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How has the pandemic uncovered the truth about our government?

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To what extent does a situation and or temporary problem play in the acceptability of the use of power?

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How many liberties can a country take to protect people before it is too much?

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How have different forms of government and varying methods of control led to different outcomes when dealing with Covid?

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To what extent has the use of coercive power during the COVID-19 pandemic shaped and/or expanded the influence of national governments? Is this an appropriate tactic to use during this time?

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To what extent do travel bans on certain states for the safety of their population affect the relationships between those states when the country being banned is more powerful?

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How could the lasting effects of the corona virus have an effect on power globally?

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How many liberties will citizens give up in order to ensure collective safety

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how has the power structure of different countries affected their response to COVID-19

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How have other democracies around the world handled COVID and have those strategies been more effective than those of the US?

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How much power does our government really have over us in America?

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How much should a leader trust his team's judgement and how much should he fear their incompetence?

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How could have the U.S.'s response to coronavirus been different if pre-emptive action was taken? How would people react to a more coercive power, and how could that have aided in slowing the spread of COVID-19?

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How will the COVID-19 pandemic affect the United State's enforcement on preparation for another global health crisis? Will they lean towards hard or soft power?

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How have levels of power in governments in the past affect how they exert it during unusual circumstances such as now?

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What balance of hard vs soft power should have been initially used to lockdown when COVID initally broke out in the US

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To what extent is the use of hard power justifiable during a crisis?

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How has the pandemic highlighted both the benefits and shortcomings of different democracy's decisions made to protect the citizenry (ex. South Korea vs. the USA)?

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Lillian  O'Rourke                      How much power should leaders be able to exert on individuals if it's what the leader thinks is  'their best interest'?

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Lillian  O'Rourke                      How much power should leaders be able to exert on individuals if it's what the leader thinks is  'their best interest'?

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What power remains, if any, when a democracy loses the trust/respect of its people

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What power remains, if any, when a democracy loses the trust/respect of its people

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How has a state's history affected the extent of the power the government holds over their population during the pandemic through the ability to enforce policies?

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Have we seen hard power being the utilized more in weathering down the COVID-19 pandemic or is soft power growing to be more effective?

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To what extent has demonstrations of hard and soft power negatively affected representation in democracies worldwide during the COVID-19 epidemic?

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To what extent have use of hard versus soft power been effective in weathering the COVID-19 pandemic?

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To what extent have governments across the world used the COVID-19 pandemic to expand power over their people?

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When the government has all of the power, is it the responsibility of the citizens to revolt and to force change? How can we know when that time comes?

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Keith Hoffmeister:To what extent are democracies similar to other forms of government? Do democracies still value power and order over cooperation and morality?

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Keith Hoffmeister:To what extent are democracies similar to other forms of government? Do democracies still value power and order over cooperation and morality?

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Is there really an issue if we allow our government to strengthen during times of crises and only during crises?

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Ricky Guthridge - Is a democratic government allowed to act authoritarian in a health crisis.  

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Ricky Guthridge - Is a democratic government allowed to act authoritarian in a health crisis.  

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Will the results of COVID inspire democracies to act more pre-emptively?

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the author argued that there is an absence of normal politics; arguably, the coronavirus has divided the united states more. how might the author respond to this argument?

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Would it be more effective to put experts in charge of the government during times of crises related to their profession. (ex: put a group of doctors in charge of the government for the virus or a group of trusted economic experts in charge during a depression)

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What strategies have democratic and authoritarian states used to handle the pandemic, and how effective have they been?

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Has COVID impacted the nation's use of soft or hard power? Which one, and it what ways?

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Should politicians in democratic states be more pre-emptive? Does it ever make political sense for them to?

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How has the Corona virus affected the  change from 'hard' to 'soft' power? Or has there been a combination of both regarding control over the virus?

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Is the author correct in asserting that governments typically exercise power over our life and death and force action? Or do they normally effectively protect our natural rights?