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Christian Complicity in the Rise of the Biosecurity State

Douglas Farrow, Catholic World Report

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Government by emergency powers, in an iterative or perpetual state of exception, is not lawful governance, be it local, national, or international. It is the suspension of lawful governance. It is lawlessness in the name of law. It is anarchy from above. It is the path taken by Nazi Germany.

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