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0xy on April 9, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: An Account of the Shanghai Lockdown

Yes. It's happened before. After the Boston Marathon bombing there was a "shelter-in-place" order given that prevented anyone from leaving their homes, and subjected residents to military rule (including door-to-door warrantless searches).

gruez on April 9, 2022 | [–]

It's doable, but not really scalable. I doubt they'll be able to pull that off in every US city simultaneously.

dmix on April 9, 2022 | [–]

And otherwise you create snitch lines for people who sneak out at night time. Kinda like New York did for COVID violators.

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