How Public Opinion Ended Covid, and Started the Next Thing

"The public panic achieved nothing except to acculturate people to political control."
I feel like this is the most telling line in the article.

The polls show the lack of critical thinking being taught at home and in schools the last 25 years or longer in some areas.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

Ronald Reagan