Kyrie Irving REFUSING Vax. Kareem “Fire him.”

I'm not sure what 'authoritarian' or 'outsider' means anymore.  The people who were supporting police during the George Floyd riots were the same ones attacking police when they sacked the capitol.  Conservative governors touting 'small government' are the same ones abusing their power when municipalities/businesses/school districts try to enact mask mandates.  Leave it up to the people, unless you think the people are wrong. 

Are the local officials the authoritarians or the outsiders?  They can't be both.  If they're the authoritarians, what does that make the governors, forcing their views upon a lower governing body?  If conservatives had it their way, the government would be able to decide whether a woman could have an abortion, but the government should not decide if people should get a vaccine (that could affect countless lives), or even if they need to wear a mask.  That's an infringement on individual rights.  It would seem these values are no longer absolute, rather they shift situationally at the convenience of those with a specific agenda.      

For many Americans, the government only appears authoritarian when their chosen party isn't the one making the decisions.  The Republican party has been playing this game for years, and they want it both ways.  When Trump was in office they controlled the White House as well as congress, yet they still played the 'outsider' card, blaming some imaginary 'deep state' for all of their woes.

There are no outsiders anymore, and public health has never been about authoritarianism.  It isn't about 'control' or a master computer as Kyrie would have you believe.  It's about a better quality of life for all of society.