“Roy Cooper is a dictator...”
Yeah, a lot of people (not you) seem oblivious to a deeper threat here:
There is the true medical threat from the virus itself, which is very real, and needs to be understood and mitigated based on the best science we can avail ourselves of.
There is the fear factor, that can panic well-intended people, including government bureaucrats and politicians, and media, into over-reacting by irrationally focusing on worst case scenarios instead of most likely scenarios out of “an abundance of caution.” Emotion driven responses can lead to costly mistakes, unintended consequences, and collateral damage.
There is the anti-Trump factor. There is no doubt that Democrat politicians and their MSM shills are not going to “let this crisis go to waste”. Anyone who doubts this, is a moron.
But on the very deepest level there is an agenda far more threatening; namely the Progressive movement, which is just another name for Marxism. Progressives are deeply embedded into all our institutions and seek to destroy us.
Our self-governing Republic is their mortal enemy on Earth. In fact, our founding document, our Constitution, was designed specifically to protect us against them - or any other political movement that would rob us of our natural unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Any time there is a crisis, or something that can be whipped into a crisis, these progressives crawl out of the bureaucratic woodwork to exaggerate, lie, hype, and impute false cause - but mostly to foist upon us their Big Lie:
“You, the helpless lambs, need big government to protect you from [fill in the blank]”. “We know what is best for you, you don’t have a need to know. In fact, a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing in the wrong hands, so we will protect you from the truth, and tell you whatever will incentivize “scare” you to do “the right thing for the collective”.”
These progressive politicians and bureaucrats are condescending pricks and they lie to us “for our own good”. That is what they do. That is what they did with WMD. That is what they did with Obamacare. That’s what they are attempting with “Climate Change”. That is what they are doing with gun control. That is what they are doing with this virus. The bargain is always the same: we give up our freedom, and give them control over our lives, and they protect us from some future catastrophe.
When this Covid19 virus passes through the US population and kills 20 thousand instead of 20 million, they will not admit they were wrong. Instead, they will say “You’re welcome, we saved you by limiting your freedom and by limiting your access to to truth.”
But it’s what they will say to each other behind closed doors that should have us worried. Something along the lines of: “Wow, that worked. People really ARE like sheep. They will give up their rights in a heartbeat if you scare them. Even the Deplorable Trump supporters fell in line. Good to know.”