Not much changed here in ND aside from the oil patch going dead for a year (with the exception of schools going online and a lot of blue masks blowing around parking lots).
Same here, mostly... Even under the lockdown during our Democrat governors' reign, most paid it no mind. At least that was true out of town. The Towniies were more compliant...
The scary part was watching all the national corporate systems comply. Especially banks as a real and terrifying example. I couldn't get at my money for MONTHS. They were entirely closed off.
Now, the funny part is that I was a bit of an anomaly in that, Because I had no credit card or debit card - What was probably transparent to all y'all was devastating to me - And the result is that I am now the same as the most of you - and have largely adopted electronic banking - I was forced into that behavior.
I had no plastic. Had I any plastic, the system was still somewhat open - you could always withdraw cash with your plastic from an ATM. But you needed the plastic.The bank was open electronically. Well, sorta... 300 bucks at a time. But to get plastic, you needed to go to the bank. But the bank was closed. After it opened again, it was only by appointment - and my appointment took another month.
I was reduced to working and selling *cash ONLY*, or at least, that was the only money I had during that time.
What is salient from my POV is the things that were forced, and to ask why they were forced. That's exactly why I operated as I did - Convert incoming electronic streams to money by withdrawal - And that was forcibly ended.
People were forced into shopping at box stores - WHY?
People were forced into increasing their reliance on Amazon and online shopping - WHY?
Government interface was forced to online only - WHY?
They shut OFF Main Street - WHY?
Where does all that go?
