by Jeff Reynolds, PJ Media:

As governments around the nation and the world struggle to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, lots of proposals have emerged. In his press conference Friday, President Trump brought together corporations to handle the crisis via private industry. Other politicians have suggested much more draconian uses of governmental power. Many Americans have begun to succumb to the siren call of the government doing something, perfectly willing to surrender their civil liberties out of fear of the unknown. The furthest-left of America’s politicians have responded, demanding that this crisis lead to state seizure of several industries. This harkens back to Rahm Emmanuel’s famous directive when he served as Barack Obama’s chief of staff: Never let a good crisis go to waste.

Here now are the top eight most totalitarian socialist proposals to use the coronavirus crisis to seize the means of production for the state, destroy the Bill of Rights, kill capitalism, and remove personal liberties from every American. And one friendly reminder that socialism always leads to communism and totalitarianism—because it has to.

1. AOC jumped in front of the coronavirus parade to demand, once again, the use of government force to make businesses pay workers who get sick, or who took out student loans, or who had business before the court. Because all of that will stop the virus

This is not the time for half measures.

We need to take dramatic action now to stave off the worst public health & economic affects.

That includes making moves on paid leave, debt relief, waiving work req’s, guaranteeing healthcare, UBI, detention relief(pretrial, elderly, imm)

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 12, 2020

What we should seriously start to consider now for the medium & long term (bc it will take time) is New Deal-style policy.

We need a mix of policies to help put a lot of people to work. Climate transition, edu expansion w/ apprenticeships & colleges, M4A.

These are jobs bills.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 16, 2020

We need real paid sick leave,
right now,
for every worker,
no exceptions.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 14, 2020

2. A federal court in Washington unilaterally suspended the Fifth-Amendment right to due process, and Sixth-Amendment guarantee of a speedy trial

Fed Court denies Due Process & Habeus Corpus for ALL bc #covid2019 hysteria!

"the needs of the court outweigh the Rights of the accused"

Contact this judge NOW
Judge Ricardo S. Martinez
Chambers: (206) 370-8880
[email protected] #LibertyFirst@realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/mp4kgLrjnb

— KrisAnne Hall, JD