Previously, when the rules were mutually understood, behaviour was predictable. We knew what to expect from one another and planned accordingly. Compliance was predominantly voluntary because the boundaries were clear.

January 26, 2026 - 19:48 UTC

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That no longer holds. The rules are now disputed and their limits uncertain. The state has to plan for the worst. Risk outweighs charitable assumption. Compliance is no longer secured by consent; it is enforced procedurally. This is a structural consequence of neutrality in a multicultural society.
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To remove the conditions that create the need for surveillance and coercion, the state has to act upstream. It would have to say which behaviours are acceptable, which norms should dominate public life, and which cultural expectations society should converge around. It would have to pick a side.
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