America or Scientism?

For the past few decades, most Americans were blissfully unaware that any kind of totalitarianism could plausibly take over the U.S. The example of the Soviet Union had long since become a distant memory, and the countries that made up the Axis of Evil were more the butt of jokes than serious cautionary tales. The totalitarianism of China occasionally entered public discourse, but people in the media always seemed to change the subject whenever it came up.

As a result, most Americans, even those in government, were largely unprepared for the massive damage to the American constitutional order that would be inflicted when COVID lockdowns were announced in March 2020. In a matter of days, governments with the help of corporate media mobilized the population to head off a deadly virus that would take out millions. Trillions of dollars were spent, guidelines from the WHO and CDC acquired the effective power of law in many places, speech was micromanaged, and whole populations were herded into masking, vaccination, and constant social distance.

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