A video of a confrontation between Ventura County,California health officials and restaurant owner Anton Van Happen has gone viral.The health officials were ordering Mr.Van Happen to close his business because he allegedly violated California's ban on outdoor dining.Mr.Van Happen asked the health officials if the government will pay his employees and his rent while his business is indefinitely closed.
加利福尼亚州文图拉县卫生官员和餐馆老板 Anton Van Happen 之间发生冲突的视频在网上疯传。卫生官员命令 Van Happen 先生关闭他的生意，因为据称他违反了加利福尼亚州的户外用餐禁令。先生问卫生官员，在他的企业无限期关闭期间，政府是否会支付他的员工和房租。
Mr.Van Happen is hardly the only small business owner worried about how to pay bills during the lockdowns.Many small businesses operate on a narrow profit margin,so being forced to"temporarily"shut down or limit the number of customers they can serve is a virtual death sentence.
先生并不是唯一一个担心在停摆期间如何支付账单的小企业主。许多小企业的利润率很低，因此被迫"暂时"关闭或限制客户数量实际上等于被判了死刑。
The lockdowns have already caused as many as 200,000 small businesses to permanently close.Lockdowns,by shrinking the number of employers,lead to long-term unemployment or lower wages for many workers.
停摆已经导致多达20万家小企业永久关闭。停工，通过减少雇主的数量，导致长期失业或许多工人的工资降低。
While governments have terrorized small businesses,they have typically deemed the big chain stores"essential businesses"so they can remain open.The lockdowns are thus another government policy that gives big businesses a competitive advantage over their smaller competitors.
虽然政府一直在恐吓小企业，但他们通常认为大型连锁店是"必不可少的企业"，因此可以继续营业。因此，封锁政策是另一项政府政策，它赋予大企业相对于小企业的竞争优势。
The benefits big businesses get from the lockdowns—including fewer competitors,more customers,and a job market with more workers competing for fewer jobs—may explain why many big businesses are not fighting the lockdowns.Instead,most big retail chains are requiring their workers and customers to wear masks.Many big businesses may soon deny service to those who refuse to receive a Covid vaccine.
大企业从停工中获得的好处——包括竞争对手减少、客户增加，以及就业市场上有更多的工人竞争更少的工作岗位——或许可以解释为什么许多大企业没有反对停工。相反，大多数大型零售连锁店都要求员工和顾客戴口罩。许多大企业可能很快就会拒绝为那些拒绝接受疫苗的人提供服务。
One would think that progressives who claim to oppose policies that benefit big corporations like WalMart,Target,and Amazon would oppose the lockdowns.Sadly,even many progressives are unquestioningly parroting the Covid propaganda and demonizing those who dissent.
有人可能会认为，那些声称反对有利于沃尔玛、塔吉特和亚马逊等大公司的政策的进步人士会反对停摆。可悲的是，甚至许多进步人士都在毫无疑问地模仿科维德的宣传，并妖魔化那些持不同意见的人。
By slowing down the development of herd immunity among the population,the lockdowns could put those truly at risk in greater danger.Lockdowns have also had negative effects such as increases in drug and alcohol abuse and increases in domestic violence.Meanwhile,many schoolchildren are deprived of the opportunity to interact with their teachers and their peers.Instead,these children are subjected to the fraud of"virtual learning."
通过减缓群体免疫力的发展，封锁可能使那些真正处于危险之中的人们处于更大的危险之中。封锁也产生了负面影响，例如吸毒和酗酒增加，家庭暴力增加。同时，许多学生被剥夺了与老师和同龄人互动的机会。相反，这些孩子受制于"虚拟学习"的欺骗
Resistance to Covid tyranny is growing as more people figure out that lockdowns and mandates are both unnecessary and harmful.This resistance was largely started by small business owners faced with a choice between obeying the government or making sure they,and their employees,can feed their families.Small business owners have been leaders in recent anti-lockdown protests across America.
随着越来越多的人认识到封锁政策和强制令是不必要的和有害的，对于科维德暴政的抵抗正在增长。这种抵制很大程度上是由小企业主开始的，他们面临的选择是服从政府，还是确保他们和他们的员工能够养家糊口。小企业主是最近全美反封锁抗议活动的领导者。
Eventually the resistance will grow to the point where the politicians will be forced to either double down on authoritarianism or admit the lockdowns were a mistake.Either way,those of us who know the truth must resist the Covid tyranny until government officials no longer terrorize small businesses for the crime of serving willing consumers.
最终抵制将会发展到这样的地步:政客们要么被迫加倍投资威权主义，要么承认停摆是个错误。不管怎样，我们这些知道真相的人必须抵制Covid暴政，直到政府官员不再因为小企业为有意愿的消费者服务而恐吓它们。
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