Posted on 09/27/2024 4:29:41 AM PDT by MtnClimber
A month ago, news broke that, up in Canada, Justin Trudeau’s government is fining the Amish community $300,000 ($222,660 American dollars). Their crime? They didn’t download the government’s COVID app. The twist, of course, is that the Amish don’t have smartphones. They eschew all modern technology. This story has made almost no headlines, but it’s important because it’s a preview of coming attractions if Kamala becomes president. This is what leftists do. Acting for your own good, they destroy you.
As anyone who has watched either Witness or Weird Al Yankovich’s brilliant Amish Paradise knows, the Amish lifestyle does not embrace modernity. To hark back to another American pop culture moment, the Amish have “no phone, no lights, no motor car, not a single luxury. Like Robinson Crusoe, it’s primitive as can be.” This is not because the Amish are victims. They have embraced a lifestyle of pre-modern simplicity because their faith calls upon them to live this way.
However, in Canada, religious beliefs are not a defense against a massively overreaching government. Rebel News reported on the story in August:
The problem began with the Canadian government's enforcement of the ArriveCan app during the COVID-19 pandemic. This app was mandatory for anyone entering Canada, requiring travellers to submit their health information digitally.
The Amish, however, do not use smartphones, let alone apps. They also have religious exemptions from vaccinations, making the use of such technology unnecessary and intrusive for them. Yet, despite these clear exemptions, the government insisted on compliance, leading to severe penalties.
The result? The Amish community in Chatsworth has been slapped with nearly $300,000 in fines for not using the ArriveCan app. This is a community that doesn’t use electricity, let alone digital applications.
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The present leadership has a 20% approval rating. Trudeau is toast.
Will the Canadian Amish be getting their $300K fine dropped or returned after the elections?
The case will be dropped.
One disgusting outrage after another.
It would be a good scientific study to collect the death data for the Amish community from the beginning of the “Pandemic” to present and compare it to the general population.
I would bet the paycheck that the death rate of the Amish is lower than that of the general population
The Amish population would be a good Control Group for the outcomes of the Safe and Effective Vaccine
There is a study of the Pennsylvania Mennonite community that found the same thing.
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