{"id":43401,"date":"2021-10-09T20:13:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T00:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=43401"},"modified":"2021-10-09T20:13:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T00:13:42","slug":"what-happens-when-people-give-up-their-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=43401","title":{"rendered":"What Happens When People Give Up Their Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday The Conservative Treehouse<\/a> posted a disturbing article consisting of Tweets about what it is like living in Lithuania without a Covid passport.<\/p>\n

The article tells the story of Gluboco Lietuva<\/a>:<\/p>\n

With no Covid Pass, my wife and I are banished from society.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have no income.Banned from most shopping.Can barely exist.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But we will not accept authoritarianism.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s how life looks after one month in Lithuania,under Europe’s first strict,society-wide Covid Pass regime:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1\/<\/strong>
\nMy wife and I have been suspended without pay for 4 weeks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We can’t return to our jobs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not sure our employers would let us back.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even if they did, our colleagues despise us, wish on social media for our death. Nothing we can do will ever erase that. We can’t work there.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nWe can’t find new jobs in our professions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

My wife and I have very different jobs in very different fields. But all jobs in both our fields now require the Covid Pass.<\/strong><\/p>\n

No Pass, no job.<\/strong><\/p>\n

3\/<\/strong>
\nWe’re not allowed to buy food in the local supermarket.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We may only shop in small stores with street-facing entrances which mainly sell food,pharma,glasses\/contacts, or farming\/pet supplies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In our area, that effectively limits us to one small, expensive convenience store.<\/strong><\/p>\n

4\/<\/strong>
\nThe Pass has wreaked havoc with the free market.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Supermarkets which require the Pass report shopper traffic is down 25% in the month since the Pass was imposed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But in the small stores where the Pass isn’t required, it\u2019s up only 0.7%.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So where have the shoppers gone?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We now buy food in old Soviet-style markets: outdoors, in parking lots, products sold on street, tiny tables, or from back of cars. Produce, eggs, cheese, meat, fish. Cash only. No Pass required.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not as convenient as a supermarket. But it works for now. Life finds a way.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I need to make some home repairs. But without a Pass, I can’t enter the hardware store to buy supplies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can’t call for a repair worker because repairs are banned for non-Pass holders. And I have no income now to pay for outside help anyway.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So our home stays unrepaired.<\/strong><\/p>\n

7\/<\/strong>
\nWe went to the dentist we’ve attended for years for an appointment for one of my children, but had to leave because I don’t have a Covid Pass.<\/strong><\/p>\n

No other dentist in our area will see us. We’ve heard of dentists who treat people with no Pass, but they’re far. So no dental care.<\/strong><\/p>\n

8\/<\/strong>
\nWe tried to buy art supplies for our kids from a craft store. No purchase allowed without a Pass.<\/strong><\/p>\n

—<\/strong><\/p>\n

We tried to buy educational toys in a toy store. We were barred from entering.<\/strong><\/p>\n

How is this a reasonable approach to anything? Please follow the link above to read the entire article and view the rest of the Tweets.<\/p>\n

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