Meanwhile, this sort of shit is happening in Shanghai.

... So, is this what the rest of the world is moving towards?

I'm guessing Yes - if the Scio-state experts have anything to do with it - which they do.

This is a kinda cross-thread with the Vax 2022 one about Lancet's grand plan to humanely vaccinate Africa with rapid action - which originally i started writing here as an extension of your question - but filed it under vax wars.

Both are examples of the Smart Dictatorship thinking many scientists (empiricists) have. First, inviolable law is: I'm a scientist, therefore I'm right - about everything. It's based on a dangerous conceit that has long been identified by philosophers as a fatal flaw, but in modern times that voice has been drowned out. At least it explains the affinity academic institutions developed with the CCP and the extraordinary lengths scientists went to to cover-up the origin of Covid.

This video on Twitter by Izwe Lethu - an interview with Dennis Meadows exploring the upside of totalitarian rule - encapsulates that thinking.

https://twitter.com/LandNoli/status/1470284477515677696