I don't know if it's born out by statistics but I've heard Jordan Peterson advance the case that countries which have fallen under the sway of authoritarianism often do so in the wake of epidemics/pandemics and narratives of infection, hygiene and cleansing.
I don't know if it's born out by statistics but I've heard Jordan Peterson advance the case that countries which have fallen under the sway of authoritarianism often do so in the wake of epidemics/pandemics and narratives of infection, hygiene and cleansing.