Today, 5th May is Liberation Day in the country of my birth and upbringing. On that day in 1945 the Netherlands was liberated from Nazi occupation. Liberation Day used to be my favourite public holiday. The weather tends to be pleasantly spring-like this time of year and on this day people used to be out and about enjoying liberation festivals that took place across the country. Celebrating your freedom with good weather, fun company, live music, and intoxicating means was a civic ‘duty’ I was more than happy to fulfil.
War and Peace
I haven’t celebrated 5th May Liberation Day for a long time and I am a bit out of practice. This year with the forced lockdown and the ban on gatherings still in place it seems the Dutch in the Netherlands are getting out of practice as well, yet for different reasons.
When I was a kid, every year at the beginning of May we got the same spiel in school. We were taught about the horrors of Nazi occupation, the tragic fate of Dutch Jews who were deported never to return, and the bravery of resistance fighters. Many years later I learnt that not everyone was a brave resistance fighter. The Dutch system was very collaborative with the Nazi regime and percentage-wise most Jews were deported from the Netherlands than from any other country. During the war, the average Dutch person was very keen to comply and even actively fulfil the Nazis’ bidding. It’s been exactly 75 years since we Dutchies have been celebrating our freedom on 5th May. As the whole world has been telling us that we are so tolerant and liberal because you can buy weed in special cafes, we totally believe the freedom hype. However, in these unprecedented times, the freedom myth starts to unravel. We have been stripped of basic human rights as if they were just complementary accessories to the human existence. Yet, many still find it necessary to comply with the system.
Fake Security and False Freedom
In these covid-19 times, it might not be people of a certain ethnicity, sexual orientation or political conviction that are the target. However, instead of Jews, gypsies, gays and communists, now we all face the threat of being marked. If Bill Gates and his band of psychopaths have their way, we will be subjected to forced vaccinations and digital tattoos to prove we are ‘safe’ to leave the house and interact with other people. Bans on social gatherings, enterprising, cultural activity, travel and close contact with others have nothing to do with keeping us safe. In times of real pandemics- and this covid 19 bollocks is not a pandemic – one quarantines the sick or those at risk rather than the whole population. People with healthy immune systems are not at risk of getting sick, let alone die from covid 19. Yet, instead of promoting and contributing to immune health, governments put people at serious mental health risks. Recent measures have increased levels of anxiety, stress and isolation. Do note that Big Pharma can’t make money from a healthy population but vaccines and medication to deal with mental conditions are big business. As Dutchies tend to be trustworthy of government, I have the idea that those opposed to current measures are a small and no doubt vilified minority. So the great irony is that my docile fellow and sister Dutchies are enjoying a public holiday in celebration of their freedom while in forced lockdown.
Reclaiming Sovereignty
Denmark, considered one of the freest and most liberal countries in the world, has passed laws to allow mandatory covid 19 vaccinations for its population. Anyone who refuses, risks a fine and/ or prison time, and other restrictions to the freedom of movement. Other so-called free countries could follow. It’s time that Dutchies, Danes and people across the world realise the freedom myth. We humans are creative and beautifully flawed sovereign beings. Freedom is not a complementary accessory that has been granted to us; we are born free. It is high time we own it.
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