I'm pretty sure the chings chonged the same way even with SARS. Besides, what's odd is that Eastern European countries, that went through dicatorships since the 1930s, aren't experiencing the mass surveillance thing. Keep in mind that former Yugoslavia didn't even really do a proper purge of communist politicians, yet we still don't have the regimes going authoritarian mode under the excuse of 'rona. Then again, maybe because here we don't fuck around like cocaine addicts on the West do. Perhaps people in Aussie land should stop with sniffing the sniffy sniffy stuff, and take up arms, if necessary. But I guess snorting coke and reeing about misgendering is more important, as it would be in other Western countries. Besides, the Aussies taking up arms would be a great message for the red chings that wanna chong Australia, that Aussies don't fuck around. Hopefully my fellow former Yugoslav mates living in Aussie land will follow my advice.