Just 2 days ago, I referred to Australia as a soft tyranny. I stand corrected:

Soft tyrannies don’t remain soft indefinitely.

In general, Covid is the best thing to happen for authoritarians since the Communist Manifesto. Specifically for Australian authoritarians, it is the best thing to happen since citizens gave up their guns, enabling — or rather, making inevitable — the current state of affairs.

To their credit, some Aussies are pushing back:

Let’s hope it’s not too little too late.

On a tip from Wiggins and gregtuco.