It’s not a perfect parallel, because Covid started out as a real threat, and is getting under control, while the wolf starts out as a prank and only becomes a real danger later in the story. But as I read about more and more government officials declaring an Omicron crises, “the boy who cried wolf” is what keeps coming to mind. <\/p>\n
There will always be another variant, and there will always be another excuse for government to peddle fear and assert more power. Some people — like the villagers — are already done with it, and aren’t listening any more. Others seem addicted to fear, although they’re afraid of the wrong thing. They should be afraid of the totalitarian states they’re enabling. <\/p>\n
Covid is a bad thing. Tyranny is worse. <\/p>\n
Will a new nursery rhyme be born out of this madness? Maybe something along the lines of a group of mice who are so afraid of the Big, Bad, Bully mouse, that they invite a cat into their home. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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