Remember the Fallen #corona2020 #lockdown2020

Remember the fallen #corona2020This virus is teaching us very important lessons.. the same lessons dystopian scifi movies & disaster/zombie-movies have tought us.. Survivalists were right: instinct quickly takes over once society's foundations are lightly shaking, freedom & privacy are swiped off the table in the name of safety and the authoritarian states are doing better than democracies.. and spreading their wings on waves of propaganda.
(Check this VRT NWS article)

Let us remember the fallen and see what the future brings.


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