As I navigate the interwebs and read many and varied opinions about the unnecessary havoc that has been wreaked on our society by Kate Brown and many liberal politicians like her, occasionally I will come across something that just jumps out at me because of how accurate it is.

The first one I have already previously mentioned here, but is still worth mentioning because of its accuracy.

How quickly we went from the “we acknowledge we can’t control this” of the UCSF panel of experts to the “we absolutely can and will control this” of elected officials. The shift from “most of us are going to get sick but let’s care for and protect the vulnerable” to “everyone must avoid getting sick at all costs” is a significant one. Now, if anyone contracts COVID, it’s not because it’s a novel virus we don’t understand, but because someone failed. Practical atheists want control. When control is lost, someone is to blame.

You can see this in many places. If you look at what Kate Brown and Patrick Allen often say, it's that people are too stupid to do what they tells them in terms of cowering in our homes, staying away from all social contact (what could possibly go wrong there?) and wearing a mask at all times, even though in real life, as compared to a lab, masks don't make a difference. She and Patrick just can't conceive of a case where they can't control the virus, so they are quick to place the blame and threaten us if we don't do what they say. It's totalitarianism at its worst, and the destructive effects on our economy, mental health, and our kids' education is off the charts because of it.

The second one comes from Phillip W. Magness at the American Institute for Economic Research:

This has been a year of astonishing policy failure. We are surrounded by devastation conceived and cheered by intellectuals and their political handmaidens. We trusted these people with our lives and liberties and here is what they did with that trust.

I will come back and talk more about that post in the near future, but I think the quote speaks for itself.