I’m going to struggle through one post this morning, because the subject is so important.

The big “reveal,” is you will, that the State has gone totalitarian comes in parts. They don’t always arrive together, but once any one of them becomes visible, you may rest assured that the others will soon be upon you.

One of the parts is the State forbidding you to act in your own defense, or in the defense of innocent others.

Some years ago, an English farmer whose name I’ve mislaid was imprisoned for defending his life and property with a shotgun. Upon reading about that, I knew that “free” Britons would soon be in chains. And indeed, today, the UK government is as totalitarian as ever was the late and unlamented Soviet Union. Good Britons of every sort are now in fear of being arrested for stating a “disapproved” opinion on social media.

And now we come to these United States and the case of Daniel Penny.

It has been established, by forensic testimony confirmed by witnesses, that Penny did not cause anyone’s death. Yet he’s on trial for an “offense” that could result in his freedom being stripped away. Penny’s case isn’t the only one of its kind, either. There are others. Gun rights groups can tell you about a slew of them.

Many Americans are relieved that the recent elections delivered a sharp repudiation to the Democrats. About that I must say: Remain on guard. All politicians, without exception, love power and want as much of it as they can grab. The party designation and platform are often merely smokescreens for dark intentions. Remember that the lockdowns originated under Donald Trump.

I’m not paranoid. Just because I watch developments and strive to interpret them doesn’t make me a doom-shouter. But I can’t help noticing patterns. It’s the one and only thing high intelligence is really good for. Ask John Nash .

Tyranny is often thought of as a top-down phenomenon. But that’s only one possible pattern. Tyranny can come upon a people from the bottom up, too. Homeowners’ Associations. Activists and “civic” groups. Politicians at the state and local level who promise to “help” you, or to solve some “problem,” if you’ll just let them exceed the authority to which their positions entitle them.

Stay alert.