The mandates bypassed legislative processes and placed heavy compliance burdens on small businesses, forcing many individuals to choose between vaccination and their livelihoods. Businesses as State Enforcers , Selective Unity as Compliance, Divisive Rhetoric and Stigmatization of the Unvaccinated: A Tool for Enforced Conformity, Public Figures Advocating for Extreme Measures, Proposals for Punitive Measures Against the Unvaccinated, Loss of Rights and Citizenship: Some public figures argued that unvaccinated individuals should lose rights or even face revocation of citizenship. https://activistpost.com/2024/12/was-the-covid-19-period-a-clear-example-of-fascism-an-analysis-of-power-control-and-messaging-part-2.html