State of emergency.

[asher553]

Authoritarians love "states of emergency" because then all normal constraints and expectations are waived. Day-to-day technical and managerial competence is no longer scrutinized because "it's an emergency!" Any kind of action, no matter how ill-advised, can be justified because it's "doing something".

And then comes the need to "restore order" ...

Comments

[marycatelli]

how true

[ndrosen]

Too true, indeed.

[veritas_poet]

Absolutely right. The totalitarians among us are having a ball right now. It's a dream come true for them.