A mass hysteria mixed with government power grab would be sufficient: the masses (aka: the chattering classes) are demanding governments do something, anything; and so the government takes the opening to grab as much power as it can. It's a fairly common dynamic historically.
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Re: Unplugging from media
Date: 2021-09-08 03:24 pm (UTC)