The New Pandemic

     This will be one of those “I would never have believed it” articles. And indeed, I wouldn’t have, except that Eugene Volokh attests to it:

     From a survey this month of Democratic voters by the Center for Strategic Politics, a self-described progressive organization.

     Now, it’s possible that there are enough Democrat voters who don’t know what “publicly owned and operated” means to bias a survey of this sort even if the great majority of Democrat voters have better sense. But recent trends in Democrat Party affiliation suggest that it just might be the view of 39% of Democrats nationwide that restaurants should be owned and operated by the State. That possibility has made me suspect that there’s a new pandemic abroad – one of a variety of which history has no record.

     I speak of an insanity pandemic.

     What could induce Democrats to embrace the insane notion that the operation of restaurants should be a function of government? Could it be The Jab? A mutation of Trump Derangement Syndrome? Or did someone put something in the water? And whatever the cause, why does it afflict only Democrat voters?

     Gentle Reader, if you know any Democrat voters, please help your old friend and preferred prose provider, the Curmudgeon Emeritus to the World Wide Web: i.e., Fran Porretto. As you get the chance, inquire of those Democrat voters you know whether they would favor the nationalization of the restaurant industry. If they look at you as if you just sprouted a second head, please show them the Volokh article, or this one. But if they say that it sounds like a good idea, something that needs to happen, pass that along to me.

     No, I don’t have any intentions for the information. I just want a better sense for how many of our fellow Americans have gone completely batshit insane. And now, if you’ll excuse me, it’s time for Mass. After that I think I’ll clean and oil all my guns again.