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The lockdown gave leaders emergency authorization to make decisions without waiting for votes. In other words, leaders got authorization to bypass democracy.
by toomim 6y ago
The 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.