Source: Brownstone Institute
by Thomas Harrington
“I have always had a very acute sense of hearing, and perhaps for that reason have long been quite sensitive to loud background noise. Whenever I would go to a rock concert or a discotheque with friends in high school or college, I would soon find myself counting the minutes until the moment we would leave. As I grew older, I solved the problem by simply avoiding such situations. However, in recent years, especially since the beginning of the Covid operation, this has become much more difficult to do. … if I were a member of a super-elite cadre bent on further extending its control over the lives of the many, I’d do everything in my power to ensure that such moments of silence and relative calm become ever more scarce in society.” (09/02/25)