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> Unless it is accepted to have emergency authorian rule, like in this case. Post socialist seem to understand what a national emergency is and when it's on, y
by pmlnr 7y ago
> Unless it is accepted to have emergency authorian rule, like in this case.
Post socialist seem to understand what a national emergency is and when it's on, you shut up and do as told. I'm a Hungarian, living in England; the brits have no grasp on this scenario. Somewhere deep down it feels like we needed this pandemic to:
a, undestand one's "rights" doesn't always apply
b, to realize we're living in the golden years* - it's cushioned, comfortable, wonderful, and that we should cherish it and value it.
* Iron Maiden - Wasted Years
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mmszv0jpvSY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mmszv0jpvSY
- grawprog 7y ago>undestand one's "rights" doesn't always apply It's funny, movies got it wrong, you don't need mass deaths, zombies or giant deadly global disasters to have people accept their rights being suspended and acquiesce to being herded like sheep under strict authoritarian rules under threat of monetary punishment or even incarnation....you just need to make them scared of being sick...
- mattmanser 7y agoAll countries have had challenges like this before, be it world war 1/2, conscription, etc. It's not an excuse to lose rights outside the confines of the emergency. It might be true post-Russian dominated states might still have recent memories on how to obey a central authority (mainly on pain of 'disappearing' into something like a gulag or being executed), it's not a lesson we need to learn thanks. It's still hard for many of us to take the threat seriously, but that'll change.