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Yes, lockdown gives them the power to be little totalitarian.
by matz1 6y ago
Yes, lockdown gives them the power to be little totalitarian.
- hh3k0 6y agoSorry, but you make no sense.
- toomim 6y agoThe lockdown gave leaders emergency authorization to make decisions without waiting for votes. In other words, leaders got authorization to bypass democracy.
- triceratops 6y agoDo governments put every single decision they make to a general vote? You're confusing representative democracy with direct democracy. How many countries postponed or cancelled elections due to the pandemic? Only those would be considered to have "bypassed democracy".
- tharkun__ 6y agoYou mean like the German state of Thuringia? https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/corona-pandemie-thueringen-verschiebt-landtagswahl-17146574.html https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/corona-pandemie-thuering...
- triceratops 6y agoIt's in German, I don't know what that says. Assuming it says "Thuringia postponed elections" I guess sure, lockdowns in Thuringia past the term of the existing government were not democratic. That is, if Germany has statewide Covid restrictions, rather than national ones.
- tharkun__ 6y agoForgive me but Google Translate Exists (and not everything is reported internationally :) And yes Germany is a weird mix of state and federal responsibilities and authority (sorta like the US just different). States are responsible for schools for example. But now Merkel wants to close _all_ schools in all of Germany. Some states object and want to keep them open. Bavaria introduced a requirement to wear FFP2 masks now, while no other state does etc.