America has been moving toward socialism for a long time. Bits and pieces, yet never openly so until now. Norman Thomas, a noted socialist, was wrong:
"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of 'liberalism,' they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened."
We know what we are doing. And it's a totalitarian style of socialism that the majority of Americans have flat given into during the pandemic. How prophetic was this statement by Gore Vidal?
"As for civil liberties, anyone who is not vigilant may one day find himself living, if not in a police state, at least in a police city."
We have failed to be vigilant. We are losing more and more liberties daily. Andrew Jackson rightly said:
"But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing."
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