Indeed. COVID showed that the populace would defer to the government and do as they were told. Before lockdown there was a general feeling that only a country like China could lockdown it’s population. In the west, freedom and liberty were too precious.
And then they went and locked us down showing the government had far more power than it realised.
There have been policy discussions about lock down quarantines for decades. Though many assumed it would be some form of rabid TB. It never gets into any serious policy until there’s already something horrible going on.
I remember seeing China building hospitals within 48 hours and thinking we were screwed because here we would never manage that. Turns out we did something similar although with existing buildings.
The UK, people generally respect the law via a norm called “policing by consent”.
Also interesting that in China, it was where serious riots happened, which probably did the opposite for them showing them they had less power
“Lockdown” in quotes, because it wasn’t a full lockdown. They started, but then realized that the economy would really tank, so they loosened it up a bit and made some nice PR (“6 feet” and “15 days”) to convince us that things were fine and under control.
I blame COVID more
Indeed. COVID showed that the populace would defer to the government and do as they were told. Before lockdown there was a general feeling that only a country like China could lockdown it’s population. In the west, freedom and liberty were too precious.
And then they went and locked us down showing the government had far more power than it realised.
Literally no one thought of medical lockdowns in any way prior to COVID. There was no general feeling as it wasn’t on anyone’s radar.
Many many Americans think this way and its turned them all against government and into the arms of our benevolent billionaires like never before.
Its pretty sad.
There have been policy discussions about lock down quarantines for decades. Though many assumed it would be some form of rabid TB. It never gets into any serious policy until there’s already something horrible going on.
I remember seeing China building hospitals within 48 hours and thinking we were screwed because here we would never manage that. Turns out we did something similar although with existing buildings.
The UK, people generally respect the law via a norm called “policing by consent”.
Also interesting that in China, it was where serious riots happened, which probably did the opposite for them showing them they had less power
“Lockdown” in quotes, because it wasn’t a full lockdown. They started, but then realized that the economy would really tank, so they loosened it up a bit and made some nice PR (“6 feet” and “15 days”) to convince us that things were fine and under control.