How Fear Turned a Free People Into Followers
I never imagined I’d live to see a time when truth would be punished, and silence would be rewarded. But here we are.
It’s now May 2025—five years since the world changed.
Five years since the government told us to stay home for “two weeks to slow the spread.”
Five years since fear became policy and freedom becam…
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