I've kind of come to the conclusion that people like being told what to do. It's why a lot of people just keep going back to prison because presumably in prison, you don't have to actually decide anything. I find it pretty warped, personally, but maybe some people's lives are not quite as richly rewarding as our own. Maybe they felt less of a loss at being bossed around in that way. Part of it was also, let's be fair, that the government made them absolutely terrified with their propaganda and then gave them money. And that fear factor has had a long hangover, hasn't it? I mean, I still see people walking outside with masks on

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