I think there's a good psychological point here: lockdownism reinforces itself by being entertaining, on some level, to the people who embrace it.https://twitter.com/eugyppius1/status/1383831617953701888 …
Like a lot of cults and under-realised pseudo-religions, there’s perhaps also a selection brain-drain effect, where the more capable & aware opt out and you’re just left with a bunch of lunatic middle-aged germophobe femaels freaking out on the internet.