Deus Ex Pandemus: Is Movement Control Here to Stay?

Podshivalov, Georgii (2020): Deus Ex Pandemus: Is Movement Control Here to Stay?

Abstract

Conspiracy theorists and laymen wonder whether the emergency measures introduced in response to COVID-19 will be upheld even after the pandemic is over. Using plot elements of Deus Ex the video game, one can show that measures such as movement control are not sustainable in the long run.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Economic Though, Monopoly, Oligarchy, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pandemic, Dystopia, Video Games, Deus Ex, Illuminati, World Government, Shadow Government, Conspiracy Theory, Movement Control, Rationality.
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D4 - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design > D42 - Monopoly; D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making; F - International Economics > F6 - Economic Impacts of Globalization; H - Public Economics > H1 - Structure and Scope of Government > H12 - Crisis Management; H - Public Economics > H1 - Structure and Scope of Government > H19 - Other; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I18 - Government Policy ; Regulation ; Public Health; K - Law and Economics > K1 - Basic Areas of Law > K19 - Other; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O19 - International Linkages to Development ; Role of International Organizations; P - Economic Systems > P1 - Capitalist Systems > P19 - Other

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