Even though the downhill trajectory we've seen over the last decades in terms of property rights is bad enough, nothing could have ever prepared us for what the covid-19 crisis would bring.
How could the ruling elite deny us our birth given right to own our own body and mind? How could we forget the principles of the Enlightenment and what it means to live in a society based on personal freedom? If we are not allowed to own our own body and mind, then the concept of private property does not exist any longer.
For one thing, with autumn just around the corner, we could very well have a repeat of all the restrictions and enter "Season 3" of the covid saga.
As the covid ordeal clearly demonstrated, property rights really do represent that first domino when it comes to defending all the rest of our liberties.
The horrific images that are on a loop on most mainstream TV stations clearly point to a tangible threat, to actual, direct danger that one can see, unlike the invisible covid bug or some Mexican drug cartel far, far away.
What else can protect you from the threat posed by another state besides your own state?
It remains to be seen to what lengths governments will go this time, but if there's one thing we know for sure, it's that property rights will be the first of our liberties to come under fire once again.
https://mises.org/wire/covid-19-and-continuing-erosion-private-property-rights
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