Perhaps the most salient revelation in the wake of these changes is a highly diminished pretense of state legitimacy in Western liberal "Democracies." In the Platonic ideal, this legitimacy flows from the citizens' belief that their democratic government-ostensibly comprising peers and fellow citizens-effectively and uniformly administers justice and serves the needs of all citizens.
His battle against Canada's truckers is a prime example of his newfound authoritarian tendencies.
In early 2022, the Freedom Convoy began as a protest against Canada's vaccine mandates but quickly grew into a national populist movement against draconian covid policies and distant elites who controlled the lives of the residents in Canada's heartland.
Truckers who had peacefully assembled near Parliament were arrested, and Trudeau's government began shutting down access to the truckers' bank accounts, blocking their access to cryptocurrency, and threatening to suspend the truckers' insurance.
The Freedom Convoy in Canada may have been peaceful, but as Trudeau reminded the world, the Canadian truckers held "Unacceptable views." That is the crux of the issue: those who hold unacceptable views are no longer welcome to partake in the societies of Western liberal democracies.
The liberal authoritarians have now developed a metaphorical arsenal of different tactics and tricks with which they attempt to control their unruly citizen hordes.
One thing seems certain: the effete political leaders of the West have learned that they don't have to be full-time authoritarians to impose their will on the masses; they just have to wait for the next crisis and then move swiftly.
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