[Wissa]

I said about a week ago, things will reopen when the citizens say enough is enough and rebel. Politicians scrambling now to keep up with the citizens, who have had enough needless tyranny.

I'm reminded again of the book Crisis and Leviathan. Every time there is a "crisis", the government implements actions that the people soon oppose as being over-reaching. Then the government eases the actions, but never back to the level they were "pre-crisis". The people accept the loss of freedoms, rationalizing it as at least not as bad as what they had to put up with for awhile.

Now, people can go shopping again... but they have to wear a mask. People can go to church again... but only if the church is at no more than 25% capacity. People can go to parks or to a gym... but they're required to maintain an arbitrarily defined adequate social distancing. And people go along with it because of the implicit threat that if they don't, those scraps of limited freedom can be taken away again.

[thecodont]

And people go along with it because of the implicit threat that if they don't, those scraps of limited freedom can be taken away again.

Will my chocolate ration be reinstated? Oh goody.

[Thank You Rush]

I firmly believe that IS the objective - never heard of the book but will look for it. Thanks.

“”I’m reminded again of the book Crisis and Leviathan. Every time there is a “crisis”, the government implements actions that the people soon oppose as being over-reaching. Then the government eases the actions, but never back to the level they were “pre-crisis”. The people accept the loss of freedoms, rationalizing it as at least not as bad as what they had to put up with for awhile.””