It doesn't take very much to cause a breakdown in our supply chain. Remember the empty store shelves and scarcity of toilet paper we experienced in early 2020? Aden Tate has an eye-opening article about what a complete supply chain breakdown might look like and it's a sobering reminder to plan ahead for interruptions.
The greatest fear of the political class isn't a shortage of food, fuel or electricity. They are terrified of losing legitimacy in the eyes of those they wish to rule. Jim Bovard confirms that as long as those in power are unwilling to abide by the limits on their power, their political legitimacy will continue to tank.
Another institution that is suffering from diminishing legitimacy is the CDC. Check out this timeline of all the policy announcements and subsequent reversals that the CDC has thrown at the American public over the last year and a half. It's pretty revealing. No wonder we have trust issue with them.
The new variants of Covid are keeping a good portion of the public off balance and unsure who or what to believe. Joakim Book describes the race to win Covidfinity and how we're becoming stuck in a never-ending cycle of moving goalposts.
Like them or hate them, the ACLU once had a reputation for keeping government power in check. Nowadays, they've become woke and are reduced to peddling conspiracy theories about the Second Amendment.
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