This is no shit why people got so mad about covid masking requirements, I swear to god.

They gave up or were forced to give up any democratic will over domestic distribution and production or foreign affairs over the last half of the 20th century, but hey in exchange you'll get TV with 500 channels and 20 brands of peanut butter and a new restaurant opening every other week. And then it all started going away during covid (except TV I guess just exploded into streaming content), and people didn't get their democracy back and that impotent rage they felt was about the ignominy of wearing a mask and watching all the diners close down for good