The corona lockdowns, the wearing of mask decrees, and everything else coming from the government since March 2020, always reminds me of this comedy scene from the Woody Allen movie Bananas, a comedy about a revolution in a fictitious Central America country, making a mockery of Fidel Castro's revolution in Cuba. This scene is from the first speech of the Castro character after he takes over the government:
Except now, it is no comedy, it is real!