The masks are not only for subservience and removal of the sense of identity. They are also yet another dividing tactic deployed by the tyrants.
It's dividing the public and directing individuals attention towards each other so fewer people will put their attention on the actual source issue. Just like the gender bullshit, racism bullshit, environment bullshit, political correctness bullshit, "gun ownership is bad"-bullshit, vaccination bullshit, and on and on and on.
It's all bullshit to divert attention. If everybody would shift their attention towards the tyrants, it would ALL be over in a heartbeat. They know that, and that's why they want people to fight against each other primarily, it keeps the population divided and thus easily herded.