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There was once a division between vaccinated and unvaccinated, but the speaker argues that it should be transcended because both groups had a very similar experience and “people are people” who act similarly—they just believed different things. The speaker generalizes that many vaccinated people honestly believed there was a dangerous pathogen that posed a lethal threat to them and people they loved, and that there was a solution: the vaccine, “if only the unvaccinated would take it.” They describe how the belief that unvaccinated people would pose a threat to vaccinated individuals and their families created fear, which then led to hatred and division. The speaker then generalizes that many unvaccinated people honestly believed the vaccine posed a lethal threat to both themselves and their families. The speaker says unvaccinated people did not have to take the vaccine in Canada if they did not want to, but they faced pressure largely backed by vaccinated people—resulting in fear, anger, and hatred. The speaker concludes that everyone shared an “surprisingly similar” lived experience, with the main difference being what each group believed and what they considered the facts. At the National Citizens Inquiry, the speaker says one key lesson was that listening to each other’s stories can help people come together, because both sides were trying to do what they believed was best for themselves and their families. Returning to the political question, the speaker says the situation was traumatic for most people, and that the nation needs healing. Part of that healing, they say, involves recognizing that many who “took one for the team” are injured and that their experiences should be listened to.

As a child survivor of the Nazi reign, I experienced the consequences of being stigmatized and excluded. We were forced to wear a yellow Star of David and were forbidden from participating in normal activities. Travel was also prohibited. Today, I see similarities in the current situation with vaccine mandates. While it is your choice not to get vaccinated, it is important to consider the risk you may pose to others. The memories of the Nazi regime have made me sensitive to the dangers of government control in the name of public health. Fear and propaganda were used then, just as they are now, to enforce harmful policies. We must learn from history and not let fear prevent us from taking action.

Many individuals recognize their mistakes but feel they cannot admit them due to fear of backlash. They hope for distractions from the issues at hand, but those distractions are unlikely to come. This group, feeling protected by their numbers, resembles a mafia, believing that their collective strength shields them from accountability. However, the truth will eventually emerge, leading to a collapse of their facade. This situation represents a significant experiment on humanity that will be remembered for generations, far surpassing the discussions following World Wars I and II.

Politicians and health bureaucrats are denying their role in advocating for lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and school closures during the pandemic. Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister, claims he never insisted on mandatory vaccinations for everyone, despite evidence to the contrary. Anthony Fauci, a key figure in the COVID response, also tries to distance himself from the heavy-handed measures. Both leaders are attempting to rewrite history and avoid responsibility for the negative consequences of their actions. It is important to hold them accountable for the overreach and inhumane policies imposed on free people in the name of safety.

Your neighbors, even those you trust, may turn you in if we become a Christian nationalist dictatorship. It's not just the police you should worry about; they won't have enough resources to monitor everyone. History shows that in times of fear, people look out for themselves. Take the example of Elizabeth von Thaden, who opposed the Nazis and helped those in hiding. Despite her good intentions, she was betrayed by a neighbor and executed. This pattern of betrayal is common throughout history. If you choose to resist a repressive regime, remember that help may not come from expected places, and it could be those closest to you who turn against you.

Our European and global friends couldn't join us on the cruise because vaccination was required. I don't care about your political beliefs, but you can't infect others just because you think you have delusional rights. The government can tell you to stop at a red light or wear a seat belt. Smoking is banned in buildings because the rest of us hate it. We don't want to catch your disease or risk our lives for your selfishness. We need to identify these people who prioritize their own desires over the well-being of others. True friends care about your safety, including during the COVID pandemic. If you're unvaccinated and among us, you are an enemy.

I never imagined witnessing a fascist dictate on our nation, as described by my relatives who survived the Hungarian occupation by the Nazis and Russians. Studying history has taught me that if we don't learn from it, we won't know what's coming. It's shocking to see the mistreatment of the unvaccinated and elderly in our country, which my relatives and I consider to be fascism. The unvaccinated have been treated terribly, pitted against the vaccinated. This division and mistreatment reflect fascist tendencies.

