Pardon my French, but "fuck no!" If I was an "employee" aka slave of "higher" education (or anywhere else) and was "commandated" to wear a face diaper, shove a daily stick up my nose, have my temperature taken every day by someone pointing something resembling a gun at my forehead, and submit to Orwellian tracing and completely bogus 'social space", I would run, not walk, out and find another path. People have lost their ever-lovin' minds. Lost. Completely. How far do they have to push for people to wake up? I seriously do not get it.
Actually, I do get it. That's what happens when people just believe everything they are told. It's what happens when "chapters of the book" aren't read for the report. It's what happens when their are billions poured into campaigns to assure a nice wash of brain matter, dictionaries, history, and even constitutions. It's what happens when people follow fear instead of sense. It's what happens when freedom to speak is made out to be a threat rather than a cornerstone of democracy. It's what happens when conflicts of interest, revolving doors, and bribes remain a "successful business strategy" instead of fully prosecuted crime, whether the criminal is rich or poor, right or left. It's when self-interest outweighs the collective. It's when crazy loons are given a billion dollars through no personal merit so they can buy themselves a loudspeaker and a whitewashing pr campaign. It's what happens when people aren't allowed to...or simply don't...speak out. I could go on.... I actually have so many more.
How do we stop these things happening?
I know one thing. I'd rather have my life rendered impossible and penniless and have no friends left in the world than give in. And I'd rather die fighting than put up with this shit. So, Almighty, whatever you have in store for me, I will not fear. I will not shut up nor be shut up for as long as God may grant me that power. This world may all be some grand illusion, but as long as I'm in it, I will throw wrenches in every fucking cog.