Solution stage of Hegelian Dialectic announced by CNN
Problem: Virus
Reaction: Fear
Solution: "Your life must change dramatically, right now, or we're all going to suffer. Wake up! Expanded government powers and new laws are needed to save us. Allow anything, say nothing. You're toast without us. Do we want to be like Italy, lax and complacent, and now under full quarantine? No, we want to be like Hong Kong, taking early and invasive action. Work from home. No gathering or socializing. No culture, no business, no family. You're on your own and must quarantine yourself to protect the rest of us, so you don't burden the system. We're going to bail out the big banks and government again. If you leave your home (or if you don't have one) you will be arrested. Prepare for at least 2 months of suspension of Constitutional rights, beginning any day - or hour - now. Everything is about to change. This was your first and only warning."
Yup, they really said all that.
"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste - an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before." - Rahm Emanuel, Obama's Chief of Staff, in 2008
This was predicted to the T by my late friend Charlie McGrath (crabbydogtrix on YouTube), who saw this all coming back in 2009 and warned us nonstop until his unexpected sudden death in early 2016:
Your next choice will be to comply with the loss of your freedom, or be prepared to fight and die for the chance to be free. Think about it quickly, if you haven't already made up your mind what you're going to do, because it's about to be decision time.
DRutter
