"Ideal Citizen" aka basement dweller aka BD.
Paris Agreement aka PA
PA: Shower three times per week, max 8 minutes.
BD: Ugh, I have to take more showers?
PA: Buy three shirts max per year and two trousers
BD: Where would I put all those clothes?
PA: 2 hours max of streaming per day
BD: Hey now, wait a minute
PA: Stop playing video games
BD: Orders a gun online. Sends out the information to all of of his "friends". Tells them, "We aren't allowed to play CoD anymore. It's time to play it for real. This is what we've been training for!"
When you're trying to sell totalitarianism, you can tell the sheep they have to live in a smaller pen. You can tell them they are only allowed to talk to other sheep of the same color. You can tell the sheep they have to take medicine to protect them from the invisible enemy. But you can't tell the sheep they have to stop eating grass. Instead you tell them they can eat all the grass they want. If you take away the mechanism that creates sheep, what they believe is their life essence, the sheep turn into Rams.
"Ideal Citizen" aka basement dweller aka BD.
Paris Agreement aka PA
PA: Shower three times per week, max 8 minutes.
BD: Ugh, I have to take more showers?
PA: Buy three shirts max per year and two trousers
BD: Where would I put all those clothes?
PA: 2 hours max of streaming per day
BD: Hey now, wait a minute
PA: Stop playing video games
BD: Orders a gun online. Sends out the information to all of of his "friends". Tells them, "We aren't allowed to play CoD anymore. It's time to play it for real. This is what we've been training for!"
When you're trying to sell totalitarianism, you can tell the sheep they have to live in a smaller pen. You can tell them they are only allowed to talk to other sheep of the same color. You can tell the sheep they have to take medicine to protect them from the invisible enemy. But you can't tell the sheep they have to stop eating grass. Instead you tell them they can eat all the grass they want. If you take away the mechanism that creates sheep, what they believe is their life essence, the sheep will start eating the shepherd.