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Twenty Grim Realities Unearthed by Lockdowns
Brownstone Institute ^ | 6/5/23 | Jeffrey A Tucker

Posted on 06/06/2023 5:51:49 AM PDT by week 71

It’s common now to speak of the before times in contrast to the after times. The turning point was of course March 16, 2020, the day of 15 Days to Flatten the Curve, though authoritarian trends predate that. Rights were suddenly broadly throttled, even religious rights. We were told to conduct every aspect of our lives in accordance with the priorities of the bio-medical security state.

Very few people anticipated such a shocking development. It was the onset of a new state-conducted war and the enemy was something we could not see and hence could be anywhere. No one has ever doubted the omnipresence of potentially dangerous pathogens but now we were being told that life itself depended entirely on avoidance of them and the only guide going forward would be public-health authorities.

Everything changed. Nothing is the same.

(Excerpt) Read more at brownstone.org ...


TOPICS: History; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: civilrights; covid; fascism; lockdowns; tyranny
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Good read and good observations.
1 posted on 06/06/2023 5:51:49 AM PDT by week 71
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"20. Corporatism as the system under which we live, giving lie to existing ideological systems. For many generations, the great debate has been between capitalism and socialism. All the while, the real goal has passed us by: the institutionalization of an interwar-style corporatist state."

That is a polite way to say "fascism".

2 posted on 06/06/2023 5:57:14 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: week 71

Good list, just about covers it all.


3 posted on 06/06/2023 5:59:57 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: week 71

Excellent article, thanks for posting.


4 posted on 06/06/2023 6:00:53 AM PDT by Qiviut (I'm not out of control, I'm just not in their control. $hot $hills: Sod Off)
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To: week 71

covid lockdowns:a perfect storm of fascism ...


5 posted on 06/06/2023 6:02:37 AM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: Tench_Coxe

Agree


6 posted on 06/06/2023 6:03:49 AM PDT by week 71
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16. The shallowness of the faith communities

How many churches now sit empty because they went along with the narrative? I've seen three church structures, all literally with a quarter mile of each other, that have been sold to local merchants and turned into a business of some sort. They paid the price for their betrayal.

7 posted on 06/06/2023 6:07:00 AM PDT by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: week 71

We often talk about how things were “BC.” Before Covid.


8 posted on 06/06/2023 6:07:37 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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One of the realities showed us that the gov fully Intends to become militant towards citizens, pitting citizens agaisnt each other to accomplish the task. Kerry was speaking about restricting ranches from raising any more beef worldwide, ans other issues that are falsley blamed for causing climate change, and actually said out loud :perhaps we need to get more militant over this

” Kerry said. “Wherever I go, I ask young people, ‘Look, let’s be more militant, all of us.’ We’ve got to go out and demand more, push for more, and don’t take ‘less-than’ for an answer.”:


9 posted on 06/06/2023 6:09:50 AM PDT by Bob434 (question )
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To: ducttape45

Embarrassed to say even my church had one foot in the foolishness, even with my remonstrating to the elders.


10 posted on 06/06/2023 6:11:22 AM PDT by week 71
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To: Yo-Yo

Have not seen that use of B.C. yet, but believe I will borrow that from you from time to time.


11 posted on 06/06/2023 6:14:05 AM PDT by week 71
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It’s a blog...
Why not post the whole thing right here?


12 posted on 06/06/2023 6:14:34 AM PDT by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: week 71

We were told to conduct every aspect of our lives in accordance with the priorities of the bio-medical security state.


and we did it. It showed me we do have a one world govt. It is not coming, it is here.


13 posted on 06/06/2023 6:15:38 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Bob434

As a conservative/libertarian - I admit it is bemusing to see this happen in real time and not reading about it in history books.


14 posted on 06/06/2023 6:17:55 AM PDT by week 71
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There is a word for “before covid.”

It is called “freedom”.


15 posted on 06/06/2023 6:18:12 AM PDT by systemjim (Lifetime Lover of Music)
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Lesson #21: Even many so-called "freedom-loving conservatives" right here on this website turned out to be sniveling, simpering, pathetic cowards who had no shame about scolding people who refused to crawl under their beds and hide.

I knew this country was doomed after this lesson reared its ugly head.

16 posted on 06/06/2023 6:19:44 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've just pissed in my pants and nobody can do anything about it." -- Major Fambrough)
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To: joe fonebone

As a courtesy to the writers. People go to the website and see other articles that may interest them. cheers


17 posted on 06/06/2023 6:21:33 AM PDT by week 71
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To: systemjim

Sighing lol - yep!


18 posted on 06/06/2023 6:23:30 AM PDT by week 71
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To: Alberta's Child

Unfortunately - you are correct.


19 posted on 06/06/2023 6:25:22 AM PDT by week 71
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“Cowardice of intellectuals“

There are still a lot of radio guys and guests who won’t say that the dems stole the election . Even Mark Simone who’s usually spot on tiptoes around it.


20 posted on 06/06/2023 6:27:08 AM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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