Covid-19 and the Crisis of Legitimacy

Covid-19 and the Crisis of Legitimacy

Wherever you stand on the management of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is hard not to accept that it has created a serious crisis of legitimacy for the liberal social and political order. Confidence in its integrity has been severely compromised. Allegations of cover-ups, lies and mis- or dis-information have been freely traded. As the five-year anniversary passes, commentators have questioned whether populations would accept social interventions in …