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I think politicians do have an incentive to lock down as much as possible. It appeals to their ego to do something authoritarian, and the power balance shifts

by aws200 6y ago

I think politicians do have an incentive to lock down as much as possible. It appeals to their ego to do something authoritarian, and the power balance shifts from voters feeling free to voters anxiously hanging on the lips of politicians to find out when their new masters will allow them to go out again. There very powerful psychological forces at play here, people are literally trained like dogs in these situations. As an example, in Germany the CDU approval ratings shot up during the crisis, people apparently have Stockholm syndrome.

sanderjd 6y ago
This is very very thin when balanced against putting hundreds of thousands of people out of work and making some other very large number of people homeschool teachers at the same time they are full time employed. I am deeply skeptical that there is any governor in the US who thinks this is great politics. I really think they're just trying to do the best thing for their people. Recognition of this is why you see their approval ratings up.
- aksl 6y ago
  I cannot comment on the US, because I don't live there. In Germany, however: Information flow was poor and deceptive: 1) First, actual masks are purportedly useless, now homemade toy masks are mandatory. 2) While the population was locked in and many people lost their jobs, the government health authorities could not be bothered to report new cases in the weekend. Of course one cannot force a civil "servant" to work. Work is for the plebs and civil "servants" have job security as long as the ECB can print money. 3) There is no effort to determine if for example supermarket workers have a higher number of cases. They are in contact with hundreds of people every day. Zero information. 4) Actual antibody studies are lagging and take an extraordinary amount of time. Now the economy is down, bailouts for the rich will happen, the politicians, civil "servants" and state television parasites are secure and the general working population is screwed. Same as in 2008.

by aws200 6y ago

sanderjd 6y ago

This is very very thin when balanced against putting hundreds of thousands of people out of work and making some other very large number of people homeschool teachers at the same time they are full time employed. I am deeply skeptical that there is any governor in the US who thinks this is great politics. I really think they're just trying to do the best thing for their people. Recognition of this is why you see their approval ratings up.

aksl 6y ago
I cannot comment on the US, because I don't live there. In Germany, however: Information flow was poor and deceptive: 1) First, actual masks are purportedly useless, now homemade toy masks are mandatory. 2) While the population was locked in and many people lost their jobs, the government health authorities could not be bothered to report new cases in the weekend. Of course one cannot force a civil "servant" to work. Work is for the plebs and civil "servants" have job security as long as the ECB can print money. 3) There is no effort to determine if for example supermarket workers have a higher number of cases. They are in contact with hundreds of people every day. Zero information. 4) Actual antibody studies are lagging and take an extraordinary amount of time. Now the economy is down, bailouts for the rich will happen, the politicians, civil "servants" and state television parasites are secure and the general working population is screwed. Same as in 2008.