By Selwyn Duke
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive,” wrote philosopher C.S. Lewis. “It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
Whether or not our nanny-state busybodies exercise their tyranny “sincerely,” the above passage could come to mind when pondering the Joe Biden administration’s latest greentopian target: ceiling fans.
That’s right, trying to force people to drive unfeasible electric cars, use paper straws containing possibly toxic chemicals, embrace inferior dishwashers and washing machines, and become teetotalers isn’t enough.
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