How long can a democracy maintain emergency limits and still call itself free?

Re:How long can a democracy maintain emergency limits and st... by nl on Friday September 03, 2021 @12:37AM (#28400457)

> I keep mentioning this like a broken record. In most western democracies we have a disconnect from the will of the people and what legislation gets implemented, caused by representative democracy. We need a more direct way for people to influence policy

I don't think you understand.

In Australia, the strong lockdowns are widely supported. There was an election in Queensland during 2020 where the Queensland government bore a lot of criticism from NSW and other governments for their restrictions.

They were returned with an increased majority.

I'm in South Australia and I support the policy outlined in this piece.

It's a freedom tradeoff - we are lockdown free, can go about our business without getting COVID.

Until the vaccination rate is high enough, I support measures our goverment is taking to keep it like that.

It's true people are getting tired of this. But in general people (correctly) blame the slow vaccine roll out rather than the lockdown policy for their unhappiness.

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Re:How long can a democracy maintain emergency limits and st... by Andaith on Friday September 03, 2021 @01:36AM (#28400743)

This. I'm in NSW, and I support the lockdowns. Hell, I'm annoyed that our Govt appears to have given up on Covid-Zero, unlike other states.

I do think the NSW govt is hoping that with a high vaccination rate, they can treat delta the same as original covid, and completely eradicate it without doing lockdowns. Will see how that goes.

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