[daniel1212]

Backlash against government authority driven by disillusionment as people realize that the Plague was never all that deadly to people who aren’t elderly, obese, or ill.

Which leads to

Increased surveillance and tracking of people.

Increased restrictions on those marked as non-conformists, esp. those who oppose expresses disapproval of LGBTQ propaganda.

Permanent restrictions on, and control of, movement and association and speech.

[MrEdd]

I don’t see that in anyway.

I believe that we have narrowly avoided a peaceful coup.
Civil war may still be coming. Capitulation is now off the table.

Armed citizenry, even in Michigan? That’s not a recipe for a totalitarian makeover.