There doesn't seem to be much interest in the overt Orwellian aspects of the absolute tyranny that has engulfed this country, and the world. I guess if they could make a show called "Big Brother" cool, they can do anything they want.
It's not enough that we have to deal with intrusive intelligence agencies, and their secret budgets. Edward Snowden remains in exile for reporting on the NSA spying on Americans. Unpardoned by the actor Trump, and despised by the "Woke" Left. Nobody likes a "snitch." A “rat.” A “tattletale.” “A whistleblower.”
Now the vaunted USPS, proclaimed as "heroes" for incurring the actor Trump's wrath, is getting in on the act. ICOP, not IHOP, is a program that allows postal inspectors to look for "inflammatory" posts on social media. They were especially concerned about the proposed March 20 Worldwide Rally for Freedom and Democracy protests. They needn't have worried- Americans won't protest anything. When you see large protests, you know they've been funded and coordinated by powerful interests. No one is interested in funding protests against tyranny and corruption.
Combined with the "fact checkers" here and elsewhere, the very concept of "hate speech," and the "cancel culture" mentality, freedom has never been in more jeopardy in this country. Especially the First Amendment, which a majority of Americans don't support and wouldn't even know was gone. The USPS surveillance is another indication that the Chinese-style social credit system is coming. And again, most Americans will welcome it.
As if that wasn't enough, "your" Senate just passed a "COVID-19 Hate Crimes Bill" by a 94-1 margin. The much maligned Josh Hawley is the only Senator to vote against it. We don't need HIS kind in this august body! The bill will also provide grants to police departments to increase "hate crimes" training, and establish "hate crime" hotlines. It sounds like satire, but it's not. THIS is what is being constructed, thanks to so many Americans allowing authoritarian monsters to rule us. I don't expect this bill, devised to combat alleged anti-Asian discrimination, will address the mandated quotas at top universities, that limit the number of Asian students.
Meanwhile, the disparity of wealth grows wider every day, with each new wave of desperately poor (and largely coronavirus- untested) illegal immigrants being waved across the border. The real infrastructure will not be touched by that $2 trillion bill. That money will be used to tear down "racist" highways, "climate change," addressing "racism," and other "human infrastructure" needs. And the Russia-demonizing continues, as the virtue signalers push us towards WWIII.
And the George Floyd Autonomous Zone in Minneapolis has explicit rules of conduct posted for whatever Whites are crazy enough to venture into it. The kinder and gentler Jim Crow. The establishment Left has lost all sense of irony.
So cling to your mask. Or double mask. Maybe triple. Even after getting your second shot. There are always potentially dangerous new "variants." Trust that "science." Bill Gates knows best. And if you have any questions, call the new hate crimes hotline.
I don't agree with everything you day--or even the majority--but I support your right to say it. You are always civil and polite in debates and seem like a nice guy. I don't agree with everything in your books, but I love them, particularly Survival of the Richest.
Excellent as always, Don!