“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains” wrote Jean-Jacques Rousseau in his book The Social Contract, first published in 1762.

Based solely on the above quotation and sans further reading, one might be forgiven for thinking that Rousseau’s work was a cry for individual freedom. Upon reading the book, however, one realizes that the opposite is true: Rousseau put the “greater good” (or as he called it, the “sovereign will”) of society above individual rights, a recipe that has been used by totalitarians since time immemorial, and one that has once again reared its ugly head. Indeed, Rousseau was so intent on said “greater good’ that he espoused death for those who refused to comply. In Western democracies, the birthplace of classical liberalism, individual rights are espoused. Here the social contract has come to mean that governments—regardless of whether they are republics, constitutional democracies, or otherwise—respect individual rights and represent the collective the will of the people. The Social Contract is generally an implicit contract between the governed and the government that includes rights, duties, and the rule of law.

Where have we seen the Rousseauian notion of the social contract espoused lately?

In the last four years, we’ve seen individual rights stripped and compliance enforced in the name of the greater good. People have been stripped of their individual rights, including the right to work, freedom of speech, freedom of movement, freedom of association, freedom to organize, freedom of religious gathering—indeed, all the rights we normally associate with liberal Western democracies.

Our rights have been stripped ostensibly for our own good. Für euer sischerheit.

People who were suspect of the “vaccine” from the outset have been called every name in the book, including the hackneyed “conspiracy theorist[1].” In Canada, progressive Prime Minister Justin Trudeau labeled the unvaccinated as these people, women-haters, racists and science-deniers. Indeed, divisive as always, he asked whether “we” should “tolerate them.”

Rather than talking to the protesters—as one would expect from any rational leader—Trudeau hid in his taxpayer-funded “cottage” at Harrington Lake. He emerged daily with projections and lies, including the following:

“We are not intimidated by those who hurl insults and abuse small business workers and steal food from the homeless. We won’t give in to those who fly racist flags. We won’t cave to those who engage in vandalism or dishonor the memory of our veterans.”[2]

The Freedom Convoy slowed Trudeau’s Liberal government attacks on Canadian civil liberties, the very ones ensconced in our constitution. There was, however, a heavy price to pay. The political show trial—one reminiscent of those conducted in the former Soviet Union—of Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, was scheduled for 16 days. It is still ongoing, as it has been for months. Lich and Barber were charged with mischief, obstructing police, counselling others to commit mischief, and intimidation—charges that are scarcely tantamount to sedition and other such nonsense spewed by the MSM and on social media.

I was at the protest, twice. It was like a huge Canada Day celebration, only in the freezing cold of an Ottawa winter, with bouncy castles. The protest, however, upset the Ottawa laptop class—or as my wife calls them, cash-for-lifers. There were claims of threats and crimes, when actually, it was completely peaceful. Downtown Ottawa has never been so clean, nor the homeless so well fed. One can understand the embarrassment of the local governments, the City of Ottawa and the National Capital Commission (NCC). What Ottawans failed to understand, however, is that “their” city, the capital of Canada, is funded by all Canadians. It is the logical place where disenfranchised people go to protest, even if it is to the chagrin of the local population. It’s the price you pay for high-paying government jobs and all the other trappings that adorn a Western capital city. A professor acquaintance of mine referred to the protesters as outsiders and rednecks. For him, and countless others—regardless of whether they were ignorant of the implication—it essentially came down to a good, old-fashioned class war:

“The Peasants Are Revolting.”

“You Can Say That Again.”

Chrystia Freeland, the Deputy PM/Finance Minister of Canada, whose grandfather was a Nazi collaborator, froze the banks accounts of people who contributed to the protest. And just when the protesters were negotiating a peaceful exit, Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act (EA) and mounted police stomped on protesters. The protesters had embarrassed Trudeau on the world stage and, impetuous fool that he is, he would exact his revenge.

