[RandomLensman]

Seriously: why? We had things like conscription before but the Covid response was the one that altered your view?

[shwaj]

Maybe the person wasn’t alive during conscription. They lived through Covid.

[tbrownaw]

We've had government suppression of dissent before - that "fire in a crowded theater" case was about anti-war advocacy - but it's been a while since anything really big and the Internet makes it much easier to watch happen in real time.

[RandomLensman]

The cold war had some "red scares" etc.