American Acquiescence: Why We Failed to Resist the Lockdowns

Published June 11, 2024

The spread of COVID-19 misinformation and propaganda was fueled by a confluence of motivations including addictions to power, corruption, political ideology, and incompetence. Combined with the public’s susceptibility to the fear generated by propaganda, led to a surprise lack of pushback against lockdowns and deference to authority figures and experts. Scott Atlas explores these elements of the COVID-19 responses as well as other questions from students during this Q&A session.

Check Out More from Scott Atlas:

• Watch "The Cost of Identity Politics in American Politics" with Dr. Scott Atlas and Dr. Stanley Goldfarb here. 
• Listen to "Now 4 Years Later, What Have We Learned from the Covid Pandemic?" with Dr. Scott Atlas on the Lars Larson Show. Part 1 here. Part 2 here.
• Watch Dr. Scott Atlas' previous Policy Boot Camp discussion, "Reviewing Pandemic Policies" here.

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