“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any other.” —John Adams
And if Covid didn’t show us that the overwhelming majority of Americans are willing to do whatever they are told no matter how stupid it is, I don’t know what did. There was a time when the Covid lockdowns would never have worked because the majority of Americans would have risen up in revolt or simply refused to follow the rules.
And if Covid didn’t show us that the overwhelming majority of Americans are willing to do whatever they are told no matter how stupid it is, I don’t know what did. There was a time when the Covid lockdowns would never have worked because the majority of Americans would have risen up in revolt or simply refused to follow the rules.