I was shocked at how easy it was to get people to comply with instructions from Government. Even the experts were shocked at how easy it was - they legitimately believed that authoritarianism would never work in a liberal western country - yet virtually every member of the public agreed. Which brings in a troubling and uncomfortable thought - the majority of people have an authoritarian streak and a minority (around 20% in the various polls) would have us in permanent authoritarian measures and controls.

Another thing I note is that while people say they support concepts such as equality and liberty to self-reported studies, in private, they oppose such concepts. The reason why they say one thing and believe another can be put down to social desirability bias - people tell researchers and surveyors what they want to hear based on how others will judge them, not their true beliefs. Same thing happens with dating preferences.

The same tactic to get us to agree to total control through fear is now being played with the climate. We can only hope that the same tactics fall in the same way as they did with lockdown and measures, even if it is going to be short term pain.