I'd say Poland is currently more at the fairly advanced stage of legal decomposition. The ruling group seized control over judiciary (the Constitutional Tribuna

I'd say Poland is currently more at the fairly advanced stage of legal decomposition. The ruling group seized control over judiciary (the Constitutional Tribunal, controlling judges to the large extent). In the present crisis the legal foundations for everything that happens are very loose, with new ordinances interpreted ad hoc with the police's discretion or Prime Minister's Power Point presentations. The there's the controversy around organizing elections in May. The enduring legitimization of power can erode even further. I would not call that totalitarianism, more like moving fast and breaking things, with no clear knowledge where they're going. The government is trying to avoid visibly mistreating anyone (aside from lots of verbal abuse on state media), they just want to do whatever they want. As to the longer term effects of such tendencies, I leave it to the reader's judgment. As to surveillance, it was dug up by NGOs that provincial government offices are collecting cell network localization data on quarantined people. Apparently the emergency statute lets them do it even for everyone in an "anonymized" fashion.