Why Did Covid Enforcement Target Religion?

Religious leaders like Artur Pawlowski who question COVID-19 health restrictions are a "threat to public safety."

• In totalitarian states, the methods of religious enthusiasm and evangelism are deployed to convince the masses that the dream of a perfectly pure, progressive state-a heaven on earth-justifies any limitation of personal freedom.
• To ensure continued allegiance to a totalitarian regime, citizens are kept in a continual fear cycle, worn down by the ever-present threat of loss of income, education, food, gas, housing, and mobility.

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