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Newsom is probably going to use this as a catalyst to build more containment camps. See if he has any of those incinerator trucks on order. Never let an emergency go to waste!

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Ah, a cynical perspective indeed, but sadly not without merit, given the history of governments exploiting emergencies to increase their power. 😔

As Rahm Emanuel, then-White House Chief of Staff for President Obama, famously said: “Never let a crisis go to waste.” This quote has been widely interpreted as a strategy for using crises to push through political agendas or consolidate power.

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Emaamnuel: the same man that proclaimed no one should want to live past 70, if I remember correctly. I remember being rather shocked, but now see it as foreshadowing.

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