A protection racket - pay your dues or lose your livelihood. Stay quiet on your beliefs and broadcast the official narrative, or face the judgement of the people to become an outcast, a lower caste, counted among the filthy and sick
This is the case of everything in my country and it radiates to every part even to places as small as the hospital.
People are scared to act because of fear of victimization.
The person who is victimizing you is also scared of being victimized.
After reading this post, I just feel there is more sadness in the world.
People are not so happy, people are just conforming.
There has been a nationwide industrial action in the health sector in Nigeria and the only thing the government thought of doing was to sue them to court for asking for their right.
It's just sad.
Society as we have built it.
I don't keep track of all the different thing happening in different countries - but as far as I have seen, it has to be solved at the local level, which requires the people to become a force.