Download This PaperDeus Ex Pandemus: Is Movement Control Here to Stay?
6 Pages Posted: 17 Apr 2020
Date Written: April 17, 2020
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.
Keywords: Economic Thought, Monopoly, Oligarchy, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pandemic, Dystopia, Video Games, Deus Ex, Illuminati, World Government, Shadow Government, Conspiracy Theory, Movement Control, Rationality
JEL Classification: D7, D42, F6, I18, H12, H19, K19, O19, P19
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Podshivalov, Georgii Gordon, Deus Ex Pandemus: Is Movement Control Here to Stay? (April 17, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3578516 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3578516
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