Are lockdowns and restrictions due to the coronavirus a form of communist control?

Question

Washington (CNN)White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Scott Atlas criticized Michigan's new Covid-19 restrictions in a tweet shortly after they were announced Sunday evening, urging people to "rise up" against the new public health measures.

"The only way this stops is if people rise up," Atlas said. "You get what you accept. #FreedomMatters #StepUp"

Answer 1

No. They’re low level quarantine, which has roots all the way back in the Old Testament, waaaaaaaay before the new testament church invented communism. 



@anonymous book club member below: visionary Orwell was a self-described socialist, you should maybe read some of his other stuff too. 

Answer 2

Yes, they are: It's right out of Das Kapital--do read it for youself...and also read "Animal Farm" by visionary author George Orwell ( penned "1985" as well ). 



Other Communist control tactics: 



a)Use of propaganda ( aka "FAKE NEWS" )



b) TV and/or print media CENSORSHIP of political leaders and/or oppositionist citizens, who dare publicly encourage defiant dissent against the Socialist Order government.



Remember how NBC's Lester Holt led the disrespect of President Trump by cutting into his press conference two minutes after he began alleging voter ballot count fraud benefitting Joe Biden? The other "Big 3" networks--as well as MSNBC followed along---CNN allowed Trump to speak uninterrupted, which amazed me. 



c) Expensive court imposed FINES AND FEES for ANYONE who defies Biden's public face mask mandate; think of it as an effort to make "peace money" for all the hard econmically hit states to give some monetary comfort from the early 2020 lockdowns. Biden's REAL message hiding behind the "it's for the greater good" mantra: Don't dare defy and resist me and my COVID Investigative Panel!!!



Speaking of ecomically negative impact: Economically depressed countries like USSR and China surely welcome the U.S MONEY. being economically tethered to THEIR countries; think of it as a chummy Socialist Republic Union.



And the Democrats actually believe this plan will give vibrant new life to "Obamacare"; all that's needed is for America to suffer irreparable economic damage that will end Capitalism......and another months-long "COVID lockdown" ought to do exactly that.

Answer 3

Put yourself in charge of a large group of people and part of your sworn 

duties is to protect them from all dangerous enemies foreign or domestic. In this case the enemy is a deadly virus and without a vaccine or an effective drug, the only thing that will protect your charges is if everyone wears a mask, social distances and frequently washes your hands. So wanting to fulfill your sworn duty you create a rule telling  them to follow these guidelines carefully. Then some politician who is supposed to know better tells your people not to take the virus seriously and not follow your guidelines. Then when some don’t follow your new rule many of the rest of the people start getting sick and dying. How do you feel?? What do you do about it?? The law says the safety of the people is your job, but the politician says no and calls you a communist. The Declaration of Independence and the constitution says the government is to insure you life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Do you let the politician defeat you doing your job? Or do you shrug off the childish name calling and do your sworn duty?? Common sense tells you the Dr. Atlas was chosen because he is a Trump loyalist and will literally say anything Trump tells him to say. By doing so Atlas denies the science for political promotion. 

Answer 4

NO! It is a way of slowing down the spread so the medical personal mite be able to keep up with or get a head of the infections.

Answer 5

The CoVid restrictions and locks downs are happening BECAUSE of the virus. Sometimes, the world is a lot simpler than you think and not everything is a conspiracy theory.



We've been trying to handle or control the virus since March. Right now this nation's CoVid case has been the worst it's been all year. If you look at Africa, China, Korea, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan. They all controlled their epidemic. It is possible to control the epidemic. 



If you keep fighting it and saying we should have no restrictions, we shouldn't be trying to control the spread. What are you really saying? This disease is unbelievably infectious and more contagious than any other illness we have. If people like you keep resisting we will never get out of CoVid hell. You're actually contributing to ruining our country. You may think, the majority of people don't die. But you can admit people have died and are continually dying because of CoVid. The more it's spread, the more people will die. That is an undeniable fact. With a new epidemic in this country. Why don't you want to get rid of it? Why don't you want to just get it over with by temporarily working towards resisting the spread so we can just get this over with.





Your way hasn't worked this year. Where we have very little federal guidance or coordination among states. You let some areas have their policies like, if you come to this bar you will not be served in this bar. The individual states have been deciding to issue the CDC guidences and put in the shelter in place measures. People like you haven't been listening and spreading it. We're in this longer because of you. We wouldn't ever have to do a national shut down if people like you stopped spreading this stuff. But you spread disinformation, you're spreading the virus.



Freedom takes work to have it, maintain it and defend it. We all need to do a few months work of work to get our freedom back because of people like you. YOU PEOPLE will continually trap us in lockdown orders because of your garbage. FREEDOM comes at a price work for it for once.



