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Please lay out how any government profits from this. Consequences of COVID measures currently include, among others: - reduced tax income, vastly more debt -

Please lay out how any government profits from this. Consequences of COVID measures currently include, among others: - reduced tax income, vastly more debt - frustration within the population - revelation of systemic flaws All of these make a government look bad. No matter how true or untrue, the current government will be held directly responsible. I don't see any instance of emergency laws being abused in a way that was impossible or inconvenient beforehand. Terrorism has already done its part here. So where are your examples?

dx87 6y ago
Governments benefited because they learned how easily people will turn on each other and support sweeping restrictions with no end date. Any time someone questioned the lockdowns back in Spring, people would claim that they were being selfish and leading to the death of millions by not blindly giving away their freedom. I've seen much more animosity based on party lines, than towards the government at large.
ddeck 6y ago
>I don't see any instance of emergency laws being abused in a way that was impossible or inconvenient beforehand. A quick search will bring up many examples. Perhaps you're only considering the US? "Authoritarian governments are using coronavirus as an excuse to crush freedom of expression" [1] "Would-be autocrats are using covid-19 as an excuse to grab more power" [2] "How Authoritarians Are Exploiting the COVID-19 Crisis to Grab Power" [3] "Cambodia is using coronavirus as an excuse for human rights abuse" [4] [1] https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/coronavirus-free-speech-orban-india-lockdown-modi-ramzan-kadyrov-chechnya-a9528741.html https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/coronavirus-free-speech... [2] https://www.economist.com/international/2020/04/23/would-be-autocrats-are-using-covid-19-as-an-excuse-to-grab-more-power https://www.economist.com/international/2020/04/23/would-be-... [3] https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/03/how-authoritarians-are-exploiting-covid-19-crisis-grab-power https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/03/how-authoritarians-are-e... [4] https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/cambodia-is-using-coronavirus-as-an-excuse-for-human-rights-abuse-20200415-p54jxz.html https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/cambodia-is-using-coronavi...

dx87 6y ago

Governments benefited because they learned how easily people will turn on each other and support sweeping restrictions with no end date. Any time someone questioned the lockdowns back in Spring, people would claim that they were being selfish and leading to the death of millions by not blindly giving away their freedom. I've seen much more animosity based on party lines, than towards the government at large.

ddeck 6y ago

>I don't see any instance of emergency laws being abused in a way that was impossible or inconvenient beforehand. A quick search will bring up many examples. Perhaps you're only considering the US? "Authoritarian governments are using coronavirus as an excuse to crush freedom of expression" [1] "Would-be autocrats are using covid-19 as an excuse to grab more power" [2] "How Authoritarians Are Exploiting the COVID-19 Crisis to Grab Power" [3] "Cambodia is using coronavirus as an excuse for human rights abuse" [4] [1] https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/coronavirus-free-speech-orban-india-lockdown-modi-ramzan-kadyrov-chechnya-a9528741.html https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/coronavirus-free-speech... [2] https://www.economist.com/international/2020/04/23/would-be-autocrats-are-using-covid-19-as-an-excuse-to-grab-more-power https://www.economist.com/international/2020/04/23/would-be-... [3] https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/03/how-authoritarians-are-exploiting-covid-19-crisis-grab-power https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/03/how-authoritarians-are-e... [4] https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/cambodia-is-using-coronavirus-as-an-excuse-for-human-rights-abuse-20200415-p54jxz.html https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/cambodia-is-using-coronavi...