French Government Bans Outdoor Events in a Heatwave Because They Can’t Trust the People to Take Care of Themselves
By Chris Queen
Remember COVID-19 lockdowns? They started with “15 days to slow the spread,” and they were for our own good. Then they lasted a lot longer than 15 days.
Georgia opened up first after about a month, and a few other states followed, but some states and other countries went back and forth between lockdowns and cautious freedom. Most recently, Shanghai locked its population down for two months this spring, leaving millions without the ability to buy food or take care of other basic needs, and at one point, the government even considered locking people down in factories.
This is because too many government officials get drunk on their own power. Sure, they may think they’re acting out of benevolence because they condescendingly think that they know better than the peons in their city, state, or country do. We’re currently seeing this in France, where a heatwave has led the government to ban outdoor events.
“Outdoor public events have been banned in an area of France as a record-breaking heatwave sweeps across Europe,” reports the BBC. “Concerts and large public gatherings have been called off in the Gironde department around Bordeaux. On Thursday, parts of France hit 40C [104° F] earlier in the year than ever before, with temperatures expected to peak on Saturday.”