suspect just about every government i can think of is substantially weaker than it was a year and a half ago and that may be a useful frame for understanding their behavior somewhat generally just a hunch. idk
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almost every government instituted authoritarian public health measures that would have been unthinkable a year ago, that's weakness?
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measures that make life hard for people and have to be enforced are very costly in terms of money, attention, and legitimacy if you are a ruler the ideal state is when people quite broadly embrace your policies enthusiastically. this is cheap and stable
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so yes if a government has the ability to implement draconian measures it indicates that they had strength but doing so generally means they have less than they did ex ante
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makes sense, but I feel like consent for 'yanking the leash' so to speak has been thoroughly manufactured already, and the world elite that managed to convince the globe to play along with lockdowns just fortified their power to the tune of ~$3trillion @skugern
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government defined as the theaters of democracy yeah, weaker, government as defined by massive flows of multinational capital, stronger
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im not sure I do :/ in some ways weaker governments are a lot spookier than strong ones
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