I've never witnessed government approved censorship in the United States until 2020. The days of free speech went out the window when the powers-that-be decided it was for your good that you couldn't leave the house without a rag over your nose and mouth.
At that time, it was decided that you could sit and eat without a face rag on and be okay, but if you got up from your table you had to wear a face rag on the way to the bathroom and back.
Social media sites were equipped with squads of fact-checkers online chasing after unruly truth-tellers who objected to "the science" that the government claimed was God's truth.
I learned a great deal about people during that period. Fear is a powerful manipulator. Families and neighbors were divided during this period. Doubt created division and misplaced trust separated friends. Lines were drawn in the dust between government supporters and detractors. Jobs were eliminated at a pen stroke for daring to refuse untested forced medical treatment for an illness no one could(or indeed can) determine the origin.
Government overreach has never, in the end, solved man's problems. Freedom should not be up for question. A strong nation protects the freedom of its people. A weak nation suppresses the freedom of its people. This past season, I feel was a trial run on what the government has in store for the future should a similar threat take shape on the horizon.
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