- Unvaccinated Americans are asked what they are waiting for, as vaccines are free, safe, and convenient. - There are two classes of people: vaccinated and unvaccinated. - Being anti-mandate equates to being anti-vaxx, regardless of vaccination status. - In Austria, unvaccinated individuals may face fines up to €2,000 each time they are caught, potentially multiple times a day, and imprisonment for up to a year if they refuse to pay. - The unvaccinated are the heroes, serving as a control group that highlighted the shortcomings of the COVID vaccines. - Health experts and political leaders aimed to make life unlivable for the unvaccinated. - Scapegoating the unvaccinated provided a release after months of lockdowns. - Leaders like Lamby, Carr, Chad, Andrews, McGowan, Gunnar, Fauci, and Biden should be held accountable for vilifying the unvaccinated. - Gratitude is owed to the unvaccinated for their perseverance, which exposed the wrongness of the mandates. - The war on the unvaccinated was lost, and we should be thankful for that.

I have no resentment towards the unvaccinated, but we can still expect something from them. We have all made sacrifices for so long, with restrictions on contact, gastronomy, and businesses, as well as the financial resources we have invested. I believe that we can ask the unvaccinated to accept a nearly side-effect-free vaccine that is scientifically undisputed. I see myself as old-fashioned in this regard, in the tradition of enlightenment and the duty of Kant. If everyone were to think this way, we would end up in chaos.

In 2020, it's important to remember how people behaved. They were the ones who urged you to trust the science.

I was ostracized for questioning mainstream narratives on masks, lockdowns, and vaccines. My friend got the Pfizer vaccine and died the next day. I wish I had spoken out louder against the pressure to conform. His family and I believe the vaccine caused his death. The lack of autopsy adds to the injustice and anger over forcing vaccines on people, injecting doubt into their minds.

I have faced criticism for speaking out about my experiences as a paramedic. Despite the haters, I have worked in various locations during the pandemic, from New York City to Alaska. It was difficult to find employment for a couple of months because I refused to get vaccinated, citing a personal exemption. Some contract services were willing to lie about my vaccination status, but I chose to stand firm against what I believe is wrong. I hope more people will do the same and not pretend to comply. Those who still support the pharmaceutical industry and this failed experiment should seek compassion and the truth. God bless.

During COVID-19, the speaker believes the government was authoritarian and imposed a vaccine passport. As an unvaccinated person, the speaker was unable to travel across the country. When asked if they regretted not getting vaccinated, the speaker stated it was the best decision of their life.

My message to unvaccinated Americans is this: we've made vaccinations free, safe, and convenient. The vaccine is FDA approved and over 200 million Americans have gotten at least 1 shot. Our patience is wearing thin and your refusal has cost all of us. If you're anti-mandate, you're anti-vaxxed. Your personal vaccination status is irrelevant if you campaign against the mandate or against people being vaccinated in vulnerable settings. In Austria, fines up to €2,000 can be imposed on the unvaccinated, and a separate prison may be created for them. The unvaccinated played a role in highlighting the shortcomings of COVID vaccines, but they were unfairly persecuted. We must hold ourselves accountable for falling into the trap of blaming them. We should be grateful for their perseverance and courage, as they bought us time to realize our mistakes. We need to be aware of rising authoritarianism and prioritize our well-being over power and control.

During COVID, I was on the board of my kids' school and initially supported a strict lockdown policy. However, I now realize that keeping kids out of school for longer had a greater negative impact than the risks. We all operated with imperfect information, including myself, the CDC, and the governor. Let's learn from this and hold each other accountable while showing grace and forgiveness. Unfortunately, about 1 in 5 US adults are unwilling to get vaccinated, making them the global runner-up in vaccine hesitancy. This means roughly 56 million Americans are 11 times more likely to die from COVID than the rest of the population. It's embarrassing that some Americans are playing Russian roulette with their lives and the lives of others. Despite this, America's healthcare response to COVID has been a victory, thanks to the vaccines.

