In your post # 9, “We are all prisoners” is meant to eliminate the feeling that we can think independently.
“I bit the bullet” is used to make taking the vaccine sound brave.
“Only because of peer pressure” is a form of reverse psychology meant to take away resistance to peer pressure.
“Because I want to take a cruise” is bait.
I don’t get where you are coming from. So I will just assume you are tired and cranky.