What a Difference a Year Makes

It feels like it's been a decade, but it was just one year ago when COVID-19 was still just a looming threat. On March 8th of 2020, I wrote:

It may be a new flu strain. It may in fact become a dangerous pandemic. But the more the media hypes it, and the more idiots panic, the less I fear the virus and the more I fear homo statist."

I did not think it was as severe a health threat as people were warning at the time, and I maintain that while I may have underestimated its danger, it is government policy that killed the economy and exacerbated the initial wave of deaths in nursing homes.

We survived the economic chaos so far that resulted from government impositions at the federal, state, and local levels. The fallout from the lost productivity and opportunity is still uncertain. Crypto is booming right now, and there is also potential for gold and silver. Stonks are earning tendies for the diamond hands. Who knows how the markets and regulators will respond to grassroots financial activism. Control freaks gonna try to control.

So buckle up, folks. 2020 was insane, and 2021 may put it to shame, but there is opportunity in chaos.

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You'll Go!