Exactly How Many Deaths Are Needed to Justify Giving Governments Control of Everything?

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04/20/2020Jim Fedako

What is the number of deaths due to disease which justifies the total abandonment of the rule of law and basic human freedoms? Sixty thousand? One hundred thousand? Three hundred thousand? Supporters of the current police state ought to pin down a number for us at which all rights are forfeit.

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Original Article: "Exactly How Many Deaths Are Needed to Justify Giving Governments Control of Everything?"

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