Right Must Apply TRAGIC VISION To Beat COVID-LIBS In 2020

While America is caught in an existential crisis, terrified of coronavirus, Dems continue expanding no-contact orders hoping to parlay dysfunction into presidential victory. The Tragic Vision is opposed to Utopianism and directs us to be prepared to manage both success and disaster. Republicans must stand up and teach a new generation the tough love of the Tragic Vision of authentic Conservatism.  This is how the GOP can assert their authority, remind America who has a real vision, and instruct a currently lost generation about the meaning of life. 

I. CORONAVIROUS ‘FACTS'

There are agreed upon coronavirus facts, but many seem contested. We know the virus can be deadly and also erupts in groups. But whether everything in society must be shut down to survive this seems false.  Many articles have been written defying the current COVID party line. Well-regarded journalist Joe Nocero published, "Lockdowns haven't proved they're worth the havoc." And, "Cuomo says it's ‘shocking' most new coronavirus hospitalizations are people who had been staying home," citing 66% new admissions from those sheltering at home, versus 18% from nursing homes. So, there is no simple virus consensus—which morphs daily. 

II. Power Mad COVID Politicos

Sadly, the response of many US leaders to coronavirus was drama and draconian decisions, not supported by science. Consider these simple parents – police warned a mother not to drive daughter to play; a man arrested for T-Ball; and another mom arrested for taking kids to playground. COVID Dem leadership has been dreadful, and consider these failures.

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Gov Whitmer Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (MI-D) panicked, ordering stores to stop selling paint, carpets and home improvement items, shuttered lawn care services, barred meetings of families not living together, forbade resident travel to cottages, halting motor boating. A moratorium on garden seeds, bizarre given low-risk, high-value homegrown vegetables, and said, "All public & private gatherings of any size are prohibited." Furious armed residents marched on the capital.  Mayor Lori Lightfoot Chicago's pugnacious mayor, Lori Lightfoot, was exposed for sneaking a lockdown haircut, blamed on TV appearances. The pint-sized Mayor warned she'd arrest scofflaws. Meanwhile, Ill Gov JB Pritzker, gravely warned residents to shelter-in-place, then admitted his family illegally vacationed in FL.  LA, CA Mayor Garcetti LA, CA Mayor Garcetti claims dry sand dangerous, wet sand safe. Wait, where's the "science"? Leftists pretend only they are "scientific." So, why do so many COVID orders defy logic?  Do these leaders mean well? Does it matter? Maybe they lack common sense, or truly hate Trump, hoping to harm his reelection chances at the cost of their own residents. But, without wisdom, a crisis of leadership festers. Better would be quick meetings of state congress to vote on laws where all people are represented. Further, legislation is qualitatively superior to anecdotal choices of self-satisfied, overly-ambitious politicians.

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III. PC Virus Management

In the midst of battling a new disease, details are sketchy and some facts remain obscure. But whether the lockdown must be continued is an exceptionally important question. As shutting down the economy is like restricting oxygen to the brain, to continue means business deaths are certain. So a pompous attitude and diffident posture developed where liberal governors and mayors, aping POTUS, took on a role of public law giver. But these leaders usually went off instincts which often proved false. Democrat leaders are overly cautious, and businesses and churches suffer. A false dichotomy arose, a Politically Correct leftist question was asked: Why are you trading money for human lives? 

IV. TRAGIC VISION

Economist Thomas Sowell, in Vision of the Anointed, claims that in human society there is a Utopian Vision versus the Tragic Vision. One is realistic, the other a fantasy of how life should be. One is constrained, the other, unconstrained, described here:  Q: What is the Tragic Vision vs. the Utopian Vision? A: They are the different visions of human nature that underlie left-wing and right-wing ideologies. The distinction comes from the economist Thomas Sowell in his wonderful book "A Conflict of Visions." According to the Tragic Vision, humans are inherently limited in virtue, wisdom, and knowledge, and social arrangements must acknowledge those limits. According to the Utopian vision, these limits are products of our social arrangements, and we should strive to overcome them in a better society of the future. 

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V. Lead by Taking Sane but Smart Risks

Hiding during stay-home orders may be the biggest failure in US history. We do not have to live in fear or as pawns of the deified state. Instead, we take risks since we know danger is inherent in human life and will always exist. And absolute security is a mirage As wealth can be lost in an instant, but is necessary to serve others, we do not wantonly destroy trillions of dollars because of bad leadership. We can conduct ourselves safely by taking precautions against COVID but still be responsible and reasonable in our other duties. If we don't fight back against the lazy tyranny of mindless leftist governors, we will be destroyed financially. Our special privilege as the world's defender of liberty, faith and capitalism will end. Evil will flourish globally as never before. So, don't be afraid, but put faith in a higher kingdom while standing up for your American constitutional rights!