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The Leftist Establishment becomes more and more brazenly transparent with each passing day about what their true goals are.
Sounds like something out of one of Klaus Schwab's wet dreams.
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The New York Times has recently posted an Op-Ed which argues in favor of the inflationary crisis facing the US and much of the world because it forces the public to go vegan and give up meat “for the greater good.”
Just as late night propagandist Steven Colbert cheered for higher gas prices and suggested people buy a Tesla (a vehicle far outside the affordability of the majority of Americans) if they want to avoid paying $15 a gallon for gas, the NYT Op-Ed has a familiar stench of elitism.
Even more disturbing is the insinuation by the Times that a reintroduction of the Lever Act might be in order. For those unfamiliar with this starkly unconstitutional legislation, the Lever Act, also known as the Food And Fuel Act, was passed in 1917 and used wartime conditions and price inflation as an excuse for the government to take control of agricultural production, specifically reducing meat availability. It also gave the government the power to confiscate agricultural resources and “prevent hoarding.”
As the Op-Ed notes in a quote:
“There was huge cultural buy-in to the idea that collectively, we could make small sacrifices — which is how people saw giving up meat — and we’d make the sacrifices in the name of a greater good and get something done...”
In other words, the argument is that climate ideologues and militant vegans should support government actions that violate private property and business rights because this has already been done before. A precedent was set in 1917, and they think this makes it okay to do it again.
I'll pay for meat before I pay for a lot of other things, like solar panels or an electric car.
I rarely eat meat (and still get plenty of protein), but I also look at that as my personal preference and if someone else’s’ personal preference is to eat 3lbs plus of meat a day that that is that person’s personal preference, and the government should butt out of both preferences.
NYT is trying to make a silk purse of a sow’s ear.
At the same time, proclaiming soaring gas prices is a great way to move folks away from gas is so silly only a fake news source would say it. Kinda like pushing a Russia Collusion hoax.
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