The post-Coronavirus World. What’s next?

From the rise of under-the-skin surveillance to the collapse of liberal democracy

Humankind is unequivocally encountering perhaps the most significant global health crisis of our generation, the Corona-virus pandemic. Looking forward to the future, it is precisely the present decisions a lot of world leaders made that would probably determine the direction human beings are heading to in the next few decades. Eventually, the storm will pass, but we will undeniably live in a very different world.

This pivotal moment has raised one crucial question,

What will the world be like once the coronavirus pandemic is over?

To answer this question, we must clearly understand the characterization of our current political system, as well as the different kinds of governments that exist across the globe.

Firstly, the citizens will face a tough choice to choose from — between their privacy and security. What do I mean by this? Citizens need to abide by the specific guidelines that help cease the pandemic from developing further. The government can monitor individuals and punish those who break the rules by announcing a ‘temporary’ emergency decree or so-called lockdown. We can already see this happening across the globe, ranging from…