I have noticed two odd things about the whole COVID-19. Neither of them bode well for liberty in the future.

First, Republicans (and even some Libertarians) have become Keynesian economic believers. That�s bad enough, but the other thing is even worse.

There are some Constitutional arguments against the COVID-19 response, but some of the States seem to have found the ironclad Constitutional authorization to impose a State of Emergency which comes with some rather remarkable powers and dangers.

But there is a very big potential downside to the expansion of those powers