Carlton, my dear chap,
Can you please state if you think these are reasonable examples of how "things can escalate"? Or are you just showing how the mind of a swivel-eyed loon MIGHT work?
If the latter, I can assure you that your post is doing no good at all - if it does affect any reader, it will be to seed (or promote) the idea that actually traffic filters ARE similar to the Nazis putting jews in a ghetto and then exterminating them in gas chambers. We could also look at the Covid comparison - do we still HAVE a lockdown? Were the pandemic restrictions really the start of something more sinister, more controlling?
Please tell me what your intent is in posting this twaddle, and if you are debating in good faith.
I’m sorry that I’ve somehow not come across to you as clear. My purpose was to put a different perspective on the discussion and to do so from what I perceive as the perspective of a concerned protester. Swivel-eyed loon; well arguably, with the likes of Mog in the Commons and a House of Lords that has been filled with nominated Conservative Party Lords (Political opponents), we’ve many of those in positions of authority. Swivel-eyed loon, how did we get Truss as a PM?
A point that I’ve tried to make is that, however unlikely we think it to be (and for clarification I do think it very unlikely), 15 minute cities could be used (abused) to manage and control populations. Rather than saying ‘that’s not the purpose’ or ‘that could never happen’ I’d ask readers to be more open minded, more questioning and more aware that the unimaginable does sometimes happen.
Something unimaginable:
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has caused tens of thousands of deaths on both sides and instigated Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. About 8 million Ukrainians were displaced within their country by June, and more than 8 million fled the country by February 2023.
My underlining.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russ ... of_Ukraine
Don’t fret, it’s OK to: ride a simple old bike; ride slowly, walk, rest and admire the view; ride off-road; ride in your raincoat; ride by yourself; ride in the dark; and ride one hundred yards or one hundred miles. Your bike and your choices to suit you.