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How The Police State Uses Crises To Expand Lockdown Powers, With John Whitehead
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I'm not that worried about a permanent loss of civil liberties because I think it's self correcting in the unlimited democracy we have now. Civil liberties affect the majority of voters so unless we go full dictatorship I don't think it'll happen for too long.
What I'm more worried about is an assault on the already persecuted minority of producers. Because they are a small minority, and they are the ones that create wealth for the rest of us, I'm afraid they're going to get crushed in the aftermath of this crisis. The quickest path to becoming a third world nation is to start raiding or even worse nationalizing big businesses. They're already fleeing the country and this will probably make it much worse.
Along those line I'm also worried about a big wealth redistribution plan. If we get high or even hyperinflation, there's going to be a small minority of people coming out of it with a majority of the wealth. They're going to have a target on their back. I can just imagine a politician promising to take from the minority of "traitors" who invested in gold and foreign companies and give it to the majority of "patriots" who loaned money to the US.
What I'm more worried about is an assault on the already persecuted minority of producers. Because they are a small minority, and they are the ones that create wealth for the rest of us, I'm afraid they're going to get crushed in the aftermath of this crisis. The quickest path to becoming a third world nation is to start raiding or even worse nationalizing big businesses. They're already fleeing the country and this will probably make it much worse.
Along those line I'm also worried about a big wealth redistribution plan. If we get high or even hyperinflation, there's going to be a small minority of people coming out of it with a majority of the wealth. They're going to have a target on their back. I can just imagine a politician promising to take from the minority of "traitors" who invested in gold and foreign companies and give it to the majority of "patriots" who loaned money to the US.
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