Posted by brooks on August 29, 2020, 8:21 pm, in reply to "Dan "
These look more like discovered possibilities
My feeling as well. Why would a quasi-fascist oligarchy let a good crisis go to waste? They'll use it as a pretext to get away with anything they can to further concentrate their own power and wealth. It's their raison d'etre. It's not always easy to separate out the legitimate public health policies from the power grabs and by now the two are probably inextricably intertwined in the western imperium and assorted client states but it doesn't mean none of them are legitimate or that the virus that gave rise to the need for them is not a real menace that needs a collective response.