Many of you may be wondering, with Trump overcoming his brief battle with Covid, will he now allow us to go back to our ‘Old Normal’ or are we forever destined to live in this New Abnormal Authoritarian world? To give an accurate answer we need to understand the past. 3 prior pandemics tell a tale of spurring on permanent societal change; religious, monetary and class shifts included. Covid however is a much darker beast…well, at least those that believe themselves to be our rulers have steered it to be that way. Let’s review history to understand better what our future may hold. Hold on as we take our time machine towards greater understanding of why our freedoms may be lost forever.