It's pretty much impossible to overstate Covid's impact on global politics and democracy.
We've never needed life-and-death gov't interventions like that before in our lives. It stands to reason that wherever they were felt, they were deeply controversial.
Covid was bigger than doctors, hospitals, gov'ts, int'l orgs, everything!
Globally, people are voting from their shock & trauma, and are being (easily) led by politicians to blame incumbents for their suffering & grief.
And bigger than world leaders. Particularly US. Another realm in which he suffered no consequences.
@LnzyHou It's very weird and deeply scary to think about what the empowerment from shock and trauma could lead to, especially for a leader who has been so loudly cheered for his broad, vague promises of retribution.
What does a world-class opportunist do when he has no constraints of conscience, and no restraints of governance?
We get to be witnesses. Again.
But will we be so frozen in fear as to lubricate his plans again?
How does a fat, bald, humorless traitor/rapist get control of this country?