i think it's important for people to understand that when the global shadow government makes big moves, there's never just one reason; there are many reasons and many wins for them. and i do think that one of the side wins for them in this was doing something about the growing inconvenience and discomfort caused to the cosmopolitan bourgeois, their loyal lackeys, by the swelling numbers of smelly third worlders shitting up our cities. many of the aspirational middle class types will attempt to exorcise racist thoughts from their heads with as much sincerity as a medieval nun would try to banish thoughts about cocks, but these guys are also quite particular about cleanliness and being stuck in buses and train carriages with chinese, indians and other undesirables spitting all over the place as they yell at each other and into their phones is something that had been getting increasingly unpleasant for everyone. as the third worlders only understand threats and force, and appeals to decency will never work on them with any reliability, suddenly it was the law to put a mask on, not cough at people and generally give the most basic bit of consideration for not turning your environment in to the toxic toilet you left behind when you came here. a lot of these right-on luvvy types loved and love their masks. and to this day you still see some slim, well put together white people wearing those masks on trains and planes - because even though they will not admit it to themselves in these terms, they are disgusted by the people they share the public environment with and are grateful to have a justification to attempt to minimise their exposure to them by putting on a mask, keeping their distance and being ready to say "haven't you heard of the new covid variant?" if any uppity foreigners look askance at them.
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