Posted on 03/28/2020 3:58:52 PM PDT by John Semmens
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti urged that "we look on the bright side of the current pandemic. Sure there are inconveniences that must be endured, but there is also a 'silver lining.' Consider the positive developments we have observed so far."
"The widespread fear of the contagion has inspired a much higher rate of public cooperation with the autocratic measures we have seen fit to impose," the Mayor pointed out. "We tell people to go to their homes and stay there. Almost everyone obeys. For the few who don't we cut off their electricity and water—making their lives hellish and squalid."
"With the streets cleared of potential victims, muggings have decreased," Garcetti bragged. "Since no one is supposed to be out and about it is easier for police to intercept would-be burglars and rapists before they can make it to the homes and businesses they plan to break into."
"All this has been achieved by ordering nonessential activities to cease," he marveled. "I think we need to consider whether we should make the lock-down permanent. Why should we ever let nonessential activities resume after the virus crisis has passed? Doesn't the 'nonessential' designation tell us that these activities are unnecessary drains on the collective well-being? If the government can divert all resources to only essential activities wouldn't everyone be better off? This crisis has shown us a new way forward toward the progressive ideal we Democrats have been trying to bestow upon the population."
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