Your ability to connect with others and build something with them is a key element of your leverage. If someone removes from you your ability to connect with others you are likely to be negatively impacted and especially your mental health. This is the reason physical distanciation from other inmates is a key strategy used inside prisons.

Be aware of the strategy of the People driving the Great Reset. To decrease your social connections they:

• Introducing a topic and statements to polarize People. The goal is to get you to adopt a position on a topic which should not have been introduced in the first place (racism, minority group, medical treatment, immigration, school). You used to get along well with this person and now, because this topic was introduced and you have been pushed to take a side, you guys do not talk to each other anymore. This is intended

• Implement a physical distance between People by

  • Getting you scared of other People (constantly repeating you that they can infect you and you may die)

  • Recommending or mandating a physical distance of X meters. Making it visible (sign) and repetitive so that you do not forget it

  • Closing businesses where People usually meet. If the place where you usually meet other People is closed, the likelihood that you guys meet is decreasing

  • Recommending or mandating work from home

• Recommend or mandate face masks. The mask stands as a physical barrier between People. It constantly remind your mind that there is a danger

Here are potential signals that your social connections are impacted

• You have this feeling of being increasingly isolated from other People

• Drop in the number of face to face interactions you are having with other People

• Drop in the quality of interactions you are having with other People

  • Topics driven by the context instead of being centered on your needs

  • Feeling of having superficial discussions

How to regain leverage around your social connections?

• Be true to yourself. Act according to your values. You will be like a magnet attracting other like minded People. You may lose some existing connections (the ones that actually didn't matter that much) and you will gain new ones (that will be meaningful to you and the other person)

• Go towards People. Engage in meaningful discussions. A meaningful discussion deeply matters to you. Find conversation starters. Wear a t-shirt that expresses your mindset. You will see People reacting to it and some will engage in conversations with you

• Build new connections. They are likely to be strong, without much nonsense as People are way clearer about what they do not want. Alignment between People appears pretty fast

• Build a community. You will see that it will usually happen naturally because you guys have a same like or love doing (fitness, gardening, drawing, dog walking, ...). Although you don't want to overthink it, please do understand what makes a community healthy. This will help you to strengthen the community you are part of

• Remember that it is not about quantity but quality. You rather have 2 meaningful connections than 10 that have not much meaning to you (you guys aren't like minded, there is nothing constructive happening)

• When you build social links, you build trust. Trust is a fundamental ingredient of society. Be aware of this