My friends, we are living in interesting times (as in the Chinese curse). I am astounded by how much Liberty we’re willing to sacrifice for the illusion of safety. There are FAR too many people willing to give up their God-given rights to the State, because the State says it can save them. The State has no solution to Covid-19. They don’t want to solve this. They want the public fearful, Balkanized and controlled. This Pandemic has been weaponized against us.
Look at what’s going on. It’s an Authoritarian Wet Dream. The State decides which jobs and businesses are “Essential”. The State decides how and when people can move about. The State decides how close people can get to one another. The State decides…The State decides. That says it all. This is Anti-America. This is Amerika. We cannot let these roots sink. We have to stop this, while we still can. Hell, the Founding Fathers would’ve been shooting by now…No, I’m not advocating for Armed Insurrection.
But, we are at a crossroads. Are we a Republic or an Oligarchy? Do They work for Us, or do We serve Them? The Declaration of Independence reads; “…it is for this reason that Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers, from the consent of the governed…” When did any of us consent to any of this?! I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating; this is what Tyranny looks like.
Before you accuse me of being a heartless, selfish bastard, who wants to open the economy, regardless of the loss of life, let me say that the lockdown hasn’t had a lot of effect on my day-to-day life. As part of the Supply Chain, my life continues as it always has. I wake in the morning, have breakfast with my wife, go to work, deliver my route, go home, and go to bed. Lather, rinse, repeat…except for the Letter of Transit that I have to keep in my vehicle at all times, in order to prove that my movement on the road is Authorized. I must carry my Postal ID and LoT in my vehicle at all times, on the off chance that I might get pulled over as an “unauthorized” traveler.
It’s getting worse. In Kentucky, people are being fitted with ankle monitors, for violating the Cower-In-Place order. The data shows that Covid-19 thrives indoors and is vulnerable to UV radiation, yet we’re admonished to stay home. Hydroxychloroquine has been proven to be an effective weapon against this bug, yet The Experts eschew it in favor of a mythic vaccine. We Must wait. My friends, I’m going to be honest. This whole thing scares the Hell out of me. Not just because of the Millions of lives and livelihoods that will be lost when our Economy goes into Full Depression. And not just because of how eagerly our Elected (and Unelected) Officials went Full Tyrant.
But, because of how passively we accepted it. How did this come to pass? When did Americans become so cowardly that we’d rather live on our knees than die on our feet? This isn’t the first Pandemic we’ve lived through, it won’t be the last. However, this is the First one we’ve hidden from. For cryin’ out loud, Woodstock was held during the H3N1 outbreak of 1969 (1,000,000+ deaths, worldwide). There is NO justifiable reason for this. None.
Bear in mind that everything that we’re doing is based on Computer Models, not ACTUAL DATA. And to date, NONE of the models have been right (Just like Climate Change, but I digress). In 1964, Ronald Reagan said that we are only one generation from the extinction of Liberty. That if we lose it here, there’s nowhere to escape to. We are the Last Stand on Earth. Dear God, let me die fighting.