Leading up to and during the American Civil War, states were classified as either “free” or “slave”. That most horrific, but inevitable and necessary armed conflict, settled the issue of slavery and unified the “house divided” that so eloquently Abraham Lincoln described in his speech in 1858.
Today, we also see fundamental differences in the quantity and quality of freedom enjoyed by citizens of America, which are determined by the state in which they live. The “house divided”, is now witnessed, not necessarily because of geography. It is attributable to the political party in power, but even more so, it is sewed up by ideology. The Made in China virus has laid out the setting which has crystalized this great divide among the United States. Liberty is abundant in some places, yet a rationed commodity in others. Florida is a free state.
Florida reject statism
Under the stewardship of Ronald Dion DeSantis (Ron DeSantis), Florida’s 46th governor, the Sunshine State has faired much better than most big states during the coronavirus pandemic in all measurable categories. This has not been a coincidence. It has been a direct result of specific policies which rejected the “advice” of statist, leftist political scientism, which insisted on a monolithic approach to the problem.
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