Voting Authority

It seems quaint now, the arguments we used to have whether these United States was a republic or a democracy. The citizens of the state of Washington are now ruled by an authoritarian.

We may be allowed to vote for the authoritarian of our choice for the time being. Unless we are rescued by sensible judges, we will continue to live under authoritarian rule.

Folk are getting restless. Those who rule over us are insensitive to the individual wants and needs of the citizenry. It cannot matter to our governor his or her rules are often at odds with mental, physical, spiritual, and financial health of the citizenry. Social intercourse as time goes on will become increasingly dangerous to our rulers.

We might notice the outlaws of today are often ignored but

otherwise lawful folk are the ones the governor’s enforcers are watching. Those in our jails and prisons are being released in the name of compassion but otherwise lawful folk are threatened with jail if they associate in ways the governor believes to be unwise.

Five years ago a short story which described how we now live in

coronavirus land would be greeted as unrealistic fiction. In a word, ridiculous. Never happen here we would have said. We used to say never say never.

Barry Boyer

– Ritzville