Loving The Lockdown: The Left Is Taking Pleasure From The Economic Crash
I & I Editorial Board
April 24, 2020
I&I Editorial
At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, some Democrats opposed lockdowns. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi encouraged visitors to “come to Chinatown†in San Francisco while New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told residents “to go on with your lives†and “get out on the town.†Positions have since aligned politically, though, with Democrats now favoring extended lockdowns with no release dates in sight, while conservatives, Republicans, some libertarian thinkers, and even a few Democrats are demanding we all be freed to make our own decisions. As puzzling as it might seem, there’s an obvious explanation:
Democrats realized lockdowns could be the transformational crisis they’ve been pursuing for decades.
There’s a reason the lockdowns are being called a “free trial of socialism.†They’re crushing the economy. And this creates the perfect opportunity for the political left to move in and “save†advanced economies in the U.S. and elsewhere with socialist/statist/collectivist policies favored by Democrats.
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