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Editor's Note: "If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it." With these words, Abraham Lincoln laid the foundation for his campaign for the U.S. Senate in 1858.Tom Klingenstein frequently, and correctly, points out that the first step in winning a war is to acknowledge that you are in one. Similarly, one might say that the first step in resisting encroaching tyranny is to understand what it looks like.
Today, we need the same clarity that Lincoln was calling for. If patriotic Americans are to chart a course forward, they must understand the challenges they and their country face. To this end, Glenn Ellmers and Ted Richards ask: Are we in a war? If so, who is our enemy? What does that enemy want? How is it going about getting it?
Many conservatives, say Ellmers and Richards, underestimate the threat, and so denounce the radical, counter-revolutionary calls to action of their more concerned countrymen. The woke regime is an emerging totalitarianism, the authors argue — both in the traditional sense, and in ways unique to America in the 21st century. If we are to win this war, we first must understand that we are in a war.
Comment:
1) If you noticed: "Clive Palmer, who reportedly contributed between $2.5 to $3 million towards funding the lawsuits involving 74 police officers, civilian staff and paramedics" and add what else was needed to going through the court system, then it is clear one needs large funds and expensive lawyers.
The ruling from Australia can be seen as uplifting news, but if the people in the administration had consulted a lawyer before they implemented the measure they could have won. This is how the article expressed it: 2) Below is a list of other articles that have been related to courts and COVID measures, and go in the same direction as the court ruling in Queensland, Australia:
It is not a one way street:
Whereas the outcome of the Queensland ruling was: That is less necessary in Europe:
Obligatory vaccines 'necessary in democratic society', European Court of Human Rights rules
The expression "necessary in democratic society" can be interpreted from the perspective of SOTT Focus: The End of Democracy: "What I'm Describing is Military Rule" In the case of COVID, it is as if it is a human right for the elite to impose something that is not very healthy on the rest. For just one issue with the vaccine, there is this articles and links in the comments; Top cardiologist reports 47-fold increase in serious myocarditis post Covid vaccinations as he calls on GMC to investigate
See also: Totalitarianism, American Style