Our regulators have become a fourth branch of government. The checks and balances don’t apply to them; there is no bill of rights to protect you once they turn their gaze upon you. Their word is supreme law of the land.
Unless and until we rein them in, freedom has already died in America. The monarchy has already returned, except they wear business casual.
You may not like tobacco but it is a good “canary in the coal mine” indicator. If you can’t have a cigarrette with your coffee at the local diner, if you can’t enjoy a cigar unmolested at your local bar... not because the owner of the establishment doesn’t like it, but because a regulator who doesn’t even eat there doesn’t like it, then you are not a free man and neither is anyone else.
Could not agree more, my FRiend.