succession of disaster cult events the Left has embraced over the decade as a means to acquire and maintain political power.
It Won’t Stop, Until We Make It Stop
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/10/it-wont-stop-until-we-make-it-stop/
"What’s driving the current push for new restrictions, shutdowns, and forced vaccinations are not the facts or good public health practices, but other priorities for the people in power. While these measures are costly and unpopular, they also reinforce the normality of these new powers and the justifications for using them."
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"These emergency measures offer the ruling class the means to short-circuit the normal give and take of political life, and exercise dominance.
This approach also has a spiritual component; it lets the ruling faction reconceive that their lives and this epoch are meaningful. This cannot be dismissed too lightly. Avoidance of COVID has become a near-religious experience for some"