Following article from Brownstone Institute
In a recent survey taken as part of theĀ 2022 Democracy Perception Index, the vast majority of respondents agreed with the prompt, āMy government has done too much to limit peopleās freedoms during the coronavirus crisis.ā

This is a major, welcome change fromĀ surveysĀ conducted in prior years, generally at a national level, in which respondents tended to say that their governments were doing as much or less than they should to fight Covid.
The results are based on population-normalized interviews with 52,785 respondents from 53 countries between March 30 and May 10, 2022. Notably, of the 53 countries surveyed, Taiwan, Sweden, and China were the only three in which a majority didnāt think their governments limited freedom too much. (Sweden, of course, had no lockdowns and few mandates to speak ofāand China is, well,Ā Chinaā¦)
The Democracy Perception Index is one of the most high-level global policy surveys, so you can be sure the results will be seen by those who consider themselves āelitesā all over the world. This is doubtless why the results to this particular poll question were relegated, somewhat comically, to page 71 of the 78-pageĀ report. Not the news their globalist bosses wanted to hear.
This poll may be the most promising news weāve seen since Covid began. As lonely as it may sometimes seem being an anti-lockdown activist, these poll results go to show that itās not just a handful of us who feel as we doāitās actually billions. In India, especially, an overwhelming majority of respondents agreed that the government took away too much freedom during Covid, which is unsurprising when remembering scenes like these during lockdown.
While āliberalā elites in rich countries may have been willing to toss aside the Western Enlightenment like last seasonās designer handbag, there are many brilliant activists and citizens in the developing world especially who actually do care about human rights and have been willing to stand up for them. This is also why African nations recently forced the WHO into aĀ humiliating backdownĀ on the passage of itsĀ pandemic treaty.
At this point, thereās not much that either we or our opponents can do that will affect this billions-strong tide. No doubt there will be more restrictions during the coming season, especially in left-leaning states and countries. But the people have woken up, and theyāve had enough of Covid tyranny. The biomedical security stateās referendum on human rights is going up in flames.
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