{"id":14488,"date":"2020-04-05T15:57:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T19:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=14488"},"modified":"2020-04-05T15:57:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T19:57:03","slug":"bogus-fears-can-produce-real-servitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/05\/bogus-fears-can-produce-real-servitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Bogus Fears Can Produce Real Servitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bogus-fears-can-produce-real-servitude..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14489\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bogus-fears-can-produce-real-servitude.-800x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bogus-fears-can-produce-real-servitude.-800x400.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bogus-fears-can-produce-real-servitude.-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bogus-fears-can-produce-real-servitude.-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bogus-fears-can-produce-real-servitude..jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftCaption\" class=\"fbPhotosPhotoCaption\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftCaption\" class=\"fbPhotosPhotoCaption\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"hasCaption\">Bogus fears can produce real servitude. We cannot permit politicians to exploit the pandemic to seize vast new power in perpetuity. COVID-19 is a real threat but so too is Leviathan.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bogus fears can produce real servitude. We cannot permit politicians to exploit the pandemic to seize vast new power in perpetuity. COVID-19 is a real threat but so too is Leviathan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2284,2316,2317,164],"class_list":["post-14488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-fear","tag-leviathan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bogus Fears Can Produce Real Servitude - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bogus fears can produce real servitude. 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