"Just wear a mask" 

Why this simple request to cannot be followed by those who understand it is supporting a lie.

•It gives the vulnerable a false sense of security.

•Supporting the lie gives it power.  Power to fire the few that refuse to lie.   If most refused, the mandates would end.

•Supporting the lie allows it to grow into something worse, like vax mandates, lockdowns, etc.

•We lose freedom not suddenly, but in small increments so no one pushes back at each small step along the way.  Eventually it is too late to push back.

• There is a famous speech "Live not by lies"

In part:
"We are approaching the brink; already a universal spiritual demise is upon us; a physical one is about to flare up and engulf us and our children, while we continue to smile sheepishly and babble:

“But what can we do to stop it? We haven’t the strength.”...
"But we can do—everything!—even if we comfort and lie to ourselves that this is not so. It is not “they” who are guilty of everything, but we ourselves, only we!"...

"And therein we find, neglected by us, the simplest, the most accessible key to our liberation: a personal nonparticipation in lies! Even if all is covered by lies, even if all is under their rule, let us resist in the smallest way: Let their rule hold not through me!"  -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

• We also tend to think it is the 1 evil person at the top that has the power and is doing this to us, but it is we who have the power.
”If only it was 1 evil dictator at the top we could simply remove.  However, It is also all who "Just followed orders", all who looked the other way, it is even we, who could have refused, but participated or aided in the smallest way, the lies, out of convenience and temporary safety.”  -MV

Finally,  an excellent couple of videos that describe the situation.