The 70 Seconds that Shook the World

Jeffrey Tucker: “They handed out a sheet of paper – it mostly consisted of conventional health advice – that said in tiny print: ‘bars, restaurants, food courts, gyms, and other indoor and outdoor venues where groups of people congregate should be closed.’ Shut it all down. Everything. Everyone. As if the whole economy were a nightclub closing early. This amounted to a full repudiation of not only the Constitution but also freedom itself. At the very least, it was a fundamental attack on the First Amendment guarantees of the freedom of religion because it attacked the rights of Christians, Jews, Muslims, and everyone.”