The United States is not just dealing with mutations of COVID-19. Our government and our culture have been infected with mutated strains of collectivism and corporate authoritarianism, already engaged in censorship and moving swiftly toward perpetual surveillance and control over our property, our finances, our health care and our most personal decisions. And those who are busy cramming authoritarianism down our gullets are simultaneously maintaining the illusion of our meaningful participation in government. Americans love to tell themselves, "That can't happen here." On the contrary, it is happening here. For at least the past 20 years, we have been ensnared...