Matthias Desmet explains that modern totalitarianism does not arise from brute force alone but emerges through a psychological and social process he calls mass formation. He begins by outlining his motivation: as a psychologist and statistician, he observed how highly educated people can become blind to facts that contradict their ideology, which led him to study mass psychology and the ways groups organize around narratives. He distinguishes between a classical dictatorship and a totalitarian state. In a classical dictatorship, a group with perceived aggressive potential imposes a social contract and the regime can collapse if that dictatorship is destroyed. In a totalitarian state, a mass formation first forms a group around a fanatic ideology, often 20–30% of the population, which then produces gifted speakers who mobilize the mass to seize control of the state. The state then exerts a suffocating influence, aided by a coercive force embedded within the population itself—the “secret police” of the mass—who report dissenters. The mass formation makes individuals unable to critically assess the group’s beliefs, makes them willing to self-sacrifice, and renders them radically intolerant of dissent. He cites the corona crisis as an example: many accepted the narrative and the policies, even as they later recognized some inconsistencies, and strangers and family members began to report others to authorities under the pressure of the collective creed. Desmet emphasizes three psychological effects on individuals in a mass formation: 1) an incapacity to take a critical distance from the group’s beliefs, 2) willingness to sacrifice health, wealth, and the future of their children for the collective cause, and 3) radical intolerance toward those who think differently. He argues that mass formation thrives when loneliness and isolation are widespread, eroding meaning-making. He notes that up to 40% of people, and as low as 17% in other readings, reported feeling completely isolated before the corona crisis, a condition he links to the strengthening of mass formations. He describes how anxiety and a sense of meaninglessness produce “free-floating frustration, aggression, and anxiety” that people cannot anchor to a concrete object. When a compelling object of anxiety is introduced by media narratives—such as a virus or an external threat—many people simultaneously adopt the same narrative and the proposed strategy, even if the narrative is absurd. The mass thus fights a perceived external threat, which creates connection and belonging but deepens loneliness within the aggregate at the same time, because the belonging is to a collective ideal rather than to one another. Desmet then connects mass formation to historical possibilities of totalitarianism: the emergence of a technocratic totalitarianism led by dull bureaucrats and experts, rather than charismatic leaders, is plausible in a world increasingly organized around bureaucratic rule. He links this trend to a broader shift in modernity toward rationalism, materialism, and mechanistic views of human beings, which elevates technocrats and experts as the new “high priests.” He argues that the shift to a mechanistic worldview makes the population more susceptible to propaganda, as public leadership relies on controlling emotions and deploying narratives rather than engaging in open debate. On democracy, Desmet argues that genuine democracy requires respect for minorities and robust, critical discourse, which he believes is increasingly lacking. He describes the media and propaganda ecosystem as driving a velvet-glove totalitarianism in Western democracies, where propaganda shapes public perception and expert authority can become indistinguishable from dogma. He cites shifts in the WAR of narratives around Russia and Ukraine and notes that moral outrage and tribalism suppress dissent and rational debate. Desmet concludes with a call for sincere speech as a form of resistance: the only effective counter to totalitarianism, he says, is for individuals who do not fall prey to mass formation to speak out, even when others do not wake up. He warns that elites who rely on propaganda can become hypnotized by their own narratives, and he urges calm, quiet, principled critique as a moral imperative and an inalienable right. He points listeners toward his book and his Substack for further discussion.

When the chips are down, civilized people will eat each other. The unvaccinated are blamed for being the problem, shamed for their choices, and causing preventable deaths. Vaccinated individuals are frustrated with the unvaccinated's impact on society and healthcare. Calls for mandatory vaccinations, increased healthcare costs for the unvaccinated, and comparing the unvaccinated to drunk drivers are made. The unvaccinated are seen as selfish, ignorant, and deserving of consequences. The divide between the vaccinated and unvaccinated is stark, with strong opinions on both sides.

