Rebellion

Hey did I tell you that my name
Was called disturbance
--The Rolling Stones

State governors largely seem to believe that their lockdown authority is supreme indefinite. It isn't. People are waking up. They are beginning to rebel against discretionary suppression of freedom.

Pretty huge protest at Huntington Beach, California over governor shutting down Cali beaches. pic.twitter.com/GYKWvVQDvs

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) May 2, 2020

There is a belief that statists see the COVID situation as an opportunity to reduce liberty and enlarge government power in permanent ways. We know that this is true in any crisis.

But I wonder whether this might backfire. The more statists try to push it in an overt grab for power, the more people push back in rebellion to defend their unalienable rights.