SAGE = Red Army Faction

Bear with me here.

Right at the start of this nonsense, I said that the March 2020 lockdown felt like a war.

I never examined that any further, partly because I couldn't hear any bombs, and nobody was dying in the streets.

But it doesn't feel like a war.

It feels like a terrorist campaign.

Terrorists aim to create an atmosphere of paranoia.

The Government must be made to suspect every innocent citizen of carrying a deadly virus bomb.

Innocent citizens must feel imposed upon by the Government's security measures.

Innocent citizens must look at each other as if they might be a threat.

Governments and corporations set up elaborate security theatre: X-Ray machines at airports; masks and social distancing.

A class of suspect people is created: Marxists, right-wing activists, asymptomatic carriers.

Special committees are convened to assess risks.

Government agencies get arbitrary powers to impose restrictions and searches.

Terrorists attack and scare the people...

The Great Toilet Roll shortage was a PR stunt that worked too well, and caused panic buying.

Pro-Virus propaganda was put out because we weren't scared enough.

Social distancing made us treat each other like disease-ridden curs.

Carefully-staged videos showing the Police bullying members of the public appeared on You Tube.

Restrictions on our behaviour were intentionally confusing and pointless, to make us feel insecure.

Working from home made the Virus seem deadly.

... but terrorists leave the infrastructure alone.

Middle-class civil servants had to work from home, but working-class Amazon drivers could still deliver things. And all those "essential jobs".

That's why I never felt right about any of the Government's actions around the Virus.

It's too much like what happens when a bunch of terrorists gets too active.

Governments over-react beyond all reason.

Flabby-faced men, and hatchet-faced women, in grey suits, with establishment jobs.

Can they be terrorists? So close to retirement and without guns and bombs?

But who needs guns and bombs when you have the Government to do your dirty work?

Walk. Duck. Quack.