The first “Mark of the Beast” – and there will be more

Bayou Renaissance Man:

By now I’m sure most of my readers are aware of the decree that all US active duty military personnel must be vaccinated against COVID-19 – no if’s, but’s or maybe’s about it.  Effectively, it’s be vaccinated, or be discharged (probably under an “other than honorable” classification, with likely negative effects on veteran’s benefits).

I think this is extremely unwise, given the proven ineffectiveness of the vaccine at preventing new or reinfections, albeit at a reduced level of severity.  Nevertheless, the government does have the legal right to impose health requirements for the public good, as determined in Jacobson v. Massachusetts in 1905 and subsequent case law.  Whether it’s wise or beneficial to do so is, of course, not within the court’s purview.

However, by imposing this requirement, the government is effectively making it a political litmus test for its military personnel.  Obey – and you get to stay in uniform.  Refuse – and you’re fired, probably with at least some negative consequences for the rest of your life.  It’s a pretty good way for the government to ensure that those potentially not supportive of its policies are driven from the ranks, leaving the military as a whole that much more politically reliable and trustworthy (from their perspective, of course).  One might even suspect that they might feel more free to use that military against their political opponents, or against the people, to enforce conformity to their decrees.

Private companies appear to be following suit in their own operations, requiring that their staff be vaccinated as a condition of continued employment, or refusing to provide services – including access to shops, etc. – to customers who aren’t vaccinated.  In that sense, vaccination has already been compared to the Biblical “Mark” or “Number of the Beast”, in Revelation 13:16-17:

It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.

There is going to be no peaceful way out of this.  The irresistible forces of socialism and statism and oligarchy are running headlong into the forces of freedom and individuality and self-determination.  Only one side can survive such a confrontation.  The upshot, of course, is that every single American is going to have to choose a side.  There won’t be a “middle ground” in which to meet, or a fence on which to sit.  There are already all too many Americans who would rather fight each other than talk to each other, and behave like civilized human beings.

The situation is made worse by the reality that those who stole power last November are using the fruits of that crime to impose their will upon us.  They have no legitimacy;  therefore, they’re going to seize a sort of pseudo-legitimacy, even if it’s a false front, by forcing us to kowtow to it – and to them.

Every day, the sparks are getting closer and closer to the tinder.  When it ignites . . . it’s not going to be pretty.  Batten down your hatches and brace yourselves, friends.

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