For, in truth, from Bangladesh to Kenya, the relevant authorities have offered a stark lesson in how not to respond to popular angst — curfews, shoot-to-kill policing, and disrupting the internet to prevent people from talking and organising. Bad governance enfeebles democracies. And as successive military rule here has demonstrated, strong-arm tactics lead to autocracy and serfdom.
Cooped up at home in consequence of the 10-day…
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