I'd rather see these powers as an institutionalized state of emergency. They're permanent -- there's no concept of "taking them away". And I'm not so sure abou

I'd rather see these powers as an institutionalized state of emergency. They're permanent -- there's no concept of "taking them away". And I'm not so sure about the role of the population either. It's not exactly them who can either accept or not accept the call for such laws. If you had someone, on a national ticket, who would openly call for their abolishment, matters would be different, of course. But then -- how do you get onto a national ticket? A hysterical, broken democracy is a hard thing to fix from inside.