As a survivor of the Nazi era, I understand the consequences of being stigmatized and demonized. We were forced to wear a yellow star of David and faced exclusion from normal life. Travel was forbidden, leaving no escape. These memories make me sensitive to the threat posed by current government restrictions. Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, warned about the danger of medicine becoming an undercover dictatorship. Under the Nazi regime, moral norms were destroyed, and the medical profession was transformed. Public health policies driven by eugenics replaced the focus on individual well-being.

Neighbors who had nothing better to do would spy on others and call the police if there were more than two people in an apartment. The speaker is accused of fear mongering, but argues that governments around the world are the ones responsible for it. In Germany, there was a leaked manual that outlined how to make people adhere to COVID restrictions, even though children were not at risk. The speaker believes the pandemic has been blown out of proportion for the benefit of pharmaceutical companies. Similar strategies of fear mongering have been documented in other countries, suggesting global coordination. This is the most concerning aspect of it all.

- Unvaccinated Americans are asked what they are waiting for, as vaccines are free, safe, convenient, and FDA-approved. - Being anti-mandate is considered anti-vaxx, regardless of vaccination status. Campaigning against mandates equates to supporting harm, especially in vulnerable settings like schools. - Austria may fine unvaccinated individuals up to €2,000 per instance, potentially multiple times daily, with imprisonment up to a year for refusal to pay. - The unvaccinated are called heroes for serving as a control group that highlighted vaccine shortcomings. - Experts and leaders made life unlivable for the unvaccinated, marking them for persecution despite knowing the vaccinated had waning immunity. - Scapegoating the unvaccinated provided a release. Ridicule stemmed from embarrassment at their courage. - Leaders who vilified the unvaccinated should be held accountable. - Gratitude is owed to the unvaccinated for their perseverance, which exposed the wrongness of the mandates and the rising authoritarianism. - The war on the unvaccinated was lost, and we should be thankful for that.

When people read about Nazi Germany, they often see themselves as heroes like Schindler or Anne Frank's savior. But I see it differently. During the pandemic, 30% of Canadians were eager to report on others, finding joy in feeling morally superior by wearing masks.

Apologies for wearing my mask, but mandates are being reinstated. I love my mask as it shows my allegiance to the regime. I'm not concerned about studies showing mask mandates don't stop COVID spread or the link between masks and heart conditions. The loss in purchasing power and potential hyperinflation don't bother me unless it affects me directly. Admitting I was wrong is difficult, so I stick to my beliefs. I blame fascism, racism, and white supremacy for the world's problems, while denouncing those who question or fight back. I avoid deep research to save time. Wearing my mask allows me to avoid personal accountability. In the end, I wash my hands clean of any responsibility for communism.

During the COVID pandemic, I noticed something strange. People were discouraged from asking questions and were expected to blindly follow what was said on TV. If you questioned it, you were labeled a white supremacist Trumper, even if you didn't vote for Trump. It was weird because questioning authority is supposed to be valued. Even comedians would shame those who wanted to be informed about experimental medical treatments. They would say, "Don't do your own research." But isn't that just reading? It's like waking up in a Bill Hicks bit. People internalized the propaganda from big pharma to the point where they would shame others for reading. It's hypocritical. You would never shame someone for seeking information on any other subject.

During COVID-19, the speaker believes the government was authoritarian and imposed a vaccine passport. Because the speaker is unvaccinated, they were unable to travel across the country. When asked if they regret not being vaccinated, the speaker said no, stating it was the best decision of their life.

We all felt fear during the pandemic. Some doctors criticized those who didn't get vaccinated. The hate comes from the top down, influencing behavior. Canadians were targeted in a psyops operation by the military to create fear and compliance. Misinformation about masking affected trust in public health officials. Some people believe the vaccine doesn't work.