It's snark but it's relevant. All of this shit has been pushed through during a climate where people are willing to let the government get away with a little more to help fight covid. And look what they're ramming through.
At the point where a critical mass of people realize this has nothing to do with public health and everything to do with seizing and consolidating power.
Anytime a government is unified in something, like it has been here, you should be highly skeptical. Politicians make calls for “unity” all the time and of course they do as everyone agreeing with them makes exercising power that much easier. The main objectives of any political elite/party in any form of government throughout all of history are to increase their power and to remain there. Division doesn’t mean dysfunction.
The Patriot Act was roundly supported and of course it was - it increases the political classes power across the board, legitimizing the increase for “safety”.
The problem is that this legislation wasn't introduced to deal with COVID.
The intense international focus on our public health restrictions is a huge distraction, and undermines the message we want to send regarding authoritarianism.
All snark aside, I ask what I’ve asked everybody: at what point is the cure not worth it anymore?