All Roads Lead to Cornithaca

“BEFORE you go out” Poster

It’s not surprising how easily COVID posters can be converted to cautionary proclamations. The restrictions used for the eradication of a virus and the eradication of an idea are very much the same. • And a vaccine performs a similar function to indoctrination in building resistance to an outside influence. • Even the policies that emphasize isolating and tracking down the source share a common fear: loss of control. • “For the greater good” is the tyrant’s slogan of the new century. While the “good” is something that the people can decide among themselves, this “greater good” seems to require an overarching and overriding control — and the kind of authority that glories in it. • “Full Disclosure – Full Exposure” of government policies and statistics leads to thinking. Thinking leads to questioning; and questioning leads to freedom. • How much does your government like to be questioned?