Maybe we needed this…
Maybe we needed this. We needed – as a nation – to experience the utter vapidness and shallowness of Progressive governance. That is becoming more and more clear as the ineptitude of the Biden administration becomes more and more apparent. As a nation we had to see that what is discussed in the Harvard faculty lounge does not translate in real world situations. But that’s not all.
The nation must experience the frustration and anger and the absolutism of Progressive polity, and show it to be what it really is, totalitarianism masquerading as something new and “on the right side of history.” For, you see, when Progressives are faced with the Constitution, our laws, and our institutions the first thing they want to do is change them, scrap them, and put in a replacement that does one thing only: give them more power.
This has been on full display over the last several weeks, but, perhaps, no better example was given than Joe Biden’s address to the nation on his six-pronged effort to stop COVID. In a speech filled with misstatements, lies and outright mischaracterizations, the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is demanding vaccination mandates, first in federal departments, and next in the private sector.
Telling the nation those who are not vaccinated have no rights, Biden wants to force by government fiat the vaccination of the entire nation. This is because his administration is frustrated people can think for themselves.
Sorry. No. The executive order he wants to produce, and the Labor Dept. rules he wants invoked should not only be declared unconstitutional, but Biden himself should get reprimanded by the courts for this attempt at imperious rule.
People have choices about what treatments they want. They have rights as free individuals, and no diktat, no matter how noble the cause, should infringe on their freedom. Full. Stop. People have reservations about the vaccines, and who could blame them. These are the same people who said they wouldn’t take these vaccines in the previous administration, and problems overseas have put into question their efficacy and safety. Teenage boys are susceptible to inflammation around the heart. A quick search about what is causing the surge in cases shows that, depending on what side of the argument one stands, there is manipulation of the data to prove either position.
But, beyond that, there is the unequivocal right to determine what goes into one’s body. “My body, my choice,” is a mantra of the left when it comes to other things. That feeling seems to disappear when it comes to vaccines. There is no superseding of individual rights “for the greater good,” by government entities. That is the stuff of totalitarian regimes. There is only one way to fight this abuse of power: don’t comply.
As we have said before, Progressivism is the philosophy whereby a government run by “experts” makes decisions for the “great unwashed.” We are seeing in various iterations the “experts” have no clue as to how to govern. There is a wide expanse between navel-gazing utopian fantasies and real-world dystopian implementations. Inevitably, what starts out as good intentions disintegrates into dictatorial pronouncements like last week’s speech from the White House.
There is more to say on this but suffice to say now Progressives will go to any lengths to impose their will on people, while accusing their opponents of the same offense. The vaccine debate is but one example of this use of force to impose political will. Frustrated by our institutions and our Constitution, they show how they really are, and it is not a pretty, or attractive, sight.
Benjamin Franklin’s words ring as true today as they did in 1790: Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.