselves at a place where a corrupt and thieving government with no care for the citizens, has bestowed itself with unlimited power with no regards for the constitution or human rights, all done in the name of safety and for the greater good. Unfortunately we as many other countries are in the process of debating the idea of allowing governments the have even more power, to coerce, mandate or force citizens to take a vaccine. This is my line, this is where I am saying no. I have no issue with medication or science, I have issue with government force, even if it has good intentions. If the government can make you do this, there is nothing they can not make you do. Consider the following, every single greatest atrocity since the beginning of time can be blamed on governments.
This is where I say no, at what point will you say no?
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