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Weekend Open Forum
There's another weekend ahead and so much to talk about. Here's a safe space to raise whatever is on your mind.
Current Affairs
The Authoritarian State is Here
The worst excesses of the authoritarian state are at work in our country. I suspect they'll have to get worse before the people wake up.
4 min read
Sometimes the moves towards tyranny are very subtle. However, when you are aware of the end goal, the baby steps toward it become increasingly obvious.
The end goal of government and elites is to have absolute authority over your life.
They think they know better than you how you should live and what you should spend your money on.
It doesn’t matter that they’ve made a monumental mess of the things they already have control of. Instead, they reason that things are a mess because they don’t have more control over you.
That’s why they are wanting to put limits on what you do, how you think and what you can say.
Think about it. The big policy issues today are all about control and authority.
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