I think one of the problems is that governments did all sorts of illegal, unconstitutional things...and nobody resisted until way too late, and even then it was feeble and easily crushed.
While a lot of the actions were at the state level, they came from implementing federal (or CDC) policy, and also had political implications. That is, the policies came from the almost entirely Dem health bureaucracy and were implemented mostly and most severely by Dem governors and mayors, while most of the little resistance came from Republican governors or red state populations. The Constitution and all of our legal guarantees both as states and as individuals were completely ignored, and except for a few modest court challenges, nobody fought back. (That said, I’ll never understand why Trump let Fauci take over the government, not resisting him until far too late.)
So now the governments feel they can do whatever they want.
EXCEPT in the case of opting for freedom. The states that resisted the tyranny from the outset by implementing few restrictions or relaxing them quickly - such as Florida and Georgia - have been the target of the Dem federal government since the beginning, and now that the Dems have installed Biden, they’re busy settling scores.
This is not going to be pretty.
“now that the Dems have installed Biden, they’re busy settling scores. This is not going to be pretty.”
No s—t, Sherlock. The biggest score they’ll be settling until the end of time is Trump’s victory over Hillary. It’s stuck in their craw and it’ll be stuck forever. We’ll be paying forever because we’re the ones who made that happen.