The EA for all intents and purposes is a rebranding of the War Measures Act, which funnily enough was only invoked in Canadian history once: Trudeau Senior invoked during the October Crisis in Quebec (Canada’s version of the whiney, spoiled adolescent who never leaves home), where Quebec separatists, one of whom—their “intellectual leader”—wrote a diatribe entitled Nègres blancs d’Amérique, which translates into the language of the oppressor as White Niggers of America. Charming.

It is interesting to note that since the IDF invaded the Gaza strip after the October 7th Hamas attack, there have been growing protests in Canada, especially in the larger cities, such as Toronto. The Toronto Police Service (TPS) has coddled these illegal protests (whereas an Ontario judge declared the Freedom Convoy legal, twice), which have included blocking roadways. Much akin to the RCMP carrying illegal migrant’s luggage at Roxham Road, the TPS actually delivered coffee to the protesters. It’s no wonder the TPS are accused of playing favourites.

It’s the same all over the Western world: two-tiered policing. The Netherlands, a country slightly bigger than the US state of Maryland, is now the second larger exporter of agricultural products in the world. Once can only imagine the efficiencies they have achieved.

Dutch farmers, nevertheless, have been protesting the insane Net Zero policy for several months. When the Dutch government cracked down on the protests, the police actually shot at a tractor. The officer was charged, but given a slap on the wrist with 80 hours of community service.

German farmers are now protesting the same anti-humanist policy. They have been joined by farmers from other European countries, as well as truckers and bikers. Not the kind of unification the EU was looking for.

Governments no longer represent the will of the people. And the MSM and academia are in cahoots. As Klaus Schwab boasts, governments have been infiltrated by the WEF.

The unnecessary war in Ukraine has so far cost Ukrainians half a million lives. The Military Industrial Complex (MIC) needs to be fed, however, and if the cost is in human lives, so be it. Again, Western governments and their denizens are, for the most part, diametrically opposed. NATO has broken its 1990 commitment not to take one step farther east, essentially surrounding Russia on the west and south.

Obama’s 2014 coup d’etat was the proverbial last straw for Putin. Subsequent placement of biolabs didn’t help.

Ukraine is the most corrupt country in Europe and Western governments have been laundering taxpayer money there for years.

It’s no wonder that Mr. Global—a name the always insightful Catherine Austin Fitts coined—is desperate to control the message. All over the West, countries are introducing censorship legislation. Mr. Global bought the MSM, but he didn’t quite think hard enough about alternative media on the internet. He’s anxious to correct his oversight.

Recently in Canada a journalist, David Menzies, was falsely arrested on the street for asking Freeland a question. дідусь Freeland would be proud. The MSM was extremely reluctant to touch the story. Yet it quickly reached over 8 million views on X, including photo crops of the Freeland smirk. There are two classes of journalism in Canada: the MSM which is funded by government—that is, taxpayers—and independent media who are arrested. The chasm widens.

Recently, the Bank of Canada (BoC) conducted a survey asking Canadians what they thought about a Digital Loonie. Over 80% of Canadians are strongly opposed; nevertheless, the BoC in a Christmas filing under the Trademarks Act staked ownership of any “digital dollar” launched in Canada. Anyone at the BoC listening?

Incredibly, Western governments are still pushing the “vaccine,” which Denis Rancourt—who says there was no pandemic, but rather a coordinated depopulation—estimates has killed 17 million people.

Ronald Reagan famously said:

“I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There’s a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.”

The state has gained too much power over the individual and that has become abundantly evident as anomie accelerates. When governments use taxpayer money to enrich themselves and their friends, attack their political opponents Banana Republic style, fund supranational institutions that are intent on usurping national sovereignty and constitutions, and import and pay for illegal migrants while defence and infrastructure crumble, and citizens cannot afford their mortgage or rent or groceries, the social contract is broken.

Clearly, Western governments no longer represent their constituents, so why should we continue to fund them and our own destruction? One must necessarily ask why we should continue to pay taxes.

[1] The CIA popularized the term “conspiracy theorist” in an effort to manage the reaction to the JFK assassination.

[2] https://x.com/JustinTrudeau/status/1488225322025820162?s=20