When you spew your dumb disinformation like this, people have a right to hate you because you indicated that we're still in this mess because people like you exist and are actively spreading it for no reason other than your stupidity. YOU ARE HATED BECAUSE YOU'RE SPREADING DISEASE DEATH AND YOU ARE IMPEDING OUR CHANCES TOWARDS RECOVERY. Your ideologies are ruining our country. It's messed up our economy, the health of this country. You are garbage. If there ever needs to be genocide, it's of people like you and your ideologies. Go to hell.

Answer 6

"Communist control??"  WTF are you babbling about?  I understand this may be hard, but you could at least TRY to not be such a raging idiot on top of already admitting (proudly!?) to being full of sh!t.



Lockdowns and restrictions would not be needed if you people would behave responsibly, instead of acting like selfish, petulant little whiny babies.  Masks and social distancing are not a political statement, they're an IQ test.  Which you have failed.  So now the grownups are trying to do the best they can to try to protect the rest of us from all you moronic drama queens, and all you moronic drama queens from yourselves.



But you go ahead and pretend that you're some courageous "American patriot." 

Answer 7

The lockdown restrictions are implemented to ensure the safety of all of us. If this were communistic in nature, the penalties would be severe to those who do not follow the rule.

Answer 8

American people. See this question.  That is a representation of the stupidity of those who support right wing fascist rule minority rule in the USA.  They say they hate socialism and fascism and warn to fear it.......except its all a figment of their imagination. There is no socialist or communist plot in the USA.  But there is a fascist Republican Trumpist plot.  What they mean when they see fear socialism and communism in the USA is that you should oppose all who stand in the way of their fascist tyranny they want to impose on you.



When they say socialism, they mean they want to take away your health care....they mean they want businesses to not have regulations to protect you from them. They mean they want to kill off your public schools for your kids...they mean let Covid kill millions of Americans..do nothing because its just too hard to try to save American lives.  They mean, that their President can tell 30,000 lies in 4 years and its great...they mean Russia can help elect him and its ok, The mean they can have an impeachment trial without requesting evidence and find their thug strongman innocent.  They mean the attorney General can act as their dear leader's personal attorney.

Answer 9

No, they are not, and people trying to stop Americans from saving their life and health are among our worst enemies right now.

Answer 10

You should wait until you get the virus.

Answer 11

Yes. CNN and MSNBC have brainwashed the masses to believe they need their governor to hold their hands as they walk through every day life, directing them how to socialize, celebrate holidays, and which businesses to attend. We’re not children. We have the right to decide how we want to keep ourselves and our families safe. Government is out of line when it tries to dictate our everyday lives. This isn’t a controversial statement. It’s true, and as a free country, we’ve always known it to be true. Since March, that truth has been lost.

Answer 12

No they are trying to save lives.  It will be much better soon with vaccines.

Answer 13

Democrats are all about "rules for thee but not for me." Plus Whitmer and other Democrat governors have plenty of money. They won't be out of work. Their electricity won't get turned off. Their kids won't go hungry. Deputies won't come and vacate them off the property. Their little world won't turn upside down on them so why would they care? I've been seeing a lot more homeless people around than usual since the Covid restrictions and it's getting cold outside. They act like they're saving lives but they're killing people and they're patting themselves on the back for it. People are getting desperate. It's no wonder Democrats don't live in their own districts, Jesus, they would get dragged through the streets tied to the back of a truck if they did. 

Answer 14

No its just a lazy way to try control people as they don't know what else to do. But lockdowns don't work as after a certain time people go nuts and cases go up.

Answer 15

Are you a fool?

Answer 16

Homo u KNOW it is what it is! Yes it is a ****** COMMUNIST LOCKDOWN! That is ABSOLUTELY an excuse for you to be lookin at your sister that way, you know the way. You know how I know that you know that feeling? Because you've very obviously a ******* redneck mouth breather. Anyway I'm just being a lesbian with many cats, all the cats are gay as well and at 3 am we all sup from mother moon's blood in the yard. The neighbors have called the police a few times but they are terrified to come near us because we are just ******* LOUSY with corona. See what you PLEBS don't understand is that Corona Virus OPENS YOUR MIND. All that weird **** you seent in the movie shows that you never thought could be sexual? After Corona, IT CAN BE!!!!!! My friend I ****** AND WAS ****** BY A FOOT. Not a human one neither. I'll let you fill in the blanks, you're obviously leaning that way anyway. 

Answer 17

NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT! The lockdown and social distancing are for PEOPLE’S OWN SAFETY! It is recommended by doctors and scientists. Why would you even ask something like that? It is none sense! You must be a Trump supporter. 

Answer 18

Don't be ludicrous. This isn't about any form of political ideology but rather about trying to mitigate a public health crisis.  



People like you really need to be in psychiatric care, dear.

Answer 19

No, Archie, they are not.

Answer 20

Another thrilling installment of "Anything I don't like is communism."

Answer 21

If you are going to make that argument, then I suppose you’d have to say that all health related restrictions are communist. So now you get to go barefoot with your dog into a salmonella infested restaurant. But at least you won’t be communist. 

Answer 22

No....certainly you can congregate at a local bar or club and die.

You're free to do that.