For a people supposedly united by their great and abiding love of freedom, the pandemic year has been an interesting test of Americans’ commitment to their country’s founding principles. Sure, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are great — but have you tried surveilling, spying and snitching on your neighbors amid an endless state of emergency?

Turns out, many folks in the US are quite willing to sacrifice various freedoms if it means they get to scold and punish others, particularly their ideological opponents, for breaking the rules.