CV and mad panic behaviour

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I share your concern over the effect of Covid on the political level. But I'm less concerned about the Government trying to use Covid as a means of manipulating the populace as in 1984 where the 3 large states would shift allegiances so they could keep their populations on a permanent war footing.

My concern is that the anti-Lockdown, anti-Masker & anti-Vaxxer campaigns will be used by the far right to gain ground: Political ambitions and anti-lockdown protests: How neo-Nazis seek to spread influence , The Age.

I tend not to be so concerned about the far right as I believe that we, and I mean the West, has an ingrained repulsion to it, memories of relatively recent experiences. A good example of this would be France where despite a very strong push Le Pen just cannot get the required traction.  I believe some people here flirt with some of their rhetoric but overall the true far right would be a long way from ever gaining serious power. Of course we always need to guard against wolves in sheep's